Which social platforms use Open Graph tags?

Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Slack, Discord, Pinterest, and most other social platforms use Open Graph meta tags to generate link previews.

Do social meta tags affect SEO?

Not directly. Social meta tags don't influence Google's ranking algorithms. However, better social sharing previews lead to more shares and clicks, which can drive traffic and indirectly support SEO.

What happens if I don't set social meta tags?

Without OG tags, social platforms attempt to extract preview content from the page body — usually with poor results. You may get a random image or no image, an awkward excerpt as the description, or incorrect title text.

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Enter your page title, description, image URL, and URL to generate a complete social meta tag set for all major platforms.

How It Works

Step-by-step guide to social media meta tags generator:

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Enter your page URL and title
Add the canonical URL and the title you want displayed across all social platforms when the page is shared.
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Write your social description
Write a 1–2 sentence description optimised for social sharing. It can differ from your SEO meta description — social copy can be more emotive and CTA-driven.
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Add your social image
Upload or enter the URL of a 1200x630px image. This will be used by Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and Slack.
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Generate and deploy all tags
Generate the complete OG + Twitter Card tag set and paste it into your page <head>. Test each platform using their respective preview tools.

Real-world examples

Common situations where this approach makes a real difference:

Viral content preparation

A digital marketing team preparing an industry report for social release generates a complete social meta tag set and creates a custom OG image to ensure the report link generates a compelling preview when shared by their network.

WhatsApp link preview fix

A property agency notices their listing pages show no image when shared in WhatsApp group chats. Adding OG tags with correct property images immediately fixes the WhatsApp preview.

Slack channel sharing optimisation

A SaaS company's customer success team shares documentation links in Slack daily. Adding OG tags to all documentation pages ensures links unfurl with the article title and a relevant image rather than just a bare URL.

When to use this guide

Use this when preparing content for a social media campaign, launching a new page that will be shared widely, or fixing broken social sharing previews across platforms.

Pro tips

Get better results with these expert suggestions:

Test previews on each target platform

Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter all render social cards slightly differently. Use each platform's developer tools (Facebook Debugger, LinkedIn Post Inspector, Twitter Card Validator) to confirm your tags look right on each.

Use platform-specific images where possible

If your page will be heavily shared on Twitter specifically, using a 1200x675px image (Twitter's preferred ratio) will look better than the 1200x630px standard OG image, which can appear slightly cropped.

Set og:locale for international content

If your page is in a language other than English, setting the og:locale tag (e.g., "fr_FR" for French) helps platforms serve the content to the right audience and improves engagement.