Facebook uses the Open Graph information on your page or post information to decide what information to pull when your post is shared.
Normally you don't ever have to care about what Open Graph is, but how it's set depends on your theme and plugins.

Some themes only apply Open Graph tags to the featured image and identifies the title and description of the page as the information to be pulled when your post is shared. If you are given a number of pictures to choose from, that most likely means that the Open Graph tags are not defined properly.

If you use a plugin you can define what pictures are to be used and sometimes you can even specify a separate image for each social media. Some plugins even allow you to create a hidden vertical image that is only pulled when your post is pinned at Pinterest.

But what if the Facebook debugger doesn't debug?

Try out these solutions:

  • Clear out any site caching plugins you may have installed to make sure the bots aren’t getting a cached version of your URL.
  • Make sure you saved your content after you edited.
  • Check your warnings and errors in the Facebook debugger. Sometimes if your image is too small or too large, it won’t be recognized.
  • Is your site publicly accessible? If you’re using a “coming soon” plugin or maintenance mode is active, Facebook won’t be able to see your page. The same if your post is in Private mode or on a scheduled publishing time.

If it still doesn't work, them I'm sorry to say that I don't know what to do.

Thanks for reading, and I hope this did help you out.

PS
This was my first tutorial ever publised here at WA. Please excuse my poor educational skills :)




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Phil-58 Premium
Hi there
Thanks for this lesson
I have saved this for later..
thanks again
Cheers...PB
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rich6153 Premium
Your skills are outstanding. You are clear, concise and very comprehensive in the content of the tutorial. Thank you so very much. I really appreciate the screenshots with the steps to see and read how to move from task to task. Outstanding! Thank you so very much.
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JHaugland Premium
Thank you :)
It's so nice when someone with real teaching skills appreciates my efforts. I will bring you an apple :D
Jorn
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DKretzman Premium
Hi! Very informative tutorial. Congrats on your first tutorial also. Ill bookmark this one for future reference if this ever happens to me. Looking forward to your next one. Donna
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albert22 Premium
Very helpful tutorial. Thanks for posting!
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Dan-L Premium
My experience the first image on your post will be the one that is used, but that is also not always the case.
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JHaugland Premium
That is true when neither theme nor plugins have defined any image in the Open Graph tags.
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Dan-L Premium
You can also use the feature image in wordpress for each page.
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JHaugland Premium
It is not every theme that adds Open Graph tags to the featured image. Then Facebook pulls any picture.
And the recommended image dimensions for Facebook share image does not always correspond with the dimensions of the featured image.
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Dan-L Premium
Omega theme has this included.
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JHaugland Premium
Maybe. I tried to check it out, but I am not sure which Omega Theme to check. There are at least 5 WP themes named Omega.
But even if you clearly define social media content through Open Graph tags, Facebook still can get it wrong.
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