youtube videos take control when blog is shared on social media
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When i imbed a youtube video in my blog and share it on Facebook. The video takes over. Folks clicking on my facebook post go directly to video and not to my blog. How do i correct this?
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You can try (although depending on theme it may work or it may not) putting a Featured Image in the post. Sometimes FB will seize on that rather than the video, but there’s no guarantee.
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Thank you, just ran and posted a test blog with a featured image and a video. It worked.
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I don’t know about Facebook etc. but some of my Posts have YouTube videos in them – I always put an image at the top of the post then for the front page I use the ‘More Tag” to limit what is seen on the front page – that makes my front page load quicker (some of my Posts are a bit long with several pictures) and makes it easier for people to page down and see what else is on my site
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Please see the Staff response here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/no-thumbnail-when-sharing-on-facebook-a-blog-post-containing-only-a-vimeo-video?replies=7#post-2164741
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