Why is Facebook Open Graph Pulling the Wrong Information?
So, you posted a link to a blog-posts post you wrote and you see the wrong featured image, or an outdated title and meta description. Why is Facebook Open Graph and Twitter Cards showing the old / incorrect information?Where is this data coming from? In this post, you will learn how to make sure Facebook and Twitter are pulling the most up-to-date information from your or anyone else site. You will also learn how to use this method in bulk with multiple pages/posts at one time.
What’s Causing Facebook Open Graph to Show Wrong Images and Information?
How Do I Clear Facebook Open Graph Caching?
Facebook Sharing Debugger
- Go to the debugger tool: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing/
- Paste the URL of your blog-posts post / product page / webpage into the tool.
- Click Debug
- Click the ‘Scrape Again’ button.
- Click “Fetch New Information’
You should see the Facebook share preview showing you the information that was pulled as well as errors you may need to correct.
Facebook Batch Invalidator
- Go to the Batch Invalidator tool: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing/batch/
- Click Batch Invalidator
- Paste the URL of your blog-posts posts / product pages / webpages into the tool.
- Click Debug
- Click View Details
- Click ‘Scrape Again’ Button
- Do this for every URL that you entered in the debugger
Facebook Debugger / Twitter Cards not working?
How Do I Clear Twitter Cards Caching?
- Go to the Twitter Card Validator tool: https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator
- Paste the URL of your blog-posts post / product page / webpage into the tool.
- Click Preview Card
Linkedin Open Graph
Example:
https://www.braveriver.com/how-to-clear-facebook-open-graph-and-twitter-cards-cache-on-demand/
to
https://www.braveriver.com/how-to-clear-facebook-open-graph-and-twitter-cards-cache-on-demand/?1
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