Embed Facebook Posts with OSEmbed

Documentation for Joomla 3

The OSEmbed Pro plugin allows you to embed Facebook links in Joomla.

Before you start, please follow this guide and create a Facebook App.


#1. Get the URL of the Facebook post

  • Visit Facebook and find the post you want to embed.
  • Find the URL for the post by clicking on the timestamp, as shown below.

Here are some examples of URLs of Facebook posts:

https://www.facebook.com/Joomlashack/posts/10157245875930126 https://www.facebook.com/Joomlashack/posts/10157245471095126


#2. Add the URL to a Joomla article

  • Go to your Joomla site and login.
  • Add the URL of a Facebook post to your Joomla article:

url of a facebook post pasted inside a joomla article

That embed will work perfectly on the front of your site also:

facebook post embedded frontend

Documentation for Joomla 5

The OSEmbed Pro plugin allows you to embed Facebook links in Joomla 5.

Before you start, please follow this guide and create a Facebook App.


#1. Get the URL of the Facebook post

  • Visit Facebook and find the post you want to embed.
  • Find the URL for the post by clicking on the timestamp, as shown below.

Here are some examples of URLs of Facebook posts:

https://www.facebook.com/Joomlashack/posts/10157245875930126 https://www.facebook.com/Joomlashack/posts/10157245471095126


#2. Add the URL to a Joomla article

  • Go to your Joomla site and log in.
  • Add the URL of a Facebook post to your Joomla 5 article:

the url of a facebook post

That embed will work perfectly on the front of your Joomla 5 site.