How to add Twitter card meta tags to your blog?
Engagement is the name of game on social media platforms like Twitter and Twitter Cards (and images in general) are proven to increase engagement. In this article I will tell you what a Twitter Card is and how to add how to add Twitter Card meta tags to your blog.
How do you fill in Twitter card in Yoast SEO?
Yoast SEO fills in the Twitter card with the information you provide in your post or page. In the Social tab of the Yoast SEO meta box, you can also manually add an image, a title, and a description.
Why do you put meta tags in the header?
This is so you don’t have to code a header and footer every single time you create a new page. And since the header and footer are permanent, it makes sense that you stick important code like meta tags inside the header. You could put it in the footer, but that’s a bad idea.
How many characters do you need for a meta tag?
Use a maximum of 65 characters (including spaces). The page’s target keyword should be at the beginning. Each page must have one title tag. Each title tag must be unique (never use the same title tag on other pages). Branding always appears at the end of the title tag.
What does a meta tag do in HTML?
Most meta tags are nothing more than name and content, in fact you could create your own if you wanted to. While this is valid syntax it really doesn’t do anything. If you were to write some program that scanned html looking for this specific meta tag than it would make sense to include, otherwise its useless.
How big does an image need to be for a Twitter card?
There appear to be 2 key considerations which need to be taken care of before the image will display for the [summary_large_image] twitter card: The image dimensions must conform (at least) to the minimum width (280px) and the minimum height (150px).
Is there a way to test your Twitter card?
If you ever have problems with your Twitter Cards not displaying correctly there is a way to test them. You can use the Twitter Card Validator, plug in the url you want to test and see what the outcome is along with some debugging information. Here I have entered another blog post and I get a preview of what my twitter card is going to look like.