How can I see what my link will look like when shared on social media?

Paste any page URL into the free Open Graph Preview tool. It fetches the page's og: meta tags and renders the link card — title, description, and image — exactly as Facebook, LinkedIn, X, and messaging apps will display it.

What is an Open Graph preview?

Open Graph tags (og:title, og:description, og:image) control how a link appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack and many other platforms. This tool fetches a URL, reads its real tags, and renders the link card the way social networks would show it.

Why is my preview image missing?

The page probably has no og:image tag, or the image URL is relative instead of absolute. Social crawlers need an absolute image URL, ideally at least 1200 by 630 pixels for the best quality.

Can I preview without publishing the page?

Yes. Switch to manual mode and type your title, description and image URL. You will see the card previews instantly, which is perfect for checking share copy before you ship.

Why does the real share look different from this preview?

Social networks cache link previews. After changing your tags, use the platform cache debugger (Facebook Sharing Debugger or the X card validator) to refresh the cached copy.

Is fetching the URL safe?

Yes. The fetch uses SSRF protection, a 10 second timeout and a 2 MB body cap. Only the meta tags are extracted and nothing is stored.

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Open Graph Preview

See how any link looks when shared on social mediaNever publish a page without seeing its share card first. Perfect Open Graph tags can still render an ugly preview: a badly cropped image, a cut-off title. This preview renders a faithful mock of the card as platforms display it.

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Use Open Graph Preview

See how any link looks when shared on social media

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How to use the Open Graph Preview

Enter URL or details

Enter a page URL to fetch its real OG tags, or switch to manual mode.

Load preview

Click "Preview" to load the tags.

Review cards

Review the Facebook and X card previews side by side.

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About the Open Graph Preview

A broken share preview costs real clicks. This tool pulls the og and twitter tags from a live page and renders the Facebook and X cards exactly as sharers will see them.

Marketers verify launch-day sharing before a post goes live; developers debug missing or relative og:image URLs. Manual mode tests copy variations without publishing.

Where it helps most

Two minutes of previewing saves real embarrassment.

Scheduling queues

Social media managers preview every important link before it enters the content scheduling queue each and every week without fail.

Instant verification

Developers verify their tag changes instantly here instead of waiting on slow platform debuggers and cache clears every deploy now.

Pre-launch catches

Content teams catch the classic failure, a missing or undersized og:image, before launch day rather than after the post flops.

Gray-box diagnosis

When a card renders as a gray box, the image URL is guilty nine times out of ten, so verify it first.

Previewing well

Iterate until the card looks right.

Image first

Keep share images at 1200 by 630 pixels, under a few hundred kilobytes, on a fast host.

Exact assets

Test with the exact image file you will ship, not a placeholder.

Manual mode

Type the title, description and image directly to perfect the card before the page goes live.

Open Graph Preview: built for trust

Look at the card before your audience does, and no broken preview travels halfway across the internet.

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Open Graph Preview FAQs

Why does my shared link show the wrong image?

Usually the og:image tag is missing, points to a broken URL, or is too small, so the platform grabs a random image instead. Sometimes it is caching: platforms store the first preview they fetched. Preview here first to rule out tag problems.

How do I fix a cached preview on Facebook?

What is the difference between this preview and the generator?

Can I preview a page that is not published yet?

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