Facebook has announced that two social plugins used on websites will be discontinued in February 2026. This affects the FB Like Button and FB Comment Button that can be hosted on external websites.
Facebook, Facebook Social PluginsFacebook has updated the Graph API to version v2.1, making significant changes to how some of the API calls work while deprecating other features. The current Facebook PHP SDK stable version is still v4.0.9 and uses Graph API v2.0, but PHP SDK v4.1 will eventually make use of Graph API v2.1.
Facebook, Facebook Graph API 2.1, Facebook Social Plugins, Fan PageAn example of adding Facebook plugins to a YouTube video with some simple styling to make a professional looking page.
Facebook, Facebook Social Plugins, YouTubeHere is an example of socialising a video player with Facebook’s social plugins. In this example, I’ve integrated the BBC News Player with the Facebook Like and Comment plugins.
Facebook, Facebook Social Plugins, Flash