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Free Plugin by Mongoose Marketplace v1.9.2

Mongoose Page Plugin

The most popular way to display the Facebook Page Plugin on your WordPress website. Easy implementation using a shortcode or widget.

Mongoose Page Plugin

The facts

Rating
4.6★ from 64
Active installs
10k+
Price
Free
Last updated
8 May 2026
Added
Apr 2015
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
WP 6.8.8
Requires PHP
5.3
Downloads
414,244

Our analysis

AI-assisted

The Mongoose Page Plugin is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add a Facebook page to your website. It provides a shortcode for easy insertion into posts, pages, or widget areas, and includes a shortcode generator for convenience. You can customise various settings such as width, height, and display options to suit your site’s needs.

This plugin is suitable for users who want to integrate their Facebook presence into their WordPress site, making it easy to showcase their Facebook content. It supports multiple languages and offers flexibility in how the Facebook page is displayed.

Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users looking to display their Facebook page on their site.

What it does well

  • Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
  • Customisable shortcode for flexible integration
  • Supports multiple languages for global reach
  • Live preview available in the Customizer
  • Trusted by over 30,000 WordPress websites

Where it falls short

  • Limited information on advanced features or support
  • No details on compatibility with specific themes or plugins

Verdict

The Mongoose Page Plugin offers a straightforward way to integrate a Facebook page into a WordPress site. It is a practical choice for users wanting to enhance their social media presence.

From the developer

Mongoose Marketplace's own description of Mongoose Page Plugin, lightly tidied.

Seamlessly add a Facebook Page to your WordPress website with the Mongoose Page Plugin! Trusted by more than 30,000 WordPress websites worldwide, the Mongoose Page Plugin is the simplest way to add a Facebook page to your website.

You can add your Facebook page to any widget area with the custom Mongoose Page Plugin widget, with live preview available in the Customizer.

The plugin can be used to add your Facebook page to any post, page or text widget by using the [facebook-page-plugin] shortcode to display the plugin wherever you like, as often as you like.

Other features include:

  • A shortcode generator on the admin dashboard for easy generating of the shortcode

  • Uses your site language by default, but you can display your Facebook page in all 111 languages that Facebook supports, including English, Spanish, Arabic, German, French, Russian and many more

With more than 30,000 installs and over 50 5-star rating, the Mongoose Page Plugin is one of the most popular social media plugins for WordPress.

Plugin Settings

The Mongoose Page Plugin uses a shortcode to insert the page feed. You set your settings within the shortcode.
[facebook-page-plugin setting=”value”]
Available settings:

href (URL path that comes after facebook.com/)

width (number, in pixels, between 180 and 500, default 340)

height (number, in pixels, minimum 70, default 500)

cover (true/false, show page cover photo, default true)

facepile (true/false, show facepile, default true)

tabs (any combination of [posts, messages, events], default timeline)

cta (true/false, hide custom call to action if applicable, default false)

small (true/false, display small header (must be true for height to be lower than 130px), default false)

adapt (true/false, force plugin to be responsive, default true)

language (languageCode_countryCode eg: en_US, language of the plugin, default site language)

method (SDK or iframe embed method, default SDK)
  • Deprecated Settings *

    posts (true/false) – posts has been replaced by tabs as of 1.4.0. There is a fallback in place to convert it to tabs

Example: [facebook-page-plugin href="facebook" width="300" height="500" cover="true" facepile="true" tabs="timeline" adapt="true"]
This will display a Facebook page feed that loads in the page facebook.com/facebook that is 300px wide but adapts to it’s container, 500px high, displaying the page’s cover photo, facepile and recent posts in the same language as the site. See the screenshots tab for a demonstration of how it will appear

Filter Reference

facebook_page_plugin_dashboard_widget_capability

Changes who can see the shortcode generator on the dashboard. Default: edit_posts

facebook_page_plugin_app_id

Changes the Facebook App ID.

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