How do I get my blog to show the correct title when posting its URL on FB?

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  amywrites2015 · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 7:49 pm

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  I accidently created two blogs. The one I want to keep is titled MINDING MYSELF, and it is located here: https://amywrites2015.wordpress.com/
  However, when I post this URL on my FB page, it shows the other blog’s title, but will take the person to the correct link. I want it to SHOW my current title. HELP?!?!

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

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  timethief · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 7:52 pm

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  Disconnect the Publicize app. Then Try flushing the FB cache http://umairj.com/146/how-to-clear-facebook-shares-cache/ before you reconnect. See also publicize troubleshooting http://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/#troubleshooting

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  amywrites2015 · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 8:11 pm

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  Sadly, I am not able to follow those instructions. I’m very new to this and cannot seem to make the change. It is quite frustrating. I guess I will have to allow FB to continue showing my original title. Or just go to a different blogging site and start all over again. I appreciate the tip. I just can’t find how to disconnect the publicize app and when I click on the FB cache link, there is so much terminology that is foreign to me that I cannot help myself. Thanks again.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 8:18 pm

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  amywrites2015 · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 8:20 pm

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  Thank you so much.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jan 8, 2015 at 12:42 pm

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  Hi there,

  I fixed this up for you so that Facebook shows the correct information about your site. Here’s what I did:

  I started by entering the link to your site into Facebook’s debugger here:

  https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/

  Then, I clicked the “Fetch new scrape information” button on that page. That tells Facebook to go get the most recent information about your site and update the details it has saved. (Otherwise, Facebook will continue to use old information it had saved in its system about your site.)

  Now when I share the link to your site https://amywrites2015.wordpress.com/ on Facebook, it shows the correct title. Please let me know if I can do anything more to help with that. :)

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  amywrites2015 · Member · Jan 8, 2015 at 1:07 pm

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  Dear Happiness Engineer,
  THANK YOU. Thank you so much.
  Amy