WordPress › Support » WP 2.9 Thumbnail Sharing on Facebook

DougEng
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

Vitto32, I think you are right and that this has something to do with the jpg format or the meta data in the jpg.

I created a new post with an image that I knew worked. The preview worked after a Share.

I switched the image to one that didn't work. The thumbnail preview did not show the new image, proving that FB does not refresh the thumbnail data once it scraped the page.

I created a new post with the image that did not work. Image appears on thumbnail selection, does not appear on Share.

I took this image into Photoshop and used "Save for Web" with only the copyright and contact EXIF.

I placed this image on a new post, thumbnail preview works, Share works!

I'm using Lightroom to export all my images. I'll try now to isolate what is different in the image that worked and did not work, at least here is a workaround for new posts. Can someone do this with 2.9.1? I'm still on 2.8 and not upgrading for now.

I probably should do a few more test cases before I get too excited :)
bmatiash
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

Has there been any update with this issue? It's been ongoing for me for several weeks now. I am not sure what I can do but I really do need to be able to post thumbnail previews. I tried the suggestion of adding that bit of code to my header but didn't have any luck.

My blog address is http://brianmatiash.com/blog.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

Brian
bmatiash
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

I was able to make -some- progress in getting thumbnails to post when sharing. I read someone that a person exported their image out of Lightroom into Photoshop and used the 'Save for Web' option. I did the same, keeping only the color profile and copyright info.

When adding that image to my blog post and sharing on Facebook, the thumbnail image displays as it always had.

This leads me to believe that it has something to do with the jpeg file handling of Lightroom (perhaps) as nothing else changes in my process.

So, for the time being, it looks like I have to take a few extra steps to get this to work until a more streamlined solution appears.

Hope this helps.
bmatiash
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

I am running into all sorts of oddities with trying to troubleshoot this issue.

I read somewhere that a person had luck bringing his image into Photoshop and using the 'Save for Web' option before embedding his image onto his blog post. So, I tried that and it actually worked.

Here is the odd thing. I usually prep a week's worth of images for my entries every Sunday. So, I went ahead and did the Save for Web routine for each of the upcoming week's images. I then prepped the articles and went on my way.

The problem is that when I would go to publish the next day's article, the thumbnail would, once again, disappear when sharing. So, I tried re-saving the image using the Save for Web in PS and re-applied the newly saved image to the blog post. And sure enough, it worked.

I don't want to start speculating over what it could be but so far, the ONLY thing that works is saving the image the day that the article is posted and then sharing it. I have no idea what else it could be. All I know is that this is a very bizarre and most annoying issue and I am very surprised that it hasn't been resolved yet.
Ipstenu
Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
Posted 2 years ago #

Honestly, I'm basically convinced at this point that it's Facebook being stupid, mroe than anything else (I had problems with a post from CNN yesterday, so it's not JUST WP).

So far I have 100% success IF the image is in-line in the post (which ... I do for visual effects about 80% of the time anyway). Thumbnails have been hit or miss, but the 'Save for Web' in GIMP seems to work.

Has anyone reported this to FaceBook?
bmatiash
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

I had submitted a ticket to Facebook support about a week ago but haven't heard anything about it. Wouldn't be surprised if the coding for their new site redesign played a role in this problem.

Still, it is extremely annoying.
sdetoffol
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

Yep, me too.

What is the best way to get <link rel="image"> into a post header? I'm trying Custom Fields and not having luck:

Name: link_rel_image
Value: <link rel="image_src" href="http://www.domain.com/wp-content/uploads/image.gif" />
paologanino
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

hi guys...i can't even get the post title when sharing on fb...the only thing i get is the link...any idea?thanks
jimtron
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

I've got this issue too and it's really annoying me. My blog: http://www.picturedujour.com . I'm using Highslide--I wonder if that could have anything to do with it? Lately I've been getting what I think is the generic Gravatar logo when I post permalinks to my FB page.
frymi
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Same problem. Thumbnails (IMG) from WordPress (2.9.2) blog to Facebook not loading! Why? What happened? Please, Help Me!!!
nicolera
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Same here...it's driving me nuts and since I'm a photographer I kinda need the images to appear on my fan page or the blog entry goes by unnoticed!
Ipstenu
Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
Posted 1 year ago #

It's Facebook not following their own protocol. Between your theme and your RSS, Facebook is NOT consistent in deciding what to pick up and what not to with your images :(

I hesitate to pitch another 3rd party app, but ... I've heard good things about http://www.involver.com/

(I solved the problem by leaving FaceBook, but that was an ideological thing. It worked on two of my sites but not the third until I turned that site into BuddyPress. FB's seriously weird.)
conradschoice
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I had a similar problem so I upgraded to wordpress 3 and used this plugin, solved all my problems :)
boogieboa
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Did anyone find a fix for this? I've been having the problem since upgrading to WordPress 3. All my posts before the upgrade show thumbnails, titles and descriptions when sharing on Facebook, but nothing other than the boring URL after upgrade.

Interestingly enough, this is only a problem for my posts, since all pages, including the homepage of http://colorfultimes.com shares on Facebook just fine.

Any thoughts?
ibbranco18
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I'm using addtoany and have the same problem. pictires (thumnails) do not show, only the description. I did not put the meta, it used to word on WordPress 3.0 ant then it stopped. I see that other wordpress sites work well.

did anyone discover what is provoquing the problem ?
gj384
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Is there any chance the image size might have something to do with it? I've resized a few of my images to make them smaller (around 10% of their original size in most cases) - down to about 20-40kb each. I'm waiting for Facebook to re-scrape the page, while checking again every few hours just in case. Has anyone else tried this?

Someone else suggested that some plugins might cause communication issues between WordPress and Facebook. Has anyone seen a list of potentially troublesome plugins?
femmgrangwav
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

thumbnails nails not working for me either...
mfcompany
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Yes, we're experiencing the same issue; It just stopped, and now it only posts one of three graphics that don't even appear on the posting... very weird. We're using the 3.0.1 version of WP. The real problem is that this completely undermines the selection of graphics we use to get traffic in a Facebook posting; the graphic selections help us attract attention - now the only thing that shows up is our logo, which ALREADY appears because the posting is on our Facebook PAGE...

Ironically, it is NOT happening if you repost something from a news site, like the Wall Street Journal page, although sometimes the images it does seem to offer (you can cycle through them) are just randomly pulled from graphics on the page.

The first person who can solve this will get a great big bottle of champagne from me!...
timlorang
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I'm posting mainly to get an update when someone finds an answer. I have just recently started using WP and this is a big deal to not have a picture for Facebook posts.

Tim Lorang
latincaster
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

As previous post, i'm looking 4 a solution too. Anyone?
My blog is at http://www.latincaster.net
netfly
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I fixed this issue easily. Try to follow the step by step of this article:
http://www.freemooviesonline.com/fmo-blog/2010/10/fix-wordpress-thumbnails-showing-facebook/
ibbranco18
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Netfly,

I added what you said (the plugin) and not only the permalink worked, but the sharing as well !!!! Thanks .......... so much.
NiceCarvings
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Tried that netfly, and it worked...but only once! Now I'm back to no thumbnails...I suck....AGAIN.
ibbranco18
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Ok, the asame for me. The solution worked sometimes and stopped. Now the picture appears on the sharing screen, but not on the facebook post itself !

what I don't understand is why some wordpress blog don't have the same problem. I saw many examples. It may be a plugin installed individually that conflicts with the sharing.

any ideas ?
NiceCarvings
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Yea, this says resolved,but it seems the furthest from that...for me anyway.Looks like many others as well!:(
NiceCarvings
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Just realized that in category view, the my facebook and digg share pics up every thumb and pic in the whole category.

Does not pic up squat otherwise. Well except, it will pick up an inline picture in an article though, better than nothing. Would be nice to pick up thumbs like it suppose to.
Ipstenu
Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
Posted 1 year ago #

The ticket is marked resolved because the person who submitted it got it to work for them.

The problems are vast and until Facebook publishes their methodology for detection of images in posts, we're never going to be able to sort it out.

The only 'workaround' that works for just about everyone is to include the image inline in your post. That implies that Facebook doesn't want to show a default image, they want to show your 'content' images, and are using their own super sneaky algorithm to do so :/

I suppose if you tweaked your code to include the featured image IN the content of the post, but hidden from the regular viewers, you could fool FaceBook, but at that point, it's too much effort for me to hit their insane moving target and FaceBook can bite itself for me ;)
markey101101
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
If you're using a CDN or hotlinking is disabled it won't work.

I'm now trying to figure out how to remove the url base http://www.mydomain.com from this function so then I can add my standard base url rather than cdn.mydomain.com/image.jpg

If anyone can fix this code to remove the base URL everyone's problem is solved right away..
```
# Displays post image attachment for FB (sizes: thumbnail, medium, full)
function fb_attachment_image($postid=0, $size='thumbnail', $attributes='') {
	if ($postid<1) $postid = get_the_ID();
	if ($images = get_children(array(
		'post_parent' => $postid,
		'post_type' => 'attachment',
		'numberposts' => 1,
		'post_mime_type' => 'image',)))
		foreach($images as $image) {
			$attachment=wp_get_attachment_image_src($image->ID, $size);
			?><?php echo $attachment[0]; ?><?php
		}
}
```
This code is then used like this inside <head>

<meta property="og:image" content="<?php fb_attachment_image($post->ID, 'thumbnail'); ?>"><link rel="image_src" href="<?php fb_attachment_image($post->ID, 'thumbnail'); ?>" />

Once we solve removing the base URL everyone with a CDN can still have their thumbnails working on FB as long as hotlinking images is not turned off :D
halluzineyt
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Hello How about custom field image? how can i use this to share my correct image on facebook.. pls tell me where exactly to paste the image because i dont know much about coding..
Ipstenu
Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
Posted 1 year ago #

At this point, we're well past this being a Alpha/Beta problem. I'm closing this, NOT because it's resolved for all people but because at this point, it's not helping anyone.

IF you need help, post about it in How To and Troubleshooting and make a really good, descriptive, subject :)

Like halluzineyt, you should do 'How to make a custom field image show as thumbnail on Facebook?'