Facebook thumbnail only shows after object debugging
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First off this plugin is great and so much more robust than the old plugin we were trying. However, I still cannot seem to get the Facebook thumbnails to behave when clicking the “share” button. Here’s what it’s doing:
On every post that contains a video, the video is used as the thumbnail. This is fine.
On a very few posts, the correct featured image will display as the thumbnail: http://www.ashvegas.com/asheville-chef-william-dissen-to-host-dinner-at-james-beard-foundation-house-in-march
On every other post, the default image (site logo) is used as the thumbnail instead of the featured image. Example: http://www.ashvegas.com/family-emergency-pulls-wlos-anchor-darcel-grimes-away-from-on-air-duties
Except that when I view source, I can see that the featured image is used in the open graph tag.
Is it not working because the images are often 300px wide but not tall enough? I have the image settings at 300×200 because the images are often around that size (the default Medium size in this WP install is 300×300).
If I run the page through the Facebook object debugger, the thumbnails show up and somehow it clears a cache and the next time I hit the “share” button, it pulls in the correct image!
– What do I need to do to insure that correct image gets pulled in from the get go, instead of running every single one through the debugger?
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