Free Open Graph Checker and social share preview

Enter a page URL to preview its share card on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Slack and Discord, built from its Open Graph and X tags and each platform's fallbacks. We load the share image to check its size, ratio and file weight, and list every missing tag. Free, no account needed.

Enter the full URL of the page you want to share.

Reading the result

What your Open Graph check means

Every platform builds its link preview from the same handful of tags, and each falls back differently when one is missing. The report shows exactly which tag each platform uses.

  • Share previews

    A card for each platform with the title, description, image and domain it would show. Under each card, the tag each part came from, so you can see where a platform fell back to your <title> or meta description.

  • Share image

    The og:image and twitter:image actually loaded, with their size in pixels, aspect ratio, file format and weight. Platforms crop to about 1.91:1, and X and LinkedIn reject files over 5 MB.

  • Social tags on the page

    Every og:, twitter:, fb: and article: tag exactly as written, so you can spot duplicates, typos and tags written with name= instead of property=.

  • What we found

    Each issue with its fix: missing required tags, relative or http image URLs, images that are too small, the wrong shape or too heavy, an invalid twitter:card, and og:url disagreeing with the canonical.

How it works

How the Open Graph checker works

  1. 1

    Enter the page URL

    Use the exact URL people will share. If it redirects, we check the page it lands on, as platforms do.

  2. 2

    We read every social tag

    Open Graph (og:), X (twitter:), and the page's title, meta description, theme colour and canonical, which platforms use as fallbacks.

  3. 3

    We load the share image

    The image is fetched through our protected connection, up to 8 MB, measured, and resized into a small preview. Your browser never contacts the image's server.

  4. 4

    We build each platform's card

    Using each platform's own order of fallbacks: for example, X uses twitter:title, then og:title, then the page title.

Accuracy and limits

What the Open Graph checker does and doesn't do

  • Previews are close approximations. Platforms change their card layouts and may crop or truncate differently on each device.
  • Platforms cache previews. If you just changed your tags, a platform may keep showing the old card until it fetches the page again.
  • It reads the HTML your server returns. Tags added by JavaScript aren't seen by most platforms either.
  • It loads at most two images per check: og:image and a different twitter:image.
  • One page per check: three a day without an account, fifteen when signed in.

The TaskGlaze site audit flags missing og:title, og:description, og:image and og:url tags across every page of your site. See the site audit.

Guide

How to set up Open Graph tags that share well

Five tags cover almost every platform. Add them to every page you want people to share.

  • 1. Add the four core tags

    og:title, og:type, og:image and og:url are the Open Graph basics. Add og:description and og:site_name too; chat apps show both.

  • 2. Use a 1200 × 630 image

    That size and its 1.91:1 ratio display well everywhere. Keep important text away from the edges, because some platforms crop to 2:1 or square.

  • 3. Use absolute https URLs

    og:image and og:url must include https:// and the domain. Relative paths aren't resolved by several platforms.

  • 4. Set twitter:card

    Use summary_large_image for a big image card. X falls back to your Open Graph title, description and image, so you rarely need the other twitter: tags.

  • 5. Write for sharing, not search

    og:title can be more conversational than your SEO title. Keep it under about 70 characters so it isn't cut off in feeds.

  • 6. Keep og:url and the canonical in step

    Point og:url at the page's canonical URL so shares of every variant count towards one page.

  • 7. Describe the image

    Add og:image:alt so people using screen readers know what the image shows.

  • 8. Refresh after changes

    Platforms cache previews. After updating tags, use each platform's own preview refresh, or share a URL with a harmless query string to test.

Reference

Which tag each platform uses

Each platform reads tags in its own order. When a tag is missing, it falls back to the next one.

PlatformTitle, then fallbacksImage and size
Facebookog:title, then <title>og:image; 1200 × 630 recommended, at least 200 × 200
LinkedInog:title, then <title>og:image; 1200 × 627 recommended, under 5 MB
Xtwitter:title, then og:title, then <title>twitter:image, then og:image; 2:1 for summary_large_image, at least 300 × 157
Slackog:title, then twitter:title, then <title>og:image, then twitter:image
Discordog:title, then twitter:title, then <title>og:image; theme-color sets the card's side bar
Common mistakes

Common Open Graph mistakes

  • No og:image

    Links show no picture, or one the platform picks from the page, often a logo or an ad.

  • A relative image path

    og:image="/images/share.png" works in a browser but not for several platforms. Use the full https:// URL.

  • An image that is too small or the wrong shape

    Small images appear as a tiny thumbnail beside the text; tall or square images are cropped, cutting off text.

  • An SVG share image

    Social platforms don't show SVG images. Export a PNG or JPEG.

  • Heavy image files

    Images over 5 MB are rejected by X and LinkedIn. Compress them; 200 to 500 KB is plenty.

  • The same og:title on every page

    A template that hard-codes the site name makes every shared link look identical.

  • Tags with name= instead of property=

    The Open Graph standard uses property=. Some platforms accept both, others ignore name=.

  • Tags added by JavaScript

    Platforms read the HTML your server sends and don't run scripts, so tags added later are never seen.

Open Graph Checker FAQ

Open Graph checker questions, answered

Tags, images, fallbacks and caching.

What is an Open Graph checker?

An Open Graph checker reads the tags a page uses to describe itself when shared, and shows how the link preview will look. This one previews five platforms, loads the share image to measure it, and lists every missing or broken tag.

What are Open Graph tags?

Meta tags such as og:title, og:description and og:image in a page's <head>. Social networks and chat apps read them to build the card that appears when someone shares the link.

What size should an og:image be?

1200 × 630 pixels, a 1.91:1 ratio, works on every major platform. Facebook ignores images smaller than 200 × 200, and X needs at least 300 × 157 for its large card.

Do I need twitter: tags if I have Open Graph tags?

Mostly no. X falls back to og:title, og:description and og:image. Add twitter:card to choose the card style, ideally summary_large_image.

Why does my old image still show?

Platforms cache previews, sometimes for days. Use the platform's own preview or debug tool to refresh it, or test with a URL that has a harmless query string added.

Why is my preview using the wrong title?

The platform fell back because a tag was missing, empty or added by JavaScript. The report shows the source of every part of each card.

Does Open Graph help SEO?

Not directly. Search engines don't rank pages by their Open Graph tags. Good previews do earn more clicks and shares, which brings visits and links.

What is og:url for?

It tells platforms the canonical address of the page, so likes and shares of different variants count together. Set it to the same URL as your canonical tag.

Why are previews approximate?

Platforms redesign their cards and crop differently on different screens. The previews follow each platform's current layout and fallback order, and the image measurements are exact.

Is the share image safe to load?

The image is fetched by our server through a protected connection, size-limited, and re-encoded into a small preview. Your browser never connects to the image's server.

How many checks can I run?

Three per tool per day without an account, or fifteen per tool per day when you are signed in to your TaskGlaze account. Each free tool has its own count.

Is it safe to check any URL?

We check every link against public lists of phishing and scam sites before loading it, and refuse ones that look unsafe. A refused link doesn't use one of your daily checks.

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