Custom Facebook Feed Pro vs Jetpack
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| Feature | Custom Facebook Feed Pro v4.6.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | Jetpack v16.3.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 3M+ |
| Last updated | — | October 12, 2026 |
| Editions | Custom Facebook Feed Pro ($) | Jetpack · Jetpack paid plans ($) |
| Pros | Photos, videos, likes, comments and events in the feed; Load-more button and hashtag or string filters; Elementor and Divi integrations | Many modules in one plugin, each switched on separately; Brute-force protection and an image CDN without extra services; Contact form with Akismet spam checks and entries kept in admin |
| Cons | Needs a licence key from the vendor; Licence checks and usage data go to Smash Balloon servers | Needs a WordPress.com connection to work fully; Usage tracking runs once the site is connected, with no separate toggle found; Paid plans gate some features, such as multi-step forms |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 7 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Photos and videos from posts ($), Likes and comments per post ($), Facebook events feed ($), Facebook album posts ($), Load-more button ($), Filter posts by string or hashtag ($), Licence key activation and checks ($) | Site stats dashboard, Brute force login protection, Photon image CDN, Social sharing buttons, Related posts, Newsletter and blog subscriptions, XML sitemaps, VideoPress video hosting ($), Secure sign-on through WordPress.com |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal ($) |
| — | MailPoet | |
| Social | Facebook Graph API ($) | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor ($) | — |
| Other | Smash Balloon connect service ($) | Akismet, WordPress.com |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 | 7.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.5.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | Yes |
| External services | smashballoon.com, connect.smashballoon.com, smash-balloon-connect-tools-st.web.app, usage.smashballoon.com, plugin.smashballoon.com | jetpack.wordpress.com, api.bruteprotect.com, public-api.wordpress.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api.paypal.com, v0.wordpress.com, videopress.com, widgets.wp.com, pixel.wp.com, subscribe.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | 2 | 60 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 60 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |