# Quickly explain what Onebox is?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/quickly-explain-what-onebox-is/28114>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [April 30, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quickly-explain-what-onebox-is/28114 "2015-04-30T00:44:03Z")\
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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:** [March 29, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quickly-explain-what-onebox-is/28114/16 "2018-03-29T19:42:43Z")

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Yes, onebox leverages OpenGraph and oEmbed tags, if present on the target site.

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