Facebook Updates WordPress Plugin for Instant Articles

WordPress powers so many websites today that networks like Facebook would have to be downright dumb not to provide publishers using that system a simple way to integrate with and take advantage of their offerings.

Facebook is no bunch of dummies, of course, and has for some time offered a free WordPress plugin for its Instant Articles program (which simplifies the process of generating and publishing Instant Articles from WordPress.)

The social network recently announced it was updating its WordPress plugin for WordPress.com VIP for enterprise clients.

The updated plugin - available here - is also available for publishers using a self-hosted version of WordPress and will make it possible to adapt Web content for the Instant Articles format, simplifying setup and providing "visual parity" between Instant Articles and AMP.