Social Share Preview
See how a URL will look when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter/X — pulls the real Open Graph and Twitter Card tags.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Social Share Preview really free?
Yes — unlimited use, no signup, no credit card. We built these tools to help you audit sites without paying for a data subscription.
Does this tool store or share the URLs I check?
No. Each check runs live and we don't save your input. We keep a short-lived rate-limit counter (by IP) purely to prevent abuse; it is not linked to your results.
How accurate are the results?
This tool reads live, public data directly from the page or domain you enter — it does not rely on a paid third-party database, so it reflects exactly what is publicly visible right now.
When someone shares your page on Facebook, LinkedIn, or X/Twitter, the platform doesn't show your actual page — it shows a card built from Open Graph and Twitter Card meta tags in your HTML. If those tags are missing, the share card often looks broken: no image, a random snippet of text, or the wrong title entirely. This tool fetches those tags directly so you can see exactly what a share card will look like before you post.
How to Use This Tool
Enter the page URL and click Preview Share Card. The tool reads the og:title, og:description, og:image, og:site_name, and twitter:card tags from the page's HTML.
What This Tool Checks
Presence and content of Open Graph tags (og:title, og:description, og:image, og:site_name) and the Twitter Card type declaration. Falls back to the regular <title> and meta description if Open Graph equivalents are missing, matching how most platforms actually behave.
Understanding Your Results
A missing og:image is the most common and most damaging gap — most platforms will either show no image or pick a random image from the page, both of which look unpolished. A missing twitter:card tag means X/Twitter may fall back to a plain link with no rich preview at all.
How to Fix Common Problems
Add the missing tags directly to your page's <head>, or through your SEO plugin's social-sharing settings if you're on WordPress (most plugins expose this per-post). Use an image at least 1200×630px for og:image — smaller images get cropped or rejected by some platforms.
SEO Best Practices
Set a sensible site-wide default og:image (like your logo on a branded background) so pages without a specific image still share cleanly. Keep og:description distinct from your meta description if you want different messaging for search versus social — though reusing the same text is also fine and simpler to maintain.
Example
A blog post with no Open Graph tags at all will typically share as a bare link with no image and a generic or truncated snippet — adding four meta tags turns that into a full card with a headline, description, and thumbnail, which measurably increases click-through on social shares.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Don't forget that changes to Open Graph tags don't always show up immediately on Facebook — their scraper caches results, and you may need to use Facebook's Sharing Debugger to force a re-scrape. Don't use an image with important text or faces near the edges, since different platforms crop preview images differently.
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