Featured imaged not used for Facebook post

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  bradkay60 · Member · May 8, 2017 at 4:19 pm

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  The automated post to Facebook does not show the featured image I’ve selected in the blog options.
  Is there a way to make the featured image show up at the top of the Facebook post, rather than all of the other images that are being displayed.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · May 8, 2017 at 4:20 pm

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  We have no control over the images that Twitter, Facebook or any other social networks chooses to display or when they choose to flush their image caches. We really only send them the URL of the post, and they hunt through that for the excerpt and images to include.

  Please read Images in Publicize http://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/#images-in-publicize

  Featured images https://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/

  Facebook image thumbnail
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-image-thumbnail/

  Facebook debugger
  http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug

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  bradkay60 · Member · May 8, 2017 at 4:30 pm

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  Thanks for the fast response.
  If I were to switch to a paid site, are there plug-ins that would allow me to have more control?

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  timethief · Member · May 8, 2017 at 4:32 pm

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  No

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  timethief · Member · May 8, 2017 at 4:35 pm

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  If you are asking i I purchase an upgrade from WordPress.COM can I chnage this the answer is no.

  If you are asking if I move to hiring a web host and setting up a wordpress.ORG software install http://move.wordpress.com then that site would not be appearing on any wordpress.COM Categories or Tags pages because it would not be hosted by wordpress.COM.