What is an OG image?
Open Graph (OG) image is an image that appears whenever we share the link of a webpage or video content on our social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc. It is one of the essential parts of meta tags that we use for SEO. This OG image shows a preview video or image that makes a good impression on any user and can increase clicks to a website.
Why OG image is one of the essential parts of meta tags?
An OG image shows a preview video or image that makes a good impression on any user and can increase clicks to a website. This can be treated as a good part of SEO and user experience.
How to set a universal and perfect OG image for WhatsApp including all social sites?
- OG image is a part of meta tags so we need to put these meta tags inside
<head>and</head>tags. Use below meta tags to set OG image.
<meta name="description" content="Description Here" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Title Here" /> <meta property="og:type" content="website" /> <meta property="og:image" content="Full image URL including base URL" /> <meta property="og:image:width" content="526" /> <meta property="og:image:height" content="275" /> <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/jpeg" /> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /> <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@secretsahil" /> <meta property="og:description" content="Description Here" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Site Name" />How to check that all meta tags are working properly or not?
- Visit Open Graph Meta Tags Viewer
- Enter the URL of the webpage of which you want to check meta tags in the search bar and click Check button.
- You can preview OG images ad well as all meta tags.
Sahil Kumar
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