Social Plugins
This document lists the Facebook Social Plugins available to allow your app to like, share, comment, and more.
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.
- FB Like Button - Allows users to like external website content
- 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, 2026 the plugins will gracefully degrade by rendering as a 0x0 pixel (i.e., an 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.
For more information, please see the blog and FAQ about this change.
Changes to Social Plugins in the European Region
You may start to see some impact to Social Plugins due to an updated cookies consent prompt that will be shown to people using Facebook products in the European Region. We will no longer support the 'Like' and 'Comment' Social Plugins for European Region users, unless they are both 1) Logged into their Facebook account, and 2) have provided consent to the “App and Website Cookies” control. If both of these requirements are met, the user will be able to see and interact with plugins such as the 'Like' or 'Comment' button. If either of the requirements above are not met, the user will not be able to see the plugins.
The European Region is a specific list of countries including:
The European Union (EU): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Non-EU Members, but in EEA-Only/EFTA or Customs Union: [EEA Only/EFTA] Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway;Switzerland: [EU Customs Union] all Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Monaco; UK sovereign bases in Cyprus; [European Customs Union] Andorra, San Marino, Vatican City.
- Non-EU members, but part of European Outermost Regions (OMR): Martinique, Mayotte, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Réunion, Saint-Martin, Madeira, The Azores, Canary Islands.
- United Kingdom (all British Isles)
Documentation Contents
When using Social Plugins, follow the Best Practices.
Like ButtonShare Pages and content to a Facebook profile with one click. | Share ButtonShare content to Facebook, with friends, with a group, or in a private message. |
Comments PluginComment on content using their Facebook account. | Page PluginEmbed components of a Facebook Page onto a webpage. |
Embedded PostsAdd public posts into the content of a webpage. | Embedded Video & Live Video PlayerAdd public Facebook videos and Facebook live videos to a webpage. |
FAQ
No. The plugins will gracefully degrade to invisible elements, this should not otherwise impact your website.
No, we recommend removing the plugin code for a cleaner user experience, but this is optional.
No replacement plugins are being provided. This change reflects evolving web development practices.
We will send two developer alerts to all applications that have used these plugins recently: the first will provide the initial 3-month announcement, and the second will be sent one week before the discontinuation date. Please ensure your developer account email is up to date to receive these important notifications.
The Feburary 10, 2026 date is final to allow us to focus resources on modern platform features.
Contact our Developer Support team or post in our Community Forum for guidance.
See Also
- Messenger Platform Discovery & Re-engagement guide - Learn about the various plugins for enabling various messaging options and for interaction with bots.