Facebook Thumbnails Issue Traced to safe_image.php

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talkinggoat picture talkinggoat · Nov 10, 2011 · Viewed 14.4k times · Source

For some reason, facebook's safe_image.php script isn't generating thumbnails, properly. It's generating a 1x1 image... even though the correct image is linked in the script's parameters. Example:

<img class="img" alt="" src="https://s-external.ak.fbcdn.net
/safe_image.php?d=AQBtrCt_Es_KsED0&w=90&h=90&url=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww.southlapatriots.info%2Fimages%2FScamra%2FJayCastilleCouncil2.jpg"

The linked image is correct, but it is still only generating a 1x1 image.

Answer

StefanoP picture StefanoP · Dec 12, 2011

Got the same problem today, in my case was an https issue.

I automatically redirect every http requests to https, and while the browser works this out normally, FB's safe_image.php doesn't. If you have such redirect as well, you may want to disable it for just your og:image file.

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