Featured image not showing when sharing URL on social media

Hi Rikard,

Thank you for the tip!

I already had Yoast installed, but hadn’t really used it, so I went to my Yoast tab and was able to get the featured image to show when sharing to Facebook. Thanks!

However, it isn’t showing on Twitter, and I can’t figure out why. I’ve enabled the Open Graph meta data setting on the Facebook tab inside the Yoast plugin, which works as a foundational setting on the Yoast plugin for all the other social media platforms, and on the Twitter tab I’ve enabled the Twitter card meta data, using “summary with large image” as the default card type to be used.

As far as I can see, there are no other settings for me to enable on Yoast, and yet the featured image still isn’t showing up on Twitter.

Any suggestions?

Hi Rikard,
I did set up the Yoast Twitter tab as much as was possible. The Twitter tab in Yoast works from the Facebook tab as a base. What I mean is, it say on the Yoast Twitter tab: “Twitter uses Open Graph metadata just like Facebook, so be sure to keep the “Add Open Graph meta data” setting on the Facebook tab enabled if you want to optimize your site for Twitter.” And on the Facebook tab I have set the featured image.
Also on the Twitter tab it has the option to set up the Twitter card, which I’ve done. Here it has the option either to use just a summary, or a summary with large image, and I have gone for the summary with large image option. It doesn’t allow you to designate which image is used though, so I assume it must take this data from the Facebook tab.

I have taken two screenshots and shared them under this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RAgcaIB8WoiI5zRRNlnmAZ7MObdNtJXu?usp=sharing

Thanks for your help!

Hi Rikard,

Ok, I figured out the problem. I was trying to change the general Yoast settings (in the Yoast menu), but when I looked at your image I realised you were changing the local settings for a specific page. I went to my home page and the Twitter tab is just like in your picture. I added the image there, and now it’s working!

Thanks!

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So now the issue has been solved for Twitter, but for some reason Facebook, which was working earlier, now is not showing the featured image any longer.
I’ve attempted various solutions (e.g. disabling the open graph metadata for Facebook in the general tab but keeping the featured image for the homepage; or clearing the Facebook image for Yoast on the homepage but keeping the open graph metadata for Facebook in the general tab) but nothing seems to work.

I wonder if you could log in and take a look and try solve it?

The goal of what I’m aiming for is: to have the homepage banner image show up on Facebook and Twitter posts when I share the http://www.digitalservicesact.eu link.

Thank you!

Hi Rikard,

This is a bit strange – I’d already tried your suggestion but it hadn’t worked, but now when I tried it again it did work. So now finally everything seems to be working.

Thanks!

Chris

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