oEmbed Read deprecated, Meta oEmbed Read replaces it, response fields removed

What changed

Announced April 8, 2025: the Meta oEmbed Read feature replaces oEmbed Read, which is deprecated on November 3, 2025. The listed author and thumbnail fields are removed from Facebook post, Facebook video and Instagram post oEmbed responses, and the Facebook page post oEmbed endpoint is deprecated, effective November 3, 2025 for all versions.

What it means

Embed tools lose author and thumbnail fields from Facebook and Instagram oEmbed responses, and the Facebook page post oEmbed endpoint goes away.

Who is affected

Sites and tools that embed Facebook or Instagram posts through the oEmbed API.

What to do by 3 Nov 2025

Existing apps are migrated automatically by November 3, 2025. Stop relying on author_name, author_url, thumbnail_url, thumbnail_width and thumbnail_height in oEmbed responses.