Back in 2013, pulling content from an external website into a SharePoint page with a snippet of jQuery dropped into a Script Editor web part was a genuinely popular trick. It let people display an external feed or piece of content on a SharePoint page without needing a developer to build anything formal. If you are reading this because you found our old post on the technique and tried to follow it, here is what actually happened, and what to do instead today.
Why it does not work anymore
Modern SharePoint Online disables the ability to run arbitrary custom script, including through the Script Editor and Content Editor web parts, on every site by default. This was a deliberate security change, not a bug or an oversight. Free form script injection is one of the more common ways a compromised or careless page turns into a cross site scripting vulnerability, and Microsoft closed that door tenant wide rather than leaving it up to individual site owners to be careful. Even in tenants where the setting has not been explicitly changed, new sites are provisioned with custom script disabled from the start.
What actually works in modern SharePoint today
- The Embed web part. For content a provider explicitly supports embedding, such as a video, form, or dashboard with an official embed code, the built in Embed web part is the sanctioned way to bring it into a modern page.
- Power Automate. If the goal is pulling structured content, like a feed or a data set, into SharePoint on a recurring basis, a scheduled Power Automate flow that writes the content into a SharePoint list is the modern, supported equivalent of what the old script used to do, without needing custom script enabled at all.
- SharePoint Framework (SPFx). If you genuinely need custom logic beyond what Embed or Power Automate can do, an SPFx web part is the properly supported path today. It runs through Microsoft's approved extensibility model rather than injected script, which means it keeps working as SharePoint itself gets updated instead of quietly breaking.
If you have an old classic SharePoint customization that has stopped working the way it used to, that is often a sign it is time for a proper modern equivalent rather than another workaround. Our Microsoft 365 team and Power Platform consulting can help rebuild it the right way. Get in touch if that is where you are at.