[ilovefitflops]

I am absolutely climbing the wall with this problem, so this is a last dart.

I am having massive problems with images not showing when posts are shared on facebook, and I now wonder whether it is a theme issue.

Copying and pasting/sharing links doesn’t show pictures. By using facebooks de-bugging tool I keep getting the same messages.

Critical Errors That Must Be Fixed
Bad Response Code: URL returned a bad HTTP response code.

Errors That Must Be Fixed
Missing Required Property: The ‘og:type’ property is required, but not present.

Open Graph Warnings That Should Be Fixed
Inferred Property: The ‘og:url’ property should be explicitly provided, even if a value can be inferred from other tags.
Inferred Property: The ‘og:title’ property should be explicitly provided, even if a value can be inferred from other tags.

The reason I believe it may be a theme thinking it may be a theme issue is that I have disabled all plugins, checked the source code, ran the page through facebooks be-bugging tool, and I am getting the same error code with whatever combination of plugins are active. I also get the same errors with no plugins active at all.

I have installed these plugins.

All in One SEO by Yoast
NGFB+ Open Graph
Facebook Image Fix
Facebook Gallery

My site is http://www.ilovefitflops.com

Thanks

[Sakin]

@ilovefitflops: This is your plugin issue not theme issue. As Theme never use any Open Graph. This falls under plugin territory and WordPress.org doesn’t allow theme to add that.

You have plugin conflict between “WordPress SEO by Yoast” and “NGFB Open Graph” as both of this plugin add Open Graph Text. So, remove plugin NGFB Open Graph and Setup WordPress SEO by Yoast Properly.

For homepage Open Graph image, you have to go to “SEO => Social” and add in the image URL there. For individual page and post, WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin will add the featured image. This will solve your issue.

[ilovefitflops]

Nope, thats not it.

I had high hopes for your solution as I had read many posts along a similar line of conflict between plugins but deactivating plugins firstly, and then after another couple of hours finally removing every plugin I had installed didn’t solve it – facebook refuses to show images.

I have taken to posting images and then adding links manually in the “add description” section on facebook.

If anyone ever comes up with a definitive answer, let me know!

[Sakin]

@ilovefitflops: When I check in your site, you don’t have og:image in your site. Add that.

[ilovefitflops]

I have another question on this topic.

In your theme options you have your “SOCIAL LINKS” header. Do these generate og: tags? I’m sorry, I’m a bit of a newbie to wordpress, and I know you’ve answered this at the top.

By the way, tt wasn’t Yoast. I originally agreed with you on this as I had read forum posts saying that sometimes the tick box to de-select Open graph settings on this plug-in didn’t always work. After a couple more days of working through the problem I ended up removing Yoast completely and installing Michael Torberts All-In-On SEO pack.

Same result

The reason I am asking again about this was this post I came across.

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/failed-posting-to-your-facebook-timeline-multiple-ogurlvalues?replies=39

I know none of these use your theme but they are coming up with virtually the same problems and a couple mention having social share buttons within the theme.

Thanks again for your time on this, it is much appreciated.

[Sakin]

@ilovefitflops: No our theme doesn’t generate og:tags as it falls in plugin territory. This is not allowed by the guideline of WordPress.org theme review.

Now, when I check in your site source. I found the following OG:Tags added. But there is no og:image.

<!-- NGFB Open Graph+ meta tags BEGIN --><br>
<meta name=&quot;generator&quot; content=&quot;NGFB Open Graph+ 6.7.2&quot; /><br>
<meta property=&quot;og:locale&quot; content=&quot;en_US&quot; /><br>
<meta property=&quot;og:site_name&quot; content=&quot;ilovefitflops&quot; /><br>
<meta property=&quot;og:url&quot; content=&quot;http://www.ilovefitflops.com/&quot; /><br>
<meta property=&quot;og:title&quot; content=&quot;ilovefitflops i Love Fitflops!&quot; /><br>
<meta property=&quot;og:description&quot; content=&quot;i Love Fitflops!&quot; /><br>
<meta property=&quot;og:type&quot; content=&quot;website&quot; /><br>
<!-- NGFB Open Graph+ meta tags END -->

[jsmoriss]

Hello there!

