{"id":2797,"date":"2026-01-15T10:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2026-01-16T07:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:04:09","slug":"due-to-a-facebook-code-change-fbps-newsfeed-filtering-hiding-blocking-capabilities-are-currently-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/due-to-a-facebook-code-change-fbps-newsfeed-filtering-hiding-blocking-capabilities-are-currently-broken\/","title":{"rendered":"Due to a Facebook code change, FBP’s Newsfeed filtering \/ hiding \/ blocking capabilities are currently broken"},"content":{"rendered":"
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F.B. Purity’s newsfeed filtering capability is currently broken, but never fear, a new release v38.4.0 is in the process of being published that will fix things.<\/p><\/div>\n

A recent Facebook code change broke FBP’s Newsfeed Filtering system for many people. Facebook are rolling out the change quite rapidly now, so if it hasn’t affected you yet, it probably will reach you pretty soon. By filtering i mean hiding \/ blocking \/ filtering out posts from the Newsfeed.<\/p>\n

Sorry for any inconvenience caused, but thats the nature of browser extensions that are tied to a site’s inner workings. If the site changes, it can break some of the extension’s functionality. In this case its mainly the newsfeed filtering capabilities that are affected, many of FBP’s other functions should still be working ok such as the “Comment Sort : All Comments ” and “Comment Sort : Newest”, the “News Sort: Feeds (Most Recent)” and “Friend Alerts”.<\/p>\n

I know it’s frustrating \u2014 your feed may be looking messy right now, and I completely understand how annoying that can be. Rest assured: I’m aware of the problem and already investigating it.<\/p>\n

Fixing this kind of thing takes time, so if you could bear with me and be patient, that would be incredibly appreciated.<\/p>\n

If you appreciate all the work that goes into updating \/ maintaining \/ fixing \/ supporting FBP and would like to show you it, you can do so by donating via https:\/\/donate.fbpurity.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks so much for your support \u2014 I\u2019ll keep you posted as soon as I have an update!
\nMight be the perfect time for a little Facebook break \u2600\ufe0f<\/p>\n

Thanks very much to all the people who have supported FBP over the years, its very much appreciated!<\/p>\n

Best Regards,<\/p>\n

Steve<\/p>\n

***UPDATE 15th Jan***<\/strong>
\nI managed to come up with a fix ( v38.4.0 ) I’ve pushed the GM Script version to the main install channnel at install.fbpurity.com so if you are using the GM Script version, you can update now to the new version by either reinstalling it over the top of your old version, or you can wait for it to autoupdate.<\/p>\n

I have also uploaded the extension versions of v38.4.0 to the various browser companies (google (chrome)), firefox, opera, microsoft (edge)) for approval. Once they approve the extensions they will become available for autoupdating in your browser. Some browser companies take ages to approve updates (firefox) most other companies take a few days or so, its impossible to know exactly when they will approve the updates, so please be patient, thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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