Facebook is Killing its Like and Comment Buttons for Websites

Meta is about to retire two of its Facebook social plugins for websites, the Facebook Like button and the Comments plugin that enables Facebook comments on external content. The two plugins will be discontinued on February 10, 2026, as Meta is now prioritizing features that “deliver the most value to developers and businesses.”

“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 company said in the announcement. “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.”

While the Facebook Like button makes it easy for users to like external website content, using Facebook commenting on external sites doesn’t make as much sense. Most people on the Internet prefer not to use their real identity to write comments. Despite having over 3 billion monthly active users, Facebook is also far less cool than it used to be when it introduced its new Like and Share buttons for websites back in 2010.

In practice, the Facebook Like and Comment plugins will stop rendering on websites that use them starting on February 10. “There will be no error messages or broken functionality and this should not otherwise impact your website’s function or core features,” the Facebook team explained. However, webmasters looking to clean up their code are still invited to remove the plugins entirely.