og:image from video

  • Resolved -Mark-

    (@-mark-)


    4 years, 6 months ago

    I use videos enbedded/linked from Youtube a lot.
    So I have two questions:
    1. Is it possible for Yoast to get the thumbnail of a video and use it as og:image?
    2. I use Borlabs Cookie which caches the thumbnail and also adds an og:image metatag. Why doesn’t Yoast use this tag (which unfortunately is inside of <body>)?

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  • Plugin Support Michael Tiña

    (@mikes41720)

    4 years, 6 months ago

    Hi @-mark-

    We do output the og:image tag for a post or page based on the following hierarchy:

    -A user-defined image “Facebook image” in the Social tab of the Yoast metabox.
    -A user-defined “Featured image” for the page (only for posts).
    -A prominent image from the page’s content.
    -The “Social default image” from the template in Search Appearance.
    -The site’s fallback/default social image (set at SEO > Social > Facebook > Default image).

    Otherwise, you can look into our metadata API if you would like to modify the og:image output.

    Thread Starter -Mark-

    (@-mark-)

    4 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately, I’d have to upload an image for every video. It would be very helpful if I just could add an URL of an image.

    Suwash Kunwar

    (@suascat_wp)

    4 years, 6 months ago

    @-mark-

    At the moment, there’s no option to add an image URL for the preview.

    But we don’t want to leave you empty-handed either, that’s why we’ve created our developer portal at developer.yoast.com. This has proven to be useful to many developers in the past, and hopefully will serve you well too.

    Plugin Support Michael Tiña

    (@mikes41720)

    4 years, 6 months ago

    Hi,

    This thread has been marked as resolved due to a lack of activity.

    You’re always welcome to re-open this topic. Please read this post before opening a new request.

    Thanks for understanding!

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