A social media card is a preview of your website that displays on social media platforms when people link to your website. It usually contains a title and picture along with a short description of the linked page. Social media cards are great for brand identity and consistency; they give you more control over how your brand represents itself on other platforms.
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How can I create a social media card for my website?
Most CMSs allow you to add a social media card in their site settings. If you are using WordPress, you may need to install an additional add-on such as Yoast. For FaceThe information for your social media card will be stored in the HTML header of each page on your site. Some people even like to have different cards for important pages on the site.
What are the requirements for a social media card on Facebook?
Facebook uses OpenGraph (OG) markup and requires that pages have a:
They also have some additional tags that you can choose to add to your pages:
What are the requirements for a social media card on Instagram?
Instagram also uses OpenGraph (OG) markup and support all of the same tags as Facebook:
They also have some additional tags that you can choose to add to your pages:
What are the requirements for a social media card on LinkedIn?
LinkedIn uses OpenGraph (OG) markup and requires that pages have a:
What are the requirements for a social media card on Twitter?
Twitter uses their own twitter tags to generate social media cards, but if they are not present it will use OpenGraph tags instead. Twitter cards currently requires the following fields:
Twitter also supports these additional fields:
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