Facebook comments plugin is gone: what to use instead

What Meta shut down and when

Meta announced the shutdown on November 10, 2025, in a Meta for Developers post by Thuan Le and Jennifer Lin titled "Platform Evolution: Facebook Social Plugins to Be Discontinued February 2026." In Meta's words, "two Facebook Social Plugins - the Facebook Like button and the Facebook Comment button - will be discontinued on February 10, 2026."

Meta describes the comment plugin as "FB Comment Button - Enables Facebook commenting on external sites," which is the fb-comments embed sites used for their comment sections. Meta says the plugins "reflect an earlier era of web development, and their usage has naturally declined," and called the date final.

Since February 10, 2026, the plugins "gracefully degrade by rendering as a 0x0 pixel (invisible element) rather than causing errors or breaking your website functionality." Meta's FAQ is blunt: "No replacement plugins are being provided."

Some early news coverage said the Share button was going too, but Meta's post names only the Like button and the Comment plugin. The Share Button, Page Plugin, Embedded Posts, and Embedded Video and Live Video Player are still available.

What happened to your old Facebook comments

Comments posted through the plugin never lived in your site's database. Facebook stored them, tied to the page URL in the plugin's data-href attribute.

Meta's announcement and FAQ say nothing about exporting them, and Meta offers no export tool. The Graph API documentation only covers comment counts (comment_count and comment_plugin_count), and Meta's docs say "you cannot use the Graph API to reply to comments made via the Comments Plugin."

Platforms that offered the embed have confirmed the loss. eDirectory says "Any past comment functionality tied to Facebook is no longer accessible," and when asked whether it can be restored, answers "Unfortunately, no." Breakdance renamed its element "Facebook Comments (retired)," and Zipify Pages removed its Facebook Comments element on February 10, 2026.

Note: The Genial Comments plugin on WordPress.org (4,000+ installs) now warns that "Meta discontinued the Facebook Comments Plugin in February 2026, so Facebook commenting is no longer functional." Some other Facebook comment plugins still advertise the feature with no shutdown notice, so skip them.

The 7 best Facebook comments plugin replacements

Prices are as of October 2026. For more options, see our guides to free comment systems and Disqus alternatives.

CommentCamp

CommentCamp gives independent publishers, bloggers and WordPress sites free comments and community spaces, funded by optional member Pro for readers instead of ads. It will launch with an official WordPress plugin, a universal embed script for any HTML or CMS-backed site, spam filtering and a moderation queue, with WordPress comment import and full data exports on the roadmap. It's in private, invite-only early access with a waitlist.

• Price: $0 for site owners, free forever.
• Best for: Publishers who want comments plus community features.

Disclosure: CommentCamp is our product.

WordPress comments

Native comments are free, built into WordPress core and stored in your own database. You set them up under Settings > Discussion, where, by default, replies thread 5 levels deep (up to 10) and comments with 2 or more links are held for moderation.

• Price: Free.
• Best for: WordPress sites that want zero extra plugins.

wpDiscuz

wpDiscuz is a free WordPress plugin with 60,000+ active installs and a 4.7 out of 5 rating from 581 reviews. It keeps comments in your WordPress database and has built-in social login for 13 networks, including Facebook, Google and Twitter.

• Price: Free.
• Best for: WordPress sites that want readers to keep using Facebook login.

Jetpack Comments

Jetpack Comments replaces the default WordPress comment form with one where readers can log in with WordPress.com or Facebook, or leave a name and email. It ships in the Jetpack plugin (3,000,000+ active installs), is off by default and needs a WordPress.com connection.

• Price: Free.
• Best for: Sites already running Jetpack.

Disqus

Disqus works on any site through an embed code or its WordPress plugin, which can import existing WordPress comments. Readers can use a Disqus account or Facebook, Twitter or Google login.

• Price: Free Basic plan with required ads; ad-free Plus from $12/month, or $11/month billed yearly, for 100,000 monthly pageviews.
• Best for: Sites that accept ads in exchange for a free plan.

Hyvor Talk

Hyvor Talk is a paid, ad-free hosted system that imports Disqus and WordPress comments. Guests can comment with just a name, or readers can use a HYVOR account.

• Price: From EUR 5/month, billed yearly at EUR 50, for 1 site; 14-day trial, no credit card.
• Best for: Sites that want paid hosted comments with no ads.

giscus

giscus is free and open source, stores comments in GitHub Discussions and installs with one script tag. Readers sign in with GitHub, so it suits developer audiences.

• Price: Free.
• Best for: Developer blogs and documentation sites.

Comparing the replacements

None of these can bring back Facebook plugin comments, because Meta provides no export.

How to replace it on WordPress

1. Deactivate and delete your Facebook comments plugin, or remove the snippet your theme or page builder added.
2. Turn on native comments under Settings > Discussion, or install a replacement: CommentCamp's WordPress plugin (invites go out from the waitlist), wpDiscuz, Jetpack or Disqus.
3. Check that comments are open on older posts, not just new ones.

How to replace it on an HTML site

For a full walkthrough, see how to add comments to a website. The short version:

1. Delete the Facebook SDK script that loads from connect.facebook.net, such as connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js, unless another Facebook plugin on the page still uses it.
2. Delete every element with the class fb-comments.
3. Paste your new comment system's embed code where the comment section should appear.

Tip: Meta calls removing the old code optional but recommends it "for a cleaner user experience." Since the dead plugin renders as a 0x0 pixel, you can clean up while you install the new tool.

Get comments back without ads

CommentCamp is free for site owners, with unlimited comments, replies and threads, and readers never pay to read or comment. "We never gate conversations behind paywalls or sell your data." It's in private early access, with invites going out by email as rollout expands, so join the CommentCamp waitlist.