I spent a while making a much better designed oEmbed for posts on my site (first image below) only to find that Discourse doesn’t use them, it uses OpenGraph, which is ugly and I cannot control it (second image below). Is there any way I can use oEmbed? [quote-oembed] [quote-opengraph]

I did think oEmbed was already supported: [image] Configuring and troubleshooting oneboxes How oneboxes work When a link is included in a post, Discourse visits the destination page and looks for Open Graph or oEmbed tags, including: Though I’m not sure what makes it pick one over the other?

oEmbed support for my site?

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JammyDodger May 14, 2025, 2:58pm 3

I did think oEmbed was already supported:

Though I’m not sure what makes it pick one over the other?

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oEmbed support for my site?

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