Featured image during sharing post in social network like facebook

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The discussion revolves around controlling the featured image when sharing a post on Facebook. bharadwaj874 notes that when sharing a topic link, Facebook uses the forum’s default logo instead of an image from the post. However, when sharing a specific reply with an image, Facebook correctly displays that image. smrtey refers to a thread on OpenGraph markup for topics. codinghorror clarifies that the featured image is determined by the presence of a large image in the first post (for topic sharing) or in the specific post being shared. To ensure the correct image appears, users should include a large image in the relevant post.

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Hi,

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

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

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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,

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

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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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You may wish to refer to this thread

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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.