Meta just dropped a bombshell on developers and nostalgic web surfers: the classic Facebook “Like” and “Comment” plugins for third-party sites are toast. Come February 10, 2026, these relics from the ...

Get ready to hit that like button and follow your coworkers. Get ready to hit that like button and follow your coworkers. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

Facebook doesn’t like this feature anymore. Meta is doing away with two of Facebook’s external social plugins at the beginning of next year, By February 10, 2026, the social media platform will ...

When was the last time you clicked the Like button on some piece of content outside of Facebook, causing anyone who sees your Facebook activity to see your little recommendation in their news feed?

Facebook is killing off two external social plugins, the FB Like button and the FB Comment button. Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages It's the end of a major ...

Illustration of the social plugins from Facebook ahead of their discontinuation. (Meta) Next year will see the end arrive for two of Facebook's external social plugins. The platform's Like button and ...