Overview
- The change affects only third‑party website embeds, with in‑platform Facebook reactions remaining available.
- Legacy plugins will gracefully degrade by rendering as a 0×0 invisible element so pages do not break.
- Site owners do not need to act immediately, though Meta advises removing the old code over time for cleaner performance.
- Meta frames the move as product simplification after usage of decade‑old plugins waned across a more fragmented social landscape.
- External Like, Share and Comment tools, introduced around 2009–2010, once drove visible social traffic but lost relevance with privacy shifts and new sharing habits.