Steve Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 If I post a link to an article on my blog to Facebook, it doesn't show an image next to the post. For example, if I post this link: - http://www.sigmamixes.com/2014/01/18/filthy-mitts-operatin-turntables/ I just get this: - http://i.imgur.com/RlkL5ZM.jpg The same thing happens if I use the share option at the bottom of the post. I've set a featured image for the post, which is a 500 x 500 pixel JPEG. Any idea why it's not working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I was gonna suggest the featured image thing but you've already tried that. It might be to do with the theme you have set for your wordpress as some of them don't work with featured images since many are third party creations. maybe search the name of your theme to see if featured image works it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Cheers mate. I'm using the "Twenty Eleven" theme which is one of the ones made by WordPress themselves. Everything is up to date too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 That's pretty strange then.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 ah apparently you can insert the image into the post and it should display where you'd expect the featured image to display. I just realized that's how i set mine up too on my site.. i have the image in the actual post and featured image isnt set to anything. goes into it here - "simply insert the image into your post."http://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-there-a-featured-image-bug-in-twenty-eleven is a bit of a round about way of doing it and not ideal but otherwise it seems that it might effect your header image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Hmmm, I can't really include the image in the post as it'll look weird. The posts always take this format: - DescriptionEmbedded player (which already shows the artwork at 425 x 425)Track listing if one is available If I try a different skin to test it, I can just switch back to Twenty Eleven and it'll all be exactly the same as it was before, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 from what i remember yeah itll revert back when you switch back to twenty eleven.. i use headway themes with wordpress so im not 100% sure since i havent changed themes since i got that, but im fairly certain it works that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHouse Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Still having this issue, Steve? I believe it's with the theme, as my theme did the same thing awhile back too, but then we updated the code and now it works. It's important to note though, we bypass the Featured Image and instead use our own code, along with the main post images. Good luck man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Yeah man, I never got it working. I tried a few different plug-ins and tips, but Facebook wouldn't have it. I don't really update the site much anyway, so it's not a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHouse Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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