Meta Stops Supporting Facebook's Likes And Comments On External Web Starting 2026

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JAKARTA - Meta announced it will be discontinuing its two classic features, namely the like button and Facebook's comment button for external websites, which will take effect from February 10, 2026.

Through an official announcement on Facebook's developer blog, the tech giant said that this decision was taken to keep developers' platforms efficient and focused on future innovations.

"This change reflects our commitment to maintaining a modern and efficient platform, which fits the needs of current developers as well as enabling us to invest in future innovations," Meta said.

These two stops will be products from the early era of web development. Meta also mentions that the use of thesemen has declined naturally in line with the evolution of the digital landscape.

However, Meta insists this change will not interfere with the function of the website that uses the mitigation. After the termination date, the Likes and Comments button will only appear as an invisible element (0x0 pixels) without causing any errors or bugs on the system.

"Bothmen will stop functioning gradually, without causing errors or disturbances to the website's function. This change will only remove content from your site and will not affect the site's main function," he added.

This move is part of Meta's continued evolution to simplify its services to the global developer community, as well as open up space for the development of new social technologies in the future.

"We appreciate your partnership and support as we develop this platform to better serve the developer community. Thank you for being part of the Meta developer ecosystem," concluded Meta.