Facebook and Instagram changes

[Craig Biles]

This will probably NOT impact a lot of us but I wanted to point out an article titled "Upcoming API Change Will Break Facebook and Instagram oEmbed Links Across the Web Beginning October 24". 

It starts off with -  "In an extraordinarily inconvenient API change, Facebook and Instagram will be dropping unauthenticated oEmbed support on October 24, breaking content across millions of websites. The change will force users to generate an app ID with a developer account in order to continue embedding links via oEmbed:"

This got my attention and it is a big enough change that WordPress has removed the Facebook and Instagram embed Gutenberg blocks from their editor.

If you have used these blocks, or use a plugin to post Facebook or Instagram content onto your site, be aware of this change from the social media channels and monitor your site.

The original article was at https://wptavern.com/upcoming-api-change-will-break-facebook-and-instagram-oembed-links-across-the-web-beginning-october-24.

M. Craig Biles

University Digital Design and

Mobile Communications Developer

Information Technology Services and

University Communications Depts.

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