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.
Features
- Threads Embeds: Paste a Threads post URL and get a rich, interactive embed.
- Instagram Embeds: Paste an Instagram image, video, or carousel post URL and get a rich, interactive embed.
- Facebook Embeds: Paste a Facebook post or reel URL and get a rich, interactive embed.
- Block Editor Support: Dedicated “Threads”, “Instagram”, and “Facebook” embed blocks with a live preview.
- Classic Editor Support: Auto-embeds Threads, Instagram, and Facebook URLs via WordPress oEmbed.
- Lightweight: No external dependencies, no settings page, no bloat.
- Tokenless: Uses Meta’s tokenless oEmbed APIs for instant, frictionless embeds.
Supported URL Formats
Threads:
- Post Permalink:
https://www.threads.com/@{username}/post/{media-shortcode}/ - Shorthand Post URL:
https://www.threads.com/t/{media-shortcode}/
Instagram:
- Image and Carousel Posts:
https://www.instagram.com/p/{media-shortcode}/ - Reels:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/{media-shortcode}/ - Profiles:
https://www.instagram.com/{username}/
Facebook:
- Posts:
https://www.facebook.com/{username}/posts/{post-id}/ - Reels:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/{reel-id}/
Privacy
This plugin registers Meta’s oEmbed API endpoints as providers in WordPress. When a Threads, Instagram, or Facebook URL is embedded:
- WordPress makes a server-side request to
graph.threads.com/oembed(Threads),graph.facebook.com/v25.0/instagram_oembed(Instagram),graph.facebook.com/v25.0/oembed_post(Facebook posts), orgraph.facebook.com/v25.0/oembed_video(Facebook videos) to fetch the embed HTML. - The embed HTML includes a script tag that loads
threads.com/embed.js,instagram.com/embed.js, orconnect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.json the frontend to render the embed. - No user data is collected or stored by this plugin.
- Frontend embed rendering is subject to Meta’s Privacy Policy.
- Access to and use of this plugin is subject to Meta Platform Terms, Developer Policies, and Meta’s Community Standards, together with all other applicable terms and policies.