Topic: facebook link in wordpress not showing thumbnail

I'm trying to setup a wordpress site with the wp-juicebox pro plugin.
The facebook link does not show any thumbnails only a link to the website.
Is ther a solution for this?
Here a link to my website: http://marcelkoppen.com/WordPress4/

Thanks for you help.

Re: facebook link in wordpress not showing thumbnail

The image used for the Facebook thumbnail is taken from the web page's Open Graph og:image meta tag.
When creating a gallery with JuiceboxBuilder-Pro, the application inserts an og:image meta tag into the gallery's 'index.html' page. However, this will not be present in a WordPress page. In order to insert an og:image meta tag into your WordPress pages, you can use a plugin such as one of the ones in this page of plugin search results.

Re: facebook link in wordpress not showing thumbnail

I've dont that. I installed the Facebook Open Graph Meta Tags for WordPress (1.1.2) plugin.
now I only see one image from the gallery and I can not choose the thumbnail I want.
Any sugestions how to setup the og:image tag?

Re: facebook link in wordpress not showing thumbnail

It is no longer possible to have the shared image's thumbnail displayed in the pop-up share window due to limitations imposed by Facebook on what data can be passed via their share URL. Only one thumbnail (the og:image) can be used per gallery. (The link will still point towards the correct image within your gallery.)

You should be able to use a plugin's own configuration options to set a particular image to use as the og:image on your web page. Facebook should then use this image as the gallery thumbnail in the pop-up sharing window.
However, many plugins automatically choose an image to use as the og:image (such as the featured image for the particular page or post) and may not allow you to override this.

Try the WP Facebook Open Graph protocol plugin.
Once activated, go to 'Settings -> Facebook OGP' (from the WordPress Dashboard), enter your 'Facebook User Account ID' and the URL of the image you want to use as the og:image in the 'Default Image URL to use' text field and select the 'Force Fallback Image as Default' checkbox (to ensure that this image is always used).

After doing so, you may need to clear Facebook's own cache of your web page by entering your web page's URL into Facebook's Debugger (otherwise, Facebook may continue to use an older image that was previously used for the shared thumbnail on your web page).

Re: facebook link in wordpress not showing thumbnail

Thanks for the quick reply!
It is a pitty that facebook does not support it :(

Marcel