When sharing to Facebook the thumbnail image is not the one on blog post.
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It’s been doing this since Saturday. I tried doing another post today and it’s still happening. It’s only on Facebook posts; I’ve used other pictures, sizes, etc but it’s not helping.
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Hi there,
When you share a link, Facebook caches the preview so it doesn’t have to go look up the post every time someone else shares the same link. But sometimes their cache gets confused and starts using old previews for new links as well. Facebook has a tool that you can use to force them to clear their cache here:
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing/
Paste the post’s URL there, and click the Scrape Again button. You might need to click it a few times before it will show the correct picture.
Facebook recently also added the option where you can do this on a shared post. Click the arrow top right on the shared post, and click the Refresh option there if you see it.
I’ve fixed these two posts for you, but now you know how to do it yourself in future :)
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Hi! I have a related question I can’t find – I recently moved my site from wordpress.com to a self-hosted site. I was able (with help!) to get the old shares to move as well so I didn’t lose those. But now if I update the post (for example, to add an SEO keyword) those sharing indicators fall back to zero. So now some of my old posts show neither likes (which never could come over) nor shares. Is there any way to get the shares back?
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