Common Q&A regarding the site as well as pop-ups. Please read before posting the same questions that have been answered numerous times.
Q: What is going on?
A: A DDoS attack on the WCO domains happened on 2-18-25, the problem was mitigated in some areas, but worsened in others. The problem has now spread to every WCO domain. You will see pop-ups, redirects, and the latest problem is the site is quickly forcibly downloading files onto your computer of 18+ content.
Q: How do I stay safe and still be able to watch my shows?
A: There are several free pop-up blockers out there, Adblock, and uBlock are two. However if you want to know my current preference to recommend it will be a web browser known as Brave that has built in adblockers. Brave is available for iPhone, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Q: How long will this last?
A: I cannot give any official response to this question, for now please try to be safe and use blockers if you plan to continue using the site.
Q: Where can I find more updates?
The post https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchCartoonOnline/comments/1ite9ns/updated_info_on_domains_working_vs_not_working_as/ contains an updated list on all the WCO domains with their statuses, it is being updated daily.
Q: Is the site being shutdown?
A: No, and for the love of everything would the doomsayers stop doomsaying, you know who you are, hell we all know who you are. WCO has been up and active for well over a decade, these issues do happen and will happen to any site, Blizzard (WoW, Overwatch, Starcraft, etc) was hit last year with multiple attacks that crippled servers for entire days. With WCO the devs are a very small team. This isn't crunchyroll with its plethora of workers and abundance of funds. WCO is more of a hobby with some cheesy attempts to make a profit I'll admit (the premium).
Q: How do I watch shows/movies for free?
A: For any show, scroll to the player and click Player 2, this bypasses the paywall. For any movie, scroll to the player and push Watch On Playlist and this will autotab to the movie. IF you do not see these features then either the domain you are using doesn't offer them (some domains only offer the tv bypass, some offer neither, my preference of wcostream offers both).
If I missed anything feel free to ask, just be sure you at least read the above post first before asking as no one like feeling like an idiot when my response has to be "you didn't read the post did you". I barely register sarcasm as-is, having to use it feels more deadpan and an effort in redundancy.