No thumbnail image for Facebook page link for my WP HOME page only
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Newbie here. I am loving the blog site I have just created and I have worked out many initial quirks, but one big one remains and I can’t seem resolve it. I can’t get a thumbnail image to display when I link to my main page (free, WP-hosted) to Facebook: http://rootsandtwigsphotography.wordpress.com/ . I resolved getting images from posts and other pages to display. As far as I can tell, the issue is now limited to the only root/home page. I have used the Facebook debug feature many times (very helpful for some issues I had). I have read some about needing an image of 300dpi/ppi for it to display as a thumbnail on FB. Not sure if that is the issue? I don’t really want a large image like that, but my wonder is… Since the home page is essentially a feed of other site content (random changing header image; featured image slideshow; and recent posts)… it is sort of as if there are no images to pull from, in my newbie mind. Is that what is going on? Without using a static home/front page, how would I even go about locating a 300dpi/ppi image for Facebook to pull in? Is this obstacle on WordPess or Facebook’s end? I’m suspicious it is more of a Facebook issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You will not be able to get anything other than your favicon/blavatar to display when you link to your blog itself.
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Thanks. That will be better than nothing. I uploaded a blavatar an hour or so ago, waiting for it to go live, I guess.
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Thanks – but I should see it on my browser tab soon, right? I have cleared the cache and it displays in various plays within WP, but not on the browser tab yet. I think it’s just a matter of time.
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OK, so my blavatar appeared overnight, but it is not an option for a thumbnail image when I post a link to my blog on Facebook. I have no image options. When I post from my FB BUSINESS page, I can upload an image, but that clutters my photo albums… and still from my PERSONAL page, there are no options. Is this just how it is? No way to add a thumbnail choice? Thanks.
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Update… There was an additional delay to get to where my gravatar serves as an image for linking to my blog home page, but it is now in place. However, now I find that some POSTS allow the gravatar as an image (only choice) and some don’t allow any images, even those that have a photo gallery and featured image within them. I don’t actually know how POSTS were operating before the gravatar. However, as it stands, it seems like PAGES other than the home page are the only links that allow a choice of images, and now the home page at least will let me use my gravatar. Is there a way to get thumbnail image options for POST links? I am a photographer and sharing recent sessions is very important to my business. Thanks again.
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We have no control over the images that Facebook 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 see http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug
and https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/fb-link-has-no-thumbnails?replies=4#post-936861See here too https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pachyderm-theme-image-size-on-reader?replies=9#post-1349306
See this thread for more tips please > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wp-post-wont-publish-images-to-fb-but-was-previously?replies=8
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Tried debugging the pages on FB developer tools… Seems to have fixed most or all of my problems. Guess their cache was preventing thumbnail choices. Cheers.
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Oops – sorry – I didn’t actually see your reply above until after I resolved it via debugging. That is a tremendously handy tool. Thank you for your reply.
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