Changing the shared url and image

  • Hello Synved,

    How can I change the default shared url and image for the facebook, google plus, twitter, linkedin and email icons.

    I have a thank you page where visitors are going to be redirected after having opt in for one of my ebooks. So when someone clicks one the social media icons I want him to share my homepage (where the opt in form is) and not the thank you page url because in that way I will lose leads.

    Also I would like to ask you, how can I change the shared image?

    My website is: https://oneuserexperience.com/en/thank-you/

    Thank you very much, I appreciate your help!

    Have a nice day!
    Best Regards,
    Dreamguard

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/social-media-feather/

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  • You can set a custom field of synved_social_exclude_share to “yes” (without quotes) to your page to hide the default sharing buttons (you can display the custom fields at the top from the Screen Options).

    Then add a shortcode to your page like this:
    [feather_share url="https://oneuserexperience.com" image="https://image_url..."]

    Note that the image parameter will only work after version 1.7.2 due to be released shortly and it might not work with Facebook or G+ because they generally pick their own images.

    The shortcode didn’t work for choosing a custom image for Facebook sharing. Apparently Facebook chooses the first image that appears on the document.

    So I did the following: I placed the source of the image I want to share into an <img> on top of the body of the template page I’m targeting, with display: none;.

    Then when I hit share, it could then retrieve the correct image and show it in the share preview. Same thing for Facebook’s Open Graph Object Debugger.

    It worked!

    But, actually no. When I indeed shared the post on my facebook wall., the chosen image was still the old one.

    Any clue?

    Solved adding a featured image on the page.

    Glad you resolved this! Yes, featured images are generally the preferred way as you probably have some OpenGraph plugin that is telling FB to use it.

    By the way, 5-star ratings always appreciated! ??

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