• My posts with a photo in WordPress look fine on my web site, http://www.pacificcascaderailway.com but when they get transferred to my faceBook page the only picture that shows up is the background map photo. The background map is a nice photo but not the one described in the post. If I remember right, when I first started using WordPress it moved the correct post photo with the post to my FaceBook page, but something changed and I can’t figure out what to change back. Any suggestions or links to articles about moving WordPress posts into social media will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time.
    Capt. Brigg Franklin CEO
    Pacific Cascade Railway in HO gauge

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  • Alright,

    Did you set up featured images for each of those posts? Are you using the core Featured images or something else like a custom form? Facebook OG always look for the feature image to create the “Preview” of any given site.

    Thread Starter Capt. Brigg

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    First, thanks for responding and please forgive my ignorance about WordPress. I see under “Add new post” the pane “Featured Image” and the Set Featured Image link to my Media Library. However I don’t think I ever indicated a featured image. I did use the image of the railroad map of Washington state as the header and page background, which may have given it a priority of sorts. I’m not sure what the “core Featured images” are and I don’t use any custom forms. When adding a new post I just insert a newly loaded image into the post which works fine on the web site. Do I need to designate a featured image each time I want an image in a post and how do I designate its location in the post? I’ll give it a try and see what happens. Is there a text somewhere on using the featured image tag? Thanks for your help.
    Capt. Brigg

    If you use the featured image, Facebook should use that as a website preview. Are you by any chance using a SEO plugin?

    Thread Starter Capt. Brigg

    (@capt-brigg)

    Yes I am using the SEO plug in. Does SEO have something to do with my sending pictures to FaceBook?
    I have tried using the Featured Image selection. The image shows up in my web site but still does not show up in FaceBook, only the header image. I think I do not know exactly how to use the Featured Image selection. When editing the post description the Featured Image does not show in the edit box. If I add the image in the edit box then it shows up twice in my web site post, but still not in FaceBook. I’m at a loss. Suggestions please.
    Capt. Brigg

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