# How to add social meta tags to my site?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-social-meta-tags-to-my-site/134111
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 22, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-social-meta-tags-to-my-site/134111 "2019-11-22T05:17:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![iraszl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iraszl/32/120318_2.png) [@iraszl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iraszl)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-social-meta-tags-to-my-site/134111/1 "2019-11-22T05:17:14Z")

</div>

I’m running this site: [https://www.graphicdesignforum.com](https://www.graphicdesignforum.com)

Whenever I share a post on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin), the post looks barren without the social media meta tags, such as og:image, og:description, and more specifically twitter cards. related meta tags. I wish my posts looked like the attached example image below with an image, title, description.

 ![7QFSp](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/2/d2e36f2af9cebf5ca3144c0c882c5f35efbceeb1.jpeg)

I wonder if I’m missing a setting in the Discourse engine where I could set this up, or if there is a plug-in I could add that would provide such functionality.

You can try how your site looks like on Twitter here: [https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator](https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator)  
And read about the open graph protocol here: [https://ogp.me/](https://ogp.me/)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### 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: [November 22, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-social-meta-tags-to-my-site/134111/2 "2019-11-22T07:53:18Z")

</div>

> [@iraszl](#):
>
> the post looks barren without the social media meta tags, such as og:image, og:description, and more specifically twitter cards.

And yet if we view source on _this very topic_, Ivan, what do we see? 👀

```plaintext
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" />
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/d/2/d2e36f2af9cebf5ca3144c0c882c5f35efbceeb1_2_526x500.jpeg" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/d/2/d2e36f2af9cebf5ca3144c0c882c5f35efbceeb1_2_526x500.jpeg" />
<meta name="twitter:url" content="https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-social-meta-tags-to-my-site/134111" />
<meta property="og:title" content="How to add social meta tags to my site?" />
<meta name="twitter:title" content="How to add social meta tags to my site?" />
<meta property="og:description" content="I’m running this site: https://www.graphicdesignforum.com Whenever I share a post on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin), the post looks barren without the social media meta tags, such as og:image, og:description, and more specifically twitter cards. related meta tags. I wish my posts looked like the attached example image below with an image, title, description. I wonder if I’m missing a setting in the Discourse engine where I could set this up, or if there is a plug-in I could add t..." />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="I’m running this site: https://www.graphicdesignforum.com Whenever I share a post on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin), the post looks barren without the social media meta tags, such as og:image, og:description, and more specifically twitter cards. related meta tags. I wish my posts looked like the attached example image below with an image, title, description. I wonder if I’m missing a setting in the Discourse engine where I could set this up, or if there is a plug-in I could add t..." />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2019-11-22T05:17:14+00:00" />
<meta property="og:ignore_canonical" content="true" />

```

These tags are already present everywhere that it matters. View Source yourself if you don’t believe me.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-social-meta-tags-to-my-site/134111/3 "2019-11-22T09:22:11Z")

</div>

I had a user who is unhappy that badges don’t have better sharing support. A badge looks just like the main page of a site. (it’s not clear to me that sharing badges is particularly useful, but I think they are going to create custom badges that they believe will have meaning beyond the community)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![cjk77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cjk77/32/151779_2.png) [@cjk77](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cjk77)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-social-meta-tags-to-my-site/134111/4 "2019-11-22T11:42:36Z")

</div>

![twitter-validator](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/5/e5e74ccca4c317cdbbda54142465e6722be2b2a0.png)

This is what my site looks like when validated at the Twitter link you provided above. All the meta tags are there, including the Twitter card. Here’s a link to a specific post run through that validator:

 ![twitter-validator-2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/f/7fe8596f456baf9265641459b41fc2d2e4092b8b.png)

I guess I don’t understand what you think is missing.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![iraszl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iraszl/32/120318_2.png) [@iraszl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iraszl)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-social-meta-tags-to-my-site/134111/5 "2019-11-22T12:28:24Z")

</div>

Thank you guys! Great news.

I reset my robots.txt and how Facebook can pull the card!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### 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: [December 22, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-social-meta-tags-to-my-site/134111/6 "2019-12-22T12:43:57Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.