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 ...

It was summer 2007. Facebook was three years old and growing at a heady pace. Originally for college students, it had opened to the public the previous fall. Now it had 30 million users. What it ...

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 ...

The Facebook Like button, one of the most recognisable symbols of the social web, is being retired, but not in the way many assume. Meta has announced that it will discontinue the Facebook Like and ...

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 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 ...

The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip. Like it or not, the button has served as a creative ...

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 ...

Facebook has redesigned its Like and Share buttons to make it easier for businesses to share content. Like buttons allow individuals to post links to Facebook with one click, while the Share buttons ...