Deprecation Facebook Severity: medium
Facebook Page recommendations and ratings API deprecated
What changed
Graph API v22.0, released January 21, 2025, deprecates Page recommendations. The v22.0 changelog says the affected endpoints return error code 12 for v22.0 and later. It does not state a date for older versions.
What it means
Reading Page recommendations returns error code 12, and Page ratings webhooks are no longer sent.
Who is affected
Reputation and review tools that read Facebook Page recommendations.
What to do by 21 Jan 2025
Stop calling GET /<PAGE_ID>/ratings and GET /<RECOMMENDATION_ID>, and remove dependence on ratings webhooks.
Primary sources
Checked against the source 26 Oct 2026
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