Title: Facebook share button does not work Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # Facebook share button does not work * [merlin4539](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlin4539/) * (@merlin4539) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/) * The icons appear correctly, but when I click on the Facebook Share button, this error message appears: * This content failed to load. * This happens on all three of my wordpress blogs. The other buttons seem to work properly, but I only have a Facebook account so cannot be sure. * [http://artblog.evening-sun.com](http://artblog.evening-sun.com) [http://blog.lotusheartwisdom.com](http://blog.lotusheartwisdom.com) [http://blog.evening-sun.com](http://blog.evening-sun.com) * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-media-feather/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-media-feather/) Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * [Synved](https://wordpress.org/support/users/synved/) * (@synved) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7250965) * This is caused by some Lightbox plugin you’re using. What lightbox plugins do you have installed? * Thread Starter [merlin4539](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlin4539/) * (@merlin4539) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7250968) * This problem did not occur until your last upgrade. I disabled all of my plugins and it still did not work correctly. * I am only using jQuery Color lightbox. * Thanks! * [rkhyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkhyd/) * (@rkhyd) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251022) * i too get the same error for facebook button. i am using easy fancybox plugin. * [Synved](https://wordpress.org/support/users/synved/) * (@synved) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251030) * [@merlin4539](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlin4539/) We haven’t released an upgrade for the plugin in quite some time, so unless you were running a very old version, something else caused the issue. What happens if you temporarily de-activate jQuery Color lightbox? * [@rkhyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkhyd/) you can download [the latest dev version for Easy Fancybox](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/easy-fancybox.zip). * [rkhyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkhyd/) * (@rkhyd) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251031) * hello Synved, i have updated the Easy Fancybox to the version you gave. Now the error has changed to “The requested content cannot be loaded. Please Try again later.” * please check here.. [http://54.254.170.108/](http://54.254.170.108/) * Thread Starter [merlin4539](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlin4539/) * (@merlin4539) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251032) * @ Synved – Yes, jquery colorbox is the culprit! But unless I can find another plugin that will give a fullscreen overlay of photographs, I am stuck. * [Synved](https://wordpress.org/support/users/synved/) * (@synved) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251034) * [@merlin4539](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlin4539/) can you point me to the plugin you are using, is it on wordpress.org? Maybe it has an option to “enable lightbox on ALL images” or something along those lines – you should disable such option and enable the lightbox only on specific images. * [@rkhyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkhyd/) the buttons on your site seem to work for me now. * Thread Starter [merlin4539](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlin4539/) * (@merlin4539) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251035) * Hi Synved. Here is the url for the plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-colorbox/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-colorbox/) * I have it activated for images in posts and pages. I cannot find a setting to enable on all images. * [Synved](https://wordpress.org/support/users/synved/) * (@synved) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251043) * It seems that plugin tries to apply its lightbox effects to all images inside posts. That is a really bad design choice, as this will mean any thumbnail image will be loaded inside the lightbox, even though the container anchor for the image points to a non-image URL. Your only option is to contact the author to make him add an option to NOT open the lightbox on links that don’t point to image files, or switch to a different lightbox plugin. * Thread Starter [merlin4539](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlin4539/) * (@merlin4539) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251044) * I understand what you are saying, but then why does this plugin * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/osd-social-media-sharing/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/osd-social-media-sharing/) * work without this issue? * [Synved](https://wordpress.org/support/users/synved/) * (@synved) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251060) * It’s either because it uses a shortcode/widget (which means sharing buttons won’t be automatically added to the post content) or because it uses font icons instead of image icons. There are prons and cons to each approach. * Thread Starter [merlin4539](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlin4539/) * (@merlin4539) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251061) * It does add the sharing buttons automatically, and also seems to use image icons. So there must be another reason??? * [Synved](https://wordpress.org/support/users/synved/) * (@synved) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-7251062) * I’ll look more into this when I have time and see if anything specific happens to avoid that, it might take me some time though due to other work in the pipeline. * [finitefoodie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/finitefoodie/) * (@finitefoodie) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-share-button-does-not-work/#post-8526685) * The Facebook share (and other share buttons) worked on all my previous posts and still do. However, the last 2 posts which were created just like the others don’t work. All of the other share buttons do, but when someone goes to share one of the 2 latest posts on Facebook, the message says Page Not Found Error 404… I went ahead and posted it and the actual post appeared on my FB page, just fine, with the featured picture and all. I went back in to try again and it worked– no more error message. On the next post that’s having a problem, it responds in a similar but not exactly the same way. The Error 404 message keeps showing up, but when I go ahead and post, the actual posts appears, but the picture is upside down. Every time I try to do it, the Error message shows up, but when I go ahead and post anyway, the actual post comes up but with the upside down picture. 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