Title: Twitter error
Last modified: December 21, 2016

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# Twitter error

 *  [jsdaniels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsdaniels/)
 * (@jsdaniels)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-error-5/)
 * I downloaded and installed Yoast plugin yesterday. When I put the link of my 
   blogpost on twitter, it would not show a thumbnail next to the summary. I immediately
   suspected the Yoast plugin because that’s the only plugin I manually installed,
   not already installed within wordpress. And my twitter links worked just fine
   then. I deactivated and deleted Yoast, posted a new blogpost, put a link on twitter,
   and the summary thumbnail works again. The blogpost I posted while Yoast was 
   activated still won’t show a thumbnail no matter what I do.
 * Also, even though the meta description feature looks useful, I have yet to see
   its effect in search results. I’m sure if I waited long enough the crawl should
   eventually get there. But I didn’t think it was worth it over errors with my 
   twitter.
 * EDIT: I have had follow up support from the Yoast team and they have given me
   a solution to my problem. Thank you for your help! The only other problem I had
   with the plugin is the speed. When I edit my post with Yoast activated, it is
   quite a lot slower, but it isn’t enough to make me stop using the plugin. I really
   appreciate the great features that come with Yoast and will continue to use it
   unless another error like this occurs.
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [jsdaniels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsdaniels/).

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 *  [benvaassen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benvaassen/)
 * (@benvaassen)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-error-5/#post-8552080)
 * Hi [@jsdaniels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsdaniels/),
 * I’d love to help you figure this out if you let us. Have you tried to follow 
   this guide: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/setting-up-twitter-cards-in-wordpress-seo/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/setting-up-twitter-cards-in-wordpress-seo/).
 * If you already did that there might be a theme conflict that’s already outputting
   the Twitter data. Can you give me an example of a post that’s not working correctly?
 * And you correct with the meta description. You can use the [fetch as Google](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/fetch-as-googlebot/)
   tool to speed up this process if it takes too long.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [jsdaniels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsdaniels/)
 * (@jsdaniels)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-error-5/#post-8557612)
 * Hello, thank you for your reply.
    Just today my missing twitter thumbnail came
   back which I assume is because the crawl finally noticed there was a change to
   the coding of the post. I forgot to take a screenshot of my twitter error but
   here is a image link to someone who had the same issue but not with yoast [http://www.cesarserna.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Card_Validator___Twitter_Developers3.jpg](http://www.cesarserna.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Card_Validator___Twitter_Developers3.jpg)
   This is what my error looked like. I tried tweaking the social twitter options
   given by yoast like the link you provided but nothing seemed to do the trick.
   Here is the link to the blogpost that didn’t have a preview thumbnail when linked
   in a tweet: [http://jamiesdaniels.com/2016/12/09/self-publishing-part-5/](http://jamiesdaniels.com/2016/12/09/self-publishing-part-5/)
   I’m not sure if waiting it out would have eventually given me a preview thumbnail,
   but it is inconvenient if the wait is required every time. After disabling yoast,
   I have not had any problems with twitter summary cards. Thank you for your reply
   and offer of assistance. If you absolutely need a sample of the exact problem,
   I will try to recreate it by posting something else on my blog with yoast activated
   and link it on twitter. Please tell me in your reply.
 *  [benvaassen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benvaassen/)
 * (@benvaassen)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-error-5/#post-8572180)
 * Hi [@jsdaniels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsdaniels/),
 * It sounds like a plugin conflict. If I take a look at the source code of [http://jamiesdaniels.com/2016/12/09/self-publishing-part-5/](http://jamiesdaniels.com/2016/12/09/self-publishing-part-5/),
   I can see the following comment: `<!-- Jetpack Open Graph Tags -->`. Double open
   graph tags can cause for problems, like the one you mention.
 * Can you try to disable open graph tags from them or disable open graph from us?
   Here’s how you can find our setting for open graph: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/getting-open-graph-for-your-articles/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/getting-open-graph-for-your-articles/).
   You don’t have to post on Twitter, you can test your page here: [https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator](https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator).
   Let me know if you still get the same error.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [jsdaniels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsdaniels/)
 * (@jsdaniels)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-error-5/#post-8575546)
 * Thank you for your reply
    I disabled the facebook open graph feature that comes
   with yoast and I have verified both with twitter card validator and actually 
   posting a tweet (then deleting it) that the thumbnail now works! Thank you very
   much for your help. I will continue using Yoast from now on since the problem
   is fixed.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [jsdaniels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsdaniels/).
 *  [benvaassen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benvaassen/)
 * (@benvaassen)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-error-5/#post-8576001)
 * Hi [@jsdaniels](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsdaniels/),
 * Awