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Wrong Thumbnail when posting to FB - Social Share | Forum

Albert Estremera
Albert Estremera Aug 8 '14
I have noticed this for quite a bit and thought it might fix itself but it's hasn't.


When I try to share on Facebook,  the thumbnail is from the previous post.


Any ideas how to fix?

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  Capture.JPG (116Kb)
Purusothaman Ramanujam
Images are from the page post randomly. It can be any image.
Albert Estremera
Albert Estremera Aug 17 '14
Actually it's pulling the images from the "Other User Videos". I just noticed the pattern.  


The screenshot I just attached is the Video page on a specific video and the three different Images it allows me to choose from for the Facebook post. As you can see the 3 images are the exact same images as the "Other User Videos"

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  example.jpg (200Kb)
Purusothaman Ramanujam
Facebooks follows a pattern on selecting the image to be pulled.

1) using meta tag
2) Ramdom
Albert Estremera
Albert Estremera Aug 18 '14
But it also happened with Google+
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  example2.jpg (431Kb)
Purusothaman Ramanujam
Most sites work on random images if no meta tag is provided.
Albert Estremera
Albert Estremera Aug 19 '14
So basically I have to figure out the issue on my own and fix on my own.
Purusothaman Ramanujam
Not really. This plugin basically plugs-in to other plugin pages to share the link. If you want the correct images to be shared, each and every plugin should be edited to allow the correct image.

Hope you understand this.
Albert Estremera
Albert Estremera Aug 19 '14
Gotcha. Makes sense. Thanks
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