I’m the author of NGFB Open Graph+, and would have been happy to give you a hand with this in the wordpress.org support forum: http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextgen-facebook

A few things come to mind…

– There are no conflicts between NGFB Open Graph+ and WordPress SEO. NGFB specifically tests for other (known) SEO plugins, and issues warning to turn off certain options.

– Unless configured with a large enough default image, NGFB will not add images to index-type webpages unless the first post in that index (or in the search results), has a suitable image.

– Once a URL has been shared on Facebook, you can no longer modify / refresh it’s cache. The errors you are seeing from the Facebook Debugger may have come from its own cache elements, and not based on your current page headers.

– I see you are no longer adding Open Graph meta tags. You may want to reconsider if you care about social engagement. 😉

js.

[jsmoriss]

Oh, one more thing. 😉 If you want Open Graph meta tags (and others), but not the social buttons, have a look at WPSSO instead (a fork/child of NGFB).

js.

[Sakin]

@jsmoriss: Thanks for coming to our forum and posting in your clear message. I said conflict between “WordPress SEO by Yoast” and “NGFB Open Graph” plugin as both were adding Open Graph Text. So, I mean to say that use only one plugin.

[jsmoriss]

WordPress SEO by Yoast only includes the most basic Open Graph and Twitter Card meta tags. NGFB is designed to go beyond those basics and includes video (flash and embed), product, gallery, etc. meta tags. In fact, the combination of WordPress SEO and NGFB together is excellent (NGFB has built-in support for SEO settings from WordPress SEO).

js.

[Sakin]

@jsmoriss: Yes agree on that. But if the user wants to use your plugin then they need to disable “Social” featured from WordPress by Yoast plugin. I don’t think adding both is a good idea.

[jsmoriss]

As I said, WordPress SEO only adds a few basic “social” meta tags. Obviously you want to disable those basic meta tags in WordPress SEO to prevent duplicates. 😉

js.

[Sakin]

@jsmoriss: I think you should add that in your Readme.txt file or plugin instruction file. That you might want to disable “Social” featured from WordPress by Yoast plugin to prevent duplicates. This will be great 🙂

[jsmoriss]

NGFB examines the list of active plugins, checks their settings, and issues warnings accordingly. For example, in the case of WordPress SEO, it instructs the user to uncheck specific options in the WordPress SEO settings. So yes, it already does this. 😉

js.

[Sakin]

@jsmoriss: That’s awesome 🙂

[Garthloc]

Can you guys help me with mine? I schedule a post to my WordPress blog http://www.ifcins.com/blog. Then I jump over to HootSuite and schedule a post to all my social media outlets including Facebook using the Permalink from the WordPress blog post. When that publishes to Facebook later, the link thumbnail shows “Page not found”. I went to the object debugger and I’m getting this error: The ‘og:image’ property should be explicitly provided, even if a value can be inferred from other tags.

I am NOT a programmer and I know so little HTML and Java it’s pathetic. If I were not tech savvy at all and was in way over my head, how would you explain how to solve this problem?

[jsmoriss]

Install a plugin like NGFB, WPSSO, or WordPress SEO, then check the debugger again. I would suggest NGFB if you want some share buttons as well, or WPSSO if you don’t need the share buttons.

js.

[Garthloc]

I originally had four similar errors, but instead of images, it was URL and other items. I installed NGFB and that took care of 3 out of 4.

[jsmoriss]

You shouldn’t see any errors with NGFB installed. Open a new thread here http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nextgen-facebook for the free version, or a ticket here http://support.ngfb.surniaulula.com/support/tickets/new for the Pro version, and I’ll have a look. 😉

js.

[Sakin]

@jsmoriss: Thanks for your help.

@Garthloc: Yes, WordPress don’t add Open Graph Image By Default. So, you need add in plugins as as suggested by js

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