Can Custom Fields be used for Open Graph Protocol?

  • ttj90

    (@ttj90)


    13 years ago

    Can Custom Fields be used for Open Graph Protocol?

    So. Can I put into the ‘name’ – og:type, og:description etc and then in the ‘value’ section the Open Graph “content”?

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  • Jorge

    (@jas956)

    Yes.

    My only suggestion is, write it into a plugin rather than the functions file in your theme.

    Best wishes, I just finished writing a very light plugin for Open Graph Protocol myself. However, my plugin is quite static but I was thinking of using Custom Fields to control singular posts meta data.

    Best wishes.

    Thread Starter ttj90

    (@ttj90)

    I’ve found the Simple Facebook Connect plugin by Ottopress.com and it works a treat for me. I do recommend that at present.

    Yup, SFC is awesome! He also has a simple twitter connect which is just as cool (and I’ve heard rumours of work on a Google+ connect that I truly hope comes true!)

    Joe Ponzio

    (@new-nine)

    Regarding the og tags as custom fields, keep in mind that this won’t take care of any tag, category, or archive pages. It can work if you’re just building a site with “pages”, but if you’re using posts and categories (and/or tags) and intend to allow visitors to view those category or tag archive pages, your og tags would be empty without some additional checking and coding.

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