=== Thumb Fixer for Social Media === Contributors: mikeyott Tags: facebook, thumb, fixer, default, thumbnail, thumbnails, thumbs, og:image, og:description, og:title, open, graph, open graph Requires at least: 4.0 Tested up to: 5.2.3 Stable tag: trunk Control how your thumbnails are viewed when a post is shared on social media platfoms. == Description == **IMPORTANT: This plugin is no longer being maintained.** This plug-in is for those who have the problem where sharing a post on Facebook shows the wrong (or no) thumbnail image. It works by making sure the thumbnail is derived from the featured image of your post. If your post doesn't have a featured image then it will use a fall-back image that you can specify. The plug-in inserts the open graph meta properties which Facebook and other social services look for when someone shares your page. These properties contain information such as the title, description (content), and of course the image you specify. == IMPORTANT: End Of Life Notice == Please be advised that this plugin is no longer being maintained. It is recommended you switch to the free (and better) Open Graphite plugin instead, or the Pro version for more options. If you prefer to try alternative open graph plugins, no worries. I recommend you deactivate this plugin and literally user any other open graph plugin instead. If you have any questions about this, read this blog post. I'll personally respond to any messages sent here. Have fun! == Installation == Install, activate, done. == Uninstall == Deactivate the plugin, delete if desired. == Official Web Site (and support) == Thumb Fixer for Social Media Support at the official WordPress repository. == How to set a fall-back image == Go to Settings -> General and scroll down until you find 'Default Facebook Thumb'. Choose or upload a fall-back image. Make sure it's at least 1200x630 or 600x315. == How to set a Facebook App ID == If you have a Facebook App, you can get the App ID from your developer dashboard. Specify your Facebook App ID Settings -> General and scroll down until you find 'Facebook App ID'. == How to set an object type == Posts and pages On each page or post you edit there is an 'Open Graph Object Type' meta box. Simply make a section from there to specify what Object Type the page or post is. Example: If the it's an article, then choose 'article'. If it's a product, choose 'product'. To help you decide what Object Type to choose, go here to learn the differences between them all. Note: If no selection is made for posts or pages then the Object Type will be 'article', which in most cases is fine. Home page To specify what Object Type your homepage is, go to Settings -> General, scroll down until you find 'Homepage Object Type' and make a selection. After you've specified a Default Facebook Thumb, Homepage Object Type and saved the options, you'll then be able to view an approximate preview of your homepage when shared on Facebook. Note: If no selection is made for the home page then the Object Type will default to 'webpage', which in most cases is probably what you want. Known issues Divi theme is not houring the WordPress strip_shortcodes() function, and so if you have a shortcode early on in a post you may see unexpected results when sharing on social media. == Changelog == = 1.7.9.1 = Fixed issue where end-of-life notice could not be dismissed. Updated readme with link to potential replacement open graph plugins. = 1.7.9 = Renamed plugin and changed media to comply with Facebook legal notice. Made admin warning dismissible. = 1.7.8 = End of life notice. = 1.7.7 = Open Graph image ALT attribute (og:image:alt) Open Graph image width and height attributes (og:image:width and og:image:height) Added Twitter card support = 1.7.6 = Changed plugin name Branding changes to satisfy Facebook legal Testing on WP 4.9.4 = 1.7.5 = Added new object types: business.business Added new object types: place Removed incorrect object type: object Fixed malformed anchor in readme Fixed typos = 1.7.4 = Added option to disable meta tags for specific posts and pages. Fixed issue related to shortcodes in the content. Fixed incorrect text domain. = 1.7.3 = POT file renamed. = 1.7.2 = Fixed incorrect text domain. = 1.7.1 = Employed more reliable method for determining image dimensions. Added debug button for homepage testing. Added missing translation strings. = 1.7 = Fixed Facebook scraping issue caused by double quotes in excerpts. Pages now use truncated main content when excerpt does not exist. Added media galley browsing button for when choosing a default image. Added plugin activation message prompting users to set default thumbnail image. Added translation support. = 1.6 = Added Facebook App ID field. Added a convenient FB Debug button for easier troubleshooting. Preview of homepage for when shared on Facebook. Fixed some errors. Updated help topics. = 1.5.1 = Fixed Undefined variables issue. Confirmed WP 4.2.3 compatibility. Updated support link. = 1.5 = Added Facebook preview. = 1.4.9 = Updated help topics with answers to some common questions. = 1.4.8 = Suppressed unnecessary warning when fall-back image is missing. = 1.4.7 = Fixed extremely rare conflict with other plug-ins. No need to update unless this plug-in is causing a conflict with another. = 1.4.6 = Non-critical updates: Fixed incorrect reference in help/tips of recommended Facebook image sizes. Added help topic and suggested fix for those experiencing rare issue of image dimensions not showing in plug-in. = 1.4.5 = Full sized default thumbnail image preview. Updated help topics and tips to reflect latest Facebook recommendations. Presentation tweaks. = 1.4.4 = Prevented open graph from outputting on BuddyPress members pages to 'fix' malformed HTML issue. = 1.4.3 = Updated version compatibility for Wordpress 4.0. = 1.4.2 = Updated documentation page. = 1.4.1 = Added Google+ full bleed image support. = 1.4 = Added the ability to specify a unique Object Type for each post, page and the home page. Updated documentation. = 1.3.5 = Replaced strip_tags with preferable wp_kses function. HTML is now stripped from excerpts. Fixed issue where title sometimes wasn't being output into og:title on posts. = 1.3.4 = 'Tested up to' compatibility with Wordpress 3.8. Wordpress 3.8 notification UI. Updated documentation to reflect current Facebook requirements, removed document redundancy. Typo corrections. = 1.3.3 = * Minor update: Added strip_tags in more places to prevent potential conflict issue. = 1.3.2 = * Changed function name to something less generic to avoid potential conflict with other plugins. = 1.3.1 = * Updated recommended og:image dimensions. = 1.3 = * Included new open graph properties for og:description, og:site_name and og:type. * Added visual indication of the field on the settings page. * Fixed width on preview image (for when someone accidentally uses a massive image). * Updated help guide. = 1.2.3 = * Changed comment output in head to 'Open Graph' instead of 'Facebook Open Graph'. * Clarification on how the plugin works. = 1.2.2 = * Added og:url meta property (according to Facebook debugger, now required). = 1.2.1 = * Updated documentation page, suggesting default thumbnail to be 155x155 (because thumbs are that size on Facebook brand pages). = 1.2 = * Minor edits, nothing important. = 1.1 = * Updated tags. * Fixed typos. = 1.0 = * Release candidate finished. * Added support information under admin Settings -> Facebook Thumb Fixer * Updated support information. = 0.9 = * Swapped out deprecated Wordpress variables.