Title: Featured image behavior
Last modified: August 20, 2021

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# Featured image behavior

 *  Resolved [detroitwidget](https://wordpress.org/support/users/detroitwidget/)
 * (@detroitwidget)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-behavior-2/)
 * Hi Guys,
 * I just wanted to get clarification on the featured image behavior under social
   media settings:
 * 1. If a page has no featured image set, TSF will use the Social Image Fallback.
   
   2. If there is no featured image and no fallback, TSF will use the second(?) 
   image on the page. (This seems to be happening, but I’m not sure.) 3. If there’s
   no featured, fallback, or second page image, nothing will be displayed. 4. I 
   can override the page editor Social Image URL autofill behavior by selecting 
   a different image of my choice.
 * Is this correct, or am I missing something?
 * Thanks.
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 *  Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
 * (@cybr)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-behavior-2/#post-14814997)
 * Howdy!
 * Sorry for my belated reply — Gutenberg’s update seized priority.
 * Here’s the actual order for the singular posts/pages. The homepage is a little
   different, for it looks at the Homepage Settings first.
 * When multiple images are requested, more than one of these images may be outputted(
   still in this order):
    - Custom image set in the SEO meta box.
    - Post’s featured image.
    - Images from the content.
 * If an image is found above, none of the following get fetched. Otherwise, the
   first detected of these fallbacks is captured for processing:
    - Fallback image from SEO settings.
    - Theme Custom Header image (Customizer option).
    - Theme Custom Logo image (Customizer option).
    - Site icon.
 * The processing of the fallback images is crude: It stops at the first image found
   in any of the above, which might get discarded later; thence, no Open Graph or
   Twitter image is outputted.
 * Fallback images are ignored for Structured Data, such as with [Articles](https://theseoframework.com/extensions/articles/).
 * After fetching the images, they are validated for use: They must meet minimum/
   maximum dimension requirements (if too large: find smaller if possible) and be
   of a non-invalid extension type.
 * To clear the confusion around TSF picking up the “second content-image”: The 
   first image might’ve been displayed in [an HTML tag that isn’t supported](https://github.com/sybrew/the-seo-framework/blob/4.1.5.1/inc/classes/builders/images.class.php#L155).
 *  Thread Starter [detroitwidget](https://wordpress.org/support/users/detroitwidget/)
 * (@detroitwidget)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-behavior-2/#post-14816999)
 * Wow. Thanks for taking the time to explain this so clearly.
 * Based on your comments about fallback images, would you recommend always setting
   a specific post image (either by featured image or SEO meta box)?
 * Thanks again. Splendid plugin.
 *  Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
 * (@cybr)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-behavior-2/#post-14833694)
 * Hello!
 * Social-sharing-images do not affect ranking.
 * So, I recommend doing what you think is best for the viewer of a link shared 
   to your page. You’ll know what’s right from wrong, what’s easy from expedience,
   and what’s efficient from expensive.
 * I can’t bother because I do not have the time to create beautiful images. It 
   is a pain point I’ll resolve someday — by devoting that time I don’t have into
   coding a generator 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [detroitwidget](https://wordpress.org/support/users/detroitwidget/)
 * (@detroitwidget)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-behavior-2/#post-14836047)
 * Understood. Thanks again for all of your help.

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 * Last reply from: [detroitwidget](https://wordpress.org/support/users/detroitwidget/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-behavior-2/#post-14836047)
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