Which photo goes to Facebook?

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  cynthiakuni · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 8:48 pm

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  I have been trying to determine how WordPress selects which photo in my post goes onto the Facebook link. Can I choose the photo I want? Can I determine the photo I want before I publish the post?

  thanks!

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  gabrielstjohn · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 9:54 pm

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  Unfortunately you can’t determine which picture Facebook chooses. See this previous forum entry for more info:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/publishing-photos?replies=5

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  timethief · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 9:57 pm

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  ~~gabrielstjohn
  See the more recent thread I link to below please. :)

  @cynthiakuni
  I’m sorry but we have no control over which images Facebook chooses to display and we have no control over how long it takes for the image caches at Facebook to be flushed. They make changes frequently and every time they do we get these kind of questions. Does this more recent answer from Staff help?
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/fb-link-has-no-thumbnails?replies=4#post-936861

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  gabrielstjohn · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 10:10 pm

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  Bookmarked! Thanks timethief!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 10:11 pm

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  You’re welcome. :)

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  cynthiakuni · Member · Jul 31, 2012 at 8:34 pm

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  Thanks very much! I wish it were different, but at least I don’t feel stupid anymore. Well, not about this anyway. ;) C

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2012 at 8:36 pm

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  I’m sorry it wasn’t what you wanted to hear. You’re welcome and best wishes with your blog.