Ayesh Karunaratne

Adds support for embedding Facebook and Instagram posts in Block Editor (Gutenberg) and Classic Editor. This feature was removed in WordPress core due to deprecation of legacy APIs WordPress core used.
Prior to WordPress 5.5.1, WordPress had support to embed Instagram and Facebook photos, videos, notes, quizes, etc in posts created with Block Editor and Classic Editor. However, Facebook removed this legacy API in October 2020, and this plugin implements the new APIs to bring back support for Facebook and Instagram content embedding.
Note that you will need to register a Facebook developer account and create an app to get API credentials that this plugin uses. There is no coding necessary, but an API key needs to be created and set for the plugin.
Detailed setup instructions are available in <a href="https://php.watch/articles/wordpress-facebook-instagram-oembed" rel="nofollow ugc">oEmbed Plus guide at PHP.Watch</a>
This project is not owned, endorsed, or otherwise affiliated with Facebook Inc. or Instagram LLC.

oEmbed Plus

As the title suggests, this is written beautifully and works perfectly.

No bloat.

On-screen links to where you need to go at facebook and documentation.

And the ability to define keys in wp-config make it great for multisite.

Works perfectly, and elegantly coded for MultiSite

Adds support for embedding Facebook and Instagram posts in Block Editor (Gutenberg) and Classic Editor.

Facebook

Meta Embeds is the official WordPress plugin for embedding social media content from Meta Platforms. Paste a Threads, Instagram, or Facebook URL into the WordPress editor and it automatically renders a rich preview of the media content.
Zero configuration required. No app creation, no access tokens, no API keys. Install the plugin and it just works.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Threads Embeds: Paste a Threads post URL and get a rich, interactive embed.</li>
<li>Instagram Embeds: Paste an Instagram image, video, or carousel post URL and get a rich, interactive embed.</li>
<li>Facebook Embeds: Paste a Facebook post or reel URL and get a rich, interactive embed.</li>
<li>Block Editor Support: Dedicated “Threads”, “Instagram”, and “Facebook” embed blocks with a live preview.</li>
<li>Classic Editor Support: Auto-embeds Threads, Instagram, and Facebook URLs via WordPress oEmbed.</li>
<li>Lightweight: No external dependencies, no settings page, no bloat.</li>
<li>Tokenless: Uses Meta’s tokenless oEmbed APIs for instant, frictionless embeds.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported URL Formats</h4>
Threads:
<ul>
<li>Post Permalink: <code>https://www.threads.com/@{username}/post/{media-shortcode}/</code></li>
<li>Shorthand Post URL: <code>https://www.threads.com/t/{media-shortcode}/</code></li>
</ul>
Instagram:
<ul>
<li>Image and Carousel Posts: <code>https://www.instagram.com/p/{media-shortcode}/</code></li>
<li>Reels: <code>https://www.instagram.com/reel/{media-shortcode}/</code></li>
<li>Profiles: <code>https://www.instagram.com/{username}/</code></li>
</ul>
Facebook:
<ul>
<li>Posts: <code>https://www.facebook.com/{username}/posts/{post-id}/</code></li>
<li>Reels: <code>https://www.facebook.com/reel/{reel-id}/</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
This plugin registers Meta’s oEmbed API endpoints as providers in WordPress. When a Threads, Instagram, or Facebook URL is embedded:
<ul>
<li>WordPress makes a server-side request to <code>graph.threads.com/oembed</code> (Threads), <code>graph.facebook.com/v25.0/instagram_oembed</code> (Instagram), <code>graph.facebook.com/v25.0/oembed_post</code> (Facebook posts), or <code>graph.facebook.com/v25.0/oembed_video</code> (Facebook videos) to fetch the embed HTML.</li>
<li>The embed HTML includes a script tag that loads <code>threads.com/embed.js</code>, <code>instagram.com/embed.js</code>, or <code>connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js</code> on the frontend to render the embed.</li>
<li>No user data is collected or stored by this plugin.</li>
<li>Frontend embed rendering is subject to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Meta’s Privacy Policy</a>.</li>
<li>Access to and use of this plugin is subject to <a href="https://developers.facebook.com/terms/dfc_platform_terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Meta Platform Terms</a>, <a href="https://developers.facebook.com/devpolicy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer Policies</a>, and <a href="https://transparency.meta.com/policies/community-standards/" rel="nofollow ugc">Meta’s Community Standards</a>, together with all other applicable terms and policies.</li>
</ul>

Meta Embeds

Embed Threads, Instagram, and Facebook content in your WordPress site. Paste a URL and get a rich embed — no access tokens required.

oEmbed Plus vs Meta Embeds