Chalenge 1: Social Sharing

byElieChahine

188 followers

8 years ago

So I have written few articles on my website and wanted to test the social sharing option. I started with Facebook. I pressed the share button and a new widow opened up:

-Post title on Facebook is the same as the the Meta-title of the Post (written in the all in one SEO)

-Post description on Facebook is the same as the the Meta-description of the Post (written in the all in one SEO)

- PROBLEM: Featured image on Facebook is different than the post's featured image on Wordpress.

What was the problem?

I did some research and it turned out that Facebook has its own automated way in detecting images from my website's post and choosing a random picture as a featured image. So basically I needed to guide Facebook and point out which image must be considered as a featured image.

What was the solution?

1. Activate the Meta Social Option in the All in one SEO Plug in.
2. Fill in all necessary details.
   Some tips:
   - To find you Facebook Profile Admins ID visit http://findmyfbid.com/, put your Facebook profile URL and generate a number. This number is your Profile Admins ID.
3. After that, within your dashboard, go to Appearance>>Editor>>Theme Functions (Functions.php) and insert this code:
   
   

   
   This worked out perfectly for me. For more infos check: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-avoid-n...