10/15/2020
💥 Important: Facebook and Instagram are dropping support for embedded content on WordPress sites starting October 24th. This means, if you have any embedded Facebook or Instagram content on your WordPress site, using the default oEmbed or Embed blocks feature, that content will BREAK and will no longer be properly visible. Boo!!! 😝👻😳
The API change is retroactive and has the potential to affect millions of sites.
To be specific, Facebook's API update removes support for unauthenticated embeds. Huh? 🤷🏼♀️ That means, embedded FB and IG content will ONLY be supported for publishers with a Facebook developer account and a registered Facebook app. Ugh.
🔑 Therefore, you'll need to implement a fix ASAP (before Oct 24th!).
Thankfully, my longtime friend Syed Balkhi, founder of WPBeginner - WordPress for Beginners, and his team have created the SIMPLE and FREE solution for you! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
✅ The easiest and most beginner friendly way to FIX the oEmbed issue is to use the Smash Balloon free Instagram Feed plugin, and custom Facebook Feed plugin.
Get the full scoop and the fix on this article: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-facebook-and-instagram-oembed-issue-in-wordpress/
See also this helpful Search Engine Journal article: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/facebook-instagram-drop-support-for-wordpress-embeds/383847/
Got questions? Let us know.
Please do pass this important information along to your communities as well!