Title: [Plugin: Facebook] Posts without og:description content
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Facebook] Posts without og:description content

 *  Resolved [edwardnh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edwardnh/)
 * (@edwardnh)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/)
 * Each time I publish a post, it gets away OK and is posted correctly but the descriptions
   are blank and the post on the Facebook timeline only has the title. How can I
   fix this?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook/)

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 *  [Fred Dreiling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derfeluk/)
 * (@derfeluk)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/#post-2871539)
 * I am having exactly the same issue, no content posted from WordPress. Also random
   images off the site posted with the FB posting.
 *  [ssamioglu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssamioglu/)
 * (@ssamioglu)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/#post-2871552)
 * Me too, I google it but could not find anything to solve. Does anybody have a
   solution for this
 *  [haneefputtur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haneefputtur/)
 * (@haneefputtur)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/#post-2871554)
 * I too face the same issue. I can just see the title and no description.
 *  [Fred Dreiling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derfeluk/)
 * (@derfeluk)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/#post-2871564)
 * Hi all … anybody got any suggestions what I and maybe others are not doing correctly
   to cause this? Anybody?
 * Thanks in advance!
 *  [haneefputtur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haneefputtur/)
 * (@haneefputtur)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/#post-2871595)
 * Yes now it started posting after I upgrade their new version 1.0.2. However it
   started giving new issue. Its showing wrong thumbnails for the posts.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Matt Kelly (Facebook)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattwkelly/)
 * (@mattwkelly)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/#post-2871596)
 * [@derfeluk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derfeluk/), [@ssamioglu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssamioglu/),
   [@edwardnh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edwardnh/), can you upgrade to
   1.0.2 and let us know if that resolves the issue? Thanks
 * [@haneefputtur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haneefputtur/), please open
   a new thread with info. Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [edwardnh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edwardnh/)
 * (@edwardnh)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/#post-2871597)
 * Matt, the issue seems to have been largely resolved.
 * However, my og:description explicitly tries to use an excerpt that I set up for
   each post. The Facebook plugin bypasses this and uses the first characters of
   the post instead. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that implementation
   but if I check the metadata or run the Facebook debugger ([http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug](http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug)),
   I see the correct data for the og:description.
 * What I would like to see is the correct og:description data in the excerpt below
   the title on the Facebook page instead of the beginning characters.
 * Also, there are a number of members-only pages on the site I post to. is there
   a way to feed Facebook the right og information despite the membership-only state
   of those pages?
 * Many thanks for your help here.
 *  [Fred Dreiling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derfeluk/)
 * (@derfeluk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/#post-2871599)
 * [@matt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
    Thanks Matt, but I am already
   using 1.0.2! I have been using Facebook Page Publish and initially that was taking
   the first image in each post but now no images are displayed in FB. No changes
   have been made at the plugin side to cause this change in behaviour.
 * Further, neither have I switched off all other plugins to see if it works on 
   its own. This is something I will test in three weeks after we return from Summer
   trip!
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Contributor [Matt Kelly (Facebook)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattwkelly/)
 * (@mattwkelly)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/#post-2871602)
 * [@edwardnh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edwardnh/) How are you generating
   that excerpt? Via WP’s stock except feature, or another plugin?
 * “Also, there are a number of members-only pages on the site I post to. is there
   a way to feed Facebook the right og information despite the membership-only state
   of those pages?”
 * Unfortunately, no. Your page must be public in order for Facebook.com to read
   the content.
 * [@derfeluk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derfeluk/) Can you post steps
   that you’re taking so that we can try to reproduce? We’re not seeing this issue
   by the normal steps that we take. Thanks
 *  [Fred Dreiling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derfeluk/)
 * (@derfeluk)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-facebook-posts-without-ogdescription-content/#post-2871603)
 * [@matt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/) …. I have just switched off
   Facebook Page Publish and switched on Facebook. Did a test post, perfect in every
   way, used the first image and displayed content and Facebook Status as expected.
 * I cannot explain the sudden and spontaneous correct working, but work it did 
   on that occasion.
 * Will try again …
 * Thanks

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