FYI: Blogger announced timeline for removal of Google+ features

FYI: Blogger announced timeline for removal of Google+ features

I know a bunch of you have been playing with Blogger, so this may be of interest.

If you aren't using Google+ Comments or a Google+ Profile for your Blogger account, these changes shouldn't affect your blog.

If you are using Google+ Comments, they are going to disappear on Monday :(

Originally shared by Peggy K

Blogger will start removing Google+ features beginning February 4th, including Google+ comments, widgets and profiles

Today Blogger announced they would begin removing Google+ integrations Monday, February 4th. Note that if you do not use Google+ Comments or a Google+ Profile for your Blogger blog, you won't see much difference. Your blog posts and Blogger Comments won't be affected.

* Blogs will be switched from Google+ Comments to Blogger Comments on February 4th .

Google+ Comments cannot be migrated to Blogger Comments and they are not included in the Google Takeout archive or backup files for your Blogger account. Enjoy them now while you can.

* Google+ widgets will be removed from Blogger blog Layouts on February 4th

This includes Google+ Followers, Google+ +1 and G+ buttons, and the Google+ Badge.

If you manually added Google+ buttons or badges, or you are using a 3rd party template, you may need to remove those manually. They will stop displaying on March 7th when the Google+ API shuts down.

* Blogger will no longer support Google+ Profiles starting in March

If you use a Google+ Profile for Blogger, you will be prompted to create your Blogger profile the first time you sign in after the change.

You can switch from a Google+ Profile to a Blogger profile now: https://www.peggyktc.com/2017/02/set-profile-blogger-account.html#switch

A message from Blogger:

We are sorry for the inconvenience these changes may cause, but we look forward to delivering fresh functionality to Blogger in the coming year. Thanks for your continued loyalty.

Announcement by Blogger:
https://blogger.googleblog.com/2019/01/an-update-on-google-and-blogger.html

I've got more details and a timeline of the Blogger-G+ integration:
https://www.peggyktc.com/2019/01/blogger-minus-google-plus.html

If you have questions, you can post in the official Blogger help forum:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/blogger
https://www.peggyktc.com/2019/01/blogger-minus-google-plus.html