Google and Facebook snippet preview don’t show the featured image

I have the same problem with my blog. I even went as far as to force a different image on the Social tab of Yoast under each post for Facebook. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn’t.

Example, I did what Yoast recommended for https://www.cynfulkitchen.ca/recipe/char-siu-roast-pork-叉烧/ and it works when you type in comments or as a new Facebook post. But when I scraped again, it’s gone.

But when I try to put https://www.cynfulkitchen.ca/recipe/big-fluffy-cinnamon-rolls-recipe/ it only shows as a link with no images even after selecting a different image for Facebook.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Cynderbug.

I also tried to force a different image on the Social tab of Yoast under each post for Facebook, but it does not work. I am disappointed in Yoast SEO. I don’t know what to do. Jetpack answered me that the Social plugin and Yoast SEO have a conflict, but even when I deactivated the Social plugin, the problem was not solved and I have the same issue.

@deertraveler We checked on the source code of https://deertraveler.com/ and are not seeing any Open Graph metadata being output for the page. Can you please first confirm that Open Graph is enabled in the Yoast SEO plugin? You can enable Open Graph by performing the following actions:
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?In WordPress, go to SEO>Social
?Click on the ‘Facebook’ tab
?Set ‘Add Open Graph meta data’ to ‘Enabled’
?Click ‘Save Changes’

We also have more information on enabling Open Graph at the following link: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/getting-open-graph-for-your-articles/

@cynderbug Please create a new issue if you are experiencing a similar problem as this helps us in tracking as this can be caused by many different variables (WordPress version, other plugins, etc).

Hi!

Yes, of course, it’s activated. I never deactivated it. Now I checked again and it’s enabled.
As I wrote earlier, I did not change anything in the plugin, it just started to have this problem a week ago. Before everything was okay. I also have been told it can be because of the social plugin. But I also deactivated the Social Warfare plugin I had, and it id not solve the problem.

We looked at the relevant page again on our end and see that Yoast SEO isn’t generating the social open graph meta but generating the Twitter open graph meta as expected which is very odd.

This issue typically occurs when there’s something else on the setup is conflicting or disabling the social open graph meta generated by Yoast SEO. Therefore, we’d like you to please perform a conflict check first. This will help us narrow down the exact cause and determine what the next steps are while saving you time.

The fastest way to do this is to?deactivate all non-Yoast plugins and switch to a standard theme?like?Twenty Nineteen.?

Test this on your development or staging site, if you have one. If not, we recommend using the?Health Check & Troubleshooting?plugin. This plugin allows you to run a conflict check?without affecting normal visitors to your site.

As we can imagine that you’re unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we’d like to point you to a step-by-step guide that will walk you through the process:?How to check for plugin conflicts.

Hi!

Thanks for the answer! I hoped that with some updates of the Yoast SEO plugin this problem will be solved, but there is no change since the last plugin update.
Is there any other solution to get back the previews?

I don’t want to switch to a standard theme as we purchased our professional theme and it was a lot of time to customize it. Until now there was no problem, so it is very strange that it suddenly just stopped showing the preview images.

@deertraveler We can imagine that deactivating your plugins or switching themes?on a production site?isn’t the best way to go. Have you ever considered setting up a?staging environment?for your tests? This means that you can do all the testing and only change the live site when all works like intended.Your host might be able to helpSome popular web hosts offer quick setups for a staging site so please contact your web host for assistance. They will probably be able to help you out.Alternative options to set up a staging environmentIf your web host does not offer staging sites, the WordPress plugin repository offers?staging?plugins?or you can?create your own staging site.

We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you require any further assistance please create a new issue.

Dear someone,
How was this revolved? Because i am facing the exact same issue with https://www.nataschafroger.nl at the moment.

Thanks you,

Matthijs