Featured Image not showing up in GMB post

Hi @swordcraft487,

Can you please send me the URL of the image?

Please ensure you don’t have hotlinking protection on your image. You can learn more about hotlinking here: https://blog.hubspot.com/website/hotlinking

Thanks,

No hotlinking.
Not sure how to send you the URL of the image.
but here is the blog post it is in: https://xpconstructioncorp.com/choosing-the-best-materials-for-your-kitchen-remodel%ef%bf%bc/

Thoughts for me?

Ok. Weird thing.
On the Meta Description of the WordPress blog post, it had this weird “OBJ” after a few of the words. And it was showing up on the GMB post. Which looks…not so awesome.
But I went into the blog post Meta description and deleted the OBJ. After that, the featured image popped up on the GMB post! haha. AND the “OBJ” was no longer on the GMB post either.
What is going on here? How do I prevent that “OBJ” from popping up on the meta description? That seems to be the culprit for my problems.
Thanks so much!

ALSO, I just posted another blog post. There was no OBJ issue with this post, which is nice. But the featured image is not showing up on the GMB post. I checked the image and it is the right size for the requirements.
Whats happening here as well? How can I ensure that future posts will have the image?
Thanks!
Tyler

Heres a link to the post that has the image that will not propagate over to the GMB post. https://xpconstructioncorp.com/what-to-consider-when-choosing-kitchen-flooring/

Hi @swordcraft487,

Please send a screenshot or link so I can see this OBJ you are referring to thanks.

Thanks,

How do I send you a screen shot?
Have an email?

Thanks!
Tyler

You can upload to a cloud service and then send the share link or you can use a service like: https://imgur.com/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lv0Nc05mc41Wx3xS-TI1GK5wkpawDJJS/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NiMYUSvNQYzWFdn1fHYJW274RCmMH1DC/view?usp=sharing.
Alright! There they are!

Recap: I was able to get those OBJ deleted, and AFTER that, the featured image showed up on the GMB post.
But when I made another post today, there was no Featured image showing up on the GMB post (even thought its on the wordpress post). And no OBJ problem.
Image in question is on this post: https://xpconstructioncorp.com/what-to-consider-when-choosing-kitchen-flooring/.

So why is the image not working on the GMB post?
Thanks!
Tyler

Hi @swordcraft487,

Ok that OBJ thing is very strange, I am pretty sure that is not coming from the plugin since those words aren’t mentioned anywhere in the plugin.

There’s no image on the post you mentioned, unless you are referring to the image in the main banner: https://xpconstructioncorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Newton-MA-Kitchen-Remodel.jpeg?

This file is a jpeg and not jpg, this could potentially be an issue so that is worth trying. I appreciate a jpeg should work, but that’s just not in the specification of Google My Business. This may not be the issue, but it’s worth trying. Thanks,

GMB should be good with PNG or JPEG (as far as I know). When I look online, the JPEG is one of the accepted types.
I tried republishing the blog post, and it worked. haha. The picture posted fine to the website AND to the GMB.
Strange, right? Maybe I will just let the scheduled posts run for a while and see what happens.
Thanks for your time! I will hop back on here if I have more questions.

No worries, glad you got it sorted ??