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  • September 7, 2023
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What part of a page build do I need to populate to ensure that there is a thumbnail image available for a link preview on social media (such as LinkedIn)? In the "Images" tab of a page template, I see "Featured image" and "Thumbnail" - do these both need to have an image in them?

 

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Best answer by EstebanBustamante

Hi @aeadams 

 

The thumbnails in social media are generated by Open Graph meta tags. You can learn more about them here: https://ahrefs.com/blog/open-graph-meta-tags/. As far as I know, these meta tags need to be manually set up by you. You can find examples of how to do it here:

  1. https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-experience-manager/create-custom-meta-tag-in-aem/m-p/362783
  2. https://www.albinsblog.com/2018/12/how-to-enable-authors-to-override-or-add-metatags-aem.html

Hope this information is helpful.

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EstebanBustamante
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EstebanBustamanteCommunity Advisor and Adobe ChampionAccepted solution
Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
September 7, 2023

Hi @aeadams 

 

The thumbnails in social media are generated by Open Graph meta tags. You can learn more about them here: https://ahrefs.com/blog/open-graph-meta-tags/. As far as I know, these meta tags need to be manually set up by you. You can find examples of how to do it here:

  1. https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-experience-manager/create-custom-meta-tag-in-aem/m-p/362783
  2. https://www.albinsblog.com/2018/12/how-to-enable-authors-to-override-or-add-metatags-aem.html

Hope this information is helpful.

Esteban Bustamante
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    aeadamsAuthor
    September 8, 2023

    @estebanbustamante Thank you!

      kautuk_sahni
      Community Manager
      kautuk_sahniCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      September 8, 2023

      @aeadams Do you find the suggestion from Esteban useful? Please let us know if more information is required. Otherwise, please mark the answer as correct for posterity. 

      Kautuk Sahni
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      aeadamsAuthor
      September 8, 2023

      @kautuk_sahni Yes thank you!

        Dipti_Chauhan
        Community Advisor
        Dipti_ChauhanCommunity Advisor
        Community Advisor
        September 8, 2023

        As Esteban mentioned , social sharing image thumbnail is derived from open graph tag <og:image> and twitter:image for twitter tile. And its depends on you what image you need to put for these meta tags.

         

        Thanks

        Dipti

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