rel=image_src isn't changing the thumbnail

meta-tags facebook-sharer
MG1 picture MG1 · Feb 9, 2012 · Viewed 14.3k times · Source

I added this code to the head but when I try to post something about a website inside a Facebook page, the image that I specified is still not showing up as an option. I'm using wordpress as a CMS. Any ideas why? 

<meta content="something" name="title">
<meta content="something="og:description">    
<link href="thumbnail.jpeg" rel="image_src">

Answer

Lix picture Lix · Feb 9, 2012

Try using the Facebook Debugger to pin-point the issue.
Sometimes there is a caching issue and feeding your URL through this tool forces Facebook to scrape your URL again hence refreshing the cached og:tags

Further more your og:tags should look more like this :

<meta property="og:title" content="The Rock"/>
<meta property="og:type" content="movie"/>

Notice the property attribute and not the content attribute that you (possibly) used. The correct syntax is available at this link : http://ogp.me/

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