Platform Evolution: Facebook Social Plugins to Be Discontinued February 2026

Our Platform is Evolving

As Meta’s developer platform continues to evolve, we’re making strategic decisions to focus on tools and features that deliver the most value to developers and businesses. Today, we’re announcing that two Facebook Social Plugins - the Facebook Like button and the Facebook Comment button - will be discontinued on February 10, 2026.

1. FB Like Button - Allows users to like external website content
2. FB Comment Button - Enables Facebook commenting on external sites

This change reflects our commitment to maintaining a modern, efficient platform that serves developers' current needs while enabling us to invest in future innovations. The plugins that will be discontinued reflect an earlier era of web development, and their usage has naturally declined as the digital landscape has evolved.

On February 10, the plugins will gracefully degrade by rendering as a 0x0 pixel (invisible element) rather than causing errors or breaking your website functionality. This change is intended to only remove the plugin content from your site, and should not otherwise impact your website's functionality.

What does this mean for developers?

This is not a breaking change and no developer action is required.

What will happen:

• The plugins will simply stop rendering (become invisible) on your site after February 10, 2026.
• There will be no error messages or broken functionality and this should not otherwise impact your website's function or core features.

Optional next steps:

• You may choose to remove the plugin code for a cleaner user experience. This is optional and based on your own timeline and priorities.
• You have until February 10, 2026 to make any desired changes, should you wish to do so.

Support and Resources

For any additional questions or support, please visit our developer support channel and FAQs.

We appreciate your partnership and continued support as we evolve our platform to better serve the developer community. Thank you for being part of the Meta developer ecosystem. We look forward to supporting your continued success as we build the future of social technology together.