Wrong Open Graph Title, Description, or Image

How OG Tags Work

Social platforms read OG meta tags when a link is shared:

<meta property="og:title" content="Your Page Title" />
<meta property="og:description" content="A description of this page" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://yourdomain.com/og-image.png" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://yourdomain.com/page" />

These tags are read once when the link is first shared, then cached by the platform.

Common Issues

Hardcoded fallback values showing

Problem: Your app has default OG tags that don’t update per page.Cause: Code like this:

// Bad - same values for every page
<meta property="og:title" content="My App" />

Fix: Make OG tags dynamic:

// Good - values change per page
<Helmet>
  <meta property="og:title" content={page.title} />
  <meta property="og:description" content={page.description} />
</Helmet>

OG image not showing

Problem: Image doesn’t appear in social previews.Common causes:

Using a relative URL (/images/og.png instead of https://...)
Image is too small (must be at least 200x200, recommended 1200x630)
Image is too large (most platforms reject files over 8 MB; WhatsApp drops images over 300 KB)
Image URL returns 404
Image is not publicly accessible

Fix:

<!-- Use absolute URL -->
<meta property="og:image" content="https://yourdomain.com/og-image.png" />

<!-- Specify dimensions -->
<meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="630" />

Old preview still showing after update

Problem: You fixed the OG tags but social platforms still show old data.Cause: Social platforms cache previews aggressively.Fix: Force a refresh:

Facebook/Instagram: Use Facebook Sharing Debugger
Twitter/X: Use Twitter Card Validator
LinkedIn: Add ?v=2 to your URL when sharing to bust cache

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Wrong Open Graph Title, Description, or Image

How OG Tags Work

Common Issues

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​How OG Tags Work

​Common Issues

​Debug with Hado SEO Tools

How OG Tags Work

Common Issues

Debug with Hado SEO Tools