Meta Is Killing Off the External Facebook Like Button

Meta is retiring Facebook's external Like and Share buttons for third-party websites on February 10, 2026, officially closing the book on a once-dominant traffic driver as usage declines and Facebook's role within Meta continues to shrink.Engadget reports: The blog post from Meta explains that site admins shouldn't have to take any additional steps as a result of the change, although they can choose to remove the plugins before the discontinue date. Any remaining plugins will 'gracefully degrade,' which sounds much more dramatic than what will actually happen, which is that they'll render as a 0x0 invisible element.

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