Get started with Elfsight Facebook Feed 1.12.0

Installation

1. Install Elfsight Facebook Feed WordPress Plugin elfsight-facebook-feed-cc.zip to your website. Don't know how? Please learn here.

2. Go to Facebook Feed page in WordPress admin menu.

3. Create a new widget, adjust all settings and get a ready-made shortcode.

Use Facebook Feed as a WordPress Shortcode



1. Create a new widget

You can use Elfsight Facebook Feed as a WordPress shortcode. To do this, you have to create a new widget, set all options in the Elfsight editor and save it.

2. Copy-paste the shortcode

You will see the new widget's shortcode in the widgets list. You can copy-paste it into the required place of your website.

Example of the Elfsight Facebook Feed shortcode:

[elfsight_facebook_feed id="1"]

Use Facebook Feed as a
Gutenberg Block

You can use Elfsight Facebook Feed as a block for Gutenberg editor. Just add it to your page during page building and select one of the available Facebook Feed widgets from the list.

Use Facebook Feed as a
WordPress Widget

To use Elfsight Facebook Feed as a WordPress widget, go to Appearance -> Widgets, and drag Elfsight Facebook Feed WordPress widget to any widget section. Next, select one of available Facebook Feed widgets from the list.

Use Facebook Feed as a
Visual Composer Element

You can use Elfsight Facebook Feed as a Visual Composer element. Just add it to your page during page building and select one of the available Facebook Feed widgets from the list.

Options

Option Default Value Description
Source
sourceType page Select Facebook source type you want to display in your widget: page or profile.
source https://www.facebook.com/elfsight Works for pages. Set your Facebook page URL or ID you want to display the information from in the widget.
userAccessToken null Works for profiles. Set the Facebook access token of the user whose profile you want to display in the widget. Get Facebook access token.
Layout
width 500 Set the widget width in pixels. Or set "auto" to make it responsive.
height 720 Set the widget height in pixels. Set "auto" to make the widget adapt to content size.
header_visible true Show/hide the header.
header_parts cover, actions, picture, likesCount Choose the elements to show/hide in the header.
header_actions like Set the actions, available in the header.
menu_visible true Show/hide the widget menu.
content_posts_visible true Show/hide the widget's posts tab.
content_posts_parts author, likesCount, commentsCount, sharesCount, shareButton Choose the elements to show/hide for each post in the widget.
content_posts_limit 0 Set the number of posts to display. Set "0" to display all posts.
content_photos_visible true Show/hide the widget's photos tab.
content_albums_visible true Show/hide albums in the widget's photos tab.
content_videos_visible true Show/hide the widget's video tab.
content_videos_parts description, likesCount, commentsCount Choose the elements to show/hide for each video in the widget.
content_popup_parts author, likesCount, shareButton, comments Choose the elements to show/hide in the popup.
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lang en Choose one of 16 available languages of widget's UI (de, en, es, fr, ru, pt, sv, pl, no, it, hu, fi, dk, tr, ar, lt).
cache_time 3600 It defines how long data from Facebook will be cached in your browser. Set "0" to turn the cache off.

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