# Featured image during sharing post in social network like facebook

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-image-during-sharing-post-in-social-network-like-facebook/126954
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [8월 27, 2019, 5:54오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-image-during-sharing-post-in-social-network-like-facebook/126954 "2019-08-27T17:54:37Z")
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### Author: ![bharadwaj874](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bharadwaj874/32/150894_2.png) [@bharadwaj874](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bharadwaj874)
#### Post date: [8월 27, 2019, 5:54오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-image-during-sharing-post-in-social-network-like-facebook/126954/1 "2019-08-27T17:54:37Z")

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Hi,

I have a query on the featured image when sharing a post on facebook.

> **[Control Valves required Details](https://ask.instrumentationtools.com/t/control-valves-required-details/6633)**
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> What process date is required to size a Control Valve? Medium – What is passing through the valve? – if it is a special liquid give specific gravity (at flowing temperate), critical pressure, vapour pressure and viscosity. Pressures – What...

When sharing the above link in FB, then it appears as follows

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/1/e1eee262fdba85a65ee3bb3c26e88bd65708d647.png)

Note : The blue color image is my forum default image/logo

And i have an image in one of the reply in the same post, the link is,

> **[Control Valves required Details](https://ask.instrumentationtools.com/t/control-valves-required-details/6633/4)**
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> The valve coefficient, Cv, is a number which represents the capability of a valve (or any flow component) to flow a fluid. The larger the Cv, the larger the flow at a given pressure differential. By definition, a Cv value of one is the Cv required...

when sharing the above link in FB, then it appears as follows.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/9/69146f8e68112b39adf6950c244d5a0d2a0ffec9.png)

Please suggest how to get any suitable image in the post (including all replies) as a featured image when sharing the direct post link which doesn’t have an image. as shown above.

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### Author: ![smrtey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@smrtey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smrtey)
#### Post date: [8월 28, 2019, 1:29오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-image-during-sharing-post-in-social-network-like-facebook/126954/2 "2019-08-28T01:29:38Z")

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You may wish to refer to this thread

> [@Opengraph and Twitter cards markup for a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opengraph-and-twitter-cards-markup-for-a-topic/85239/):
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> Hi, As it is my first topic on that forum, I just want to say thank you for the great product. We in CUBA Platform really love it slightly_smiling_face We make announcements of new features on the forum to give an opportunity to the community to give their feedback on the spot. When I include the link to Discourse topic on Twitter the image is always our logo. Unfortunately, I can’t edit the snippet generated by Twitter, which is luckily not the case for Facebook. As a result, we have lots o…

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [8월 28, 2019, 1:47오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-image-during-sharing-post-in-social-network-like-facebook/126954/3 "2019-08-28T01:47:18Z")

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Please do not add random bold and headers to your post, that makes it hard to read, and I have to spend time editing it out.

If sharing a topic, make sure the first post in the topic has a large image in it. That large image in the first post will be used as the sharing image.

If sharing a post, make sure that post has a large image in it. That large image in the post will be used as the sharing image.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [3월 18, 2023, 5:25오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-image-during-sharing-post-in-social-network-like-facebook/126954/4 "2023-03-18T05:25:02Z")

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [4월 29, 2023, 1:32오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-image-during-sharing-post-in-social-network-like-facebook/126954/5 "2023-04-29T13:32:34Z")

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