What is OG URL in HTML?
Open Graph meta tags are snippets of code that control how URLs are displayed when shared on social media. Any tags with og: before a property name are Open Graph tags.
What is an OG image on a website?
An Open Graph image is created by a website owner – the image fits perfectly onto a Facebook post when a page is shared. A brand looks more professional – and interesting – when a well put together Open Graph image is featured. When shared, a page with no OG image will display a grey box or might show a random banner.
Is og URL mandatory?
You do not ever need og:url . Instead, use the existing rel=canonical standard to link to your canonical page URL. Facebook’s own documentation states they support this [1]. Facebook treats the following as redirects before scraping: HTTP redirects, rel=canonical links, and og:url .
When to use OG and OG in WordPress?
They pull tags from the page and show how it looks when shared. Testing also helps prevent issues where OG tags aren’t displayed or pulled correctly. Use og:image:width and og:image:height tags to ensure a perfect snippet the first time someone shares it. In WordPress, Yoast adds them automatically.
What should the URL be in open graph?
If you haven’t set up your OG settings, random content (sometimes no content) will be pulled from your site when you share it on social media. You can add the URL of any image in the Open Graph Image. The URL must be a direct link i.e. it ends in the filename with the extension.
How do I upload an image as an OG?
You can upload the image (s) you want to use as OG image to the Asset panel . To grab the URL of the images in the Asset panel, click the settings icon that appears when you hover over the image in the Asset panel, then grab the URL by right-clicking on the link icon next to the asset name in the Asset Details menu and copy the link.
What does og mean on a Facebook like button?
og:url basically tells the FB scraper “ignore anything on this page, and scrape this url instead” So it’s doing exactly what it’s supposed to do. If you want the like button to point to a different url, use the href parameter and have it point to a different url. See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/ for more information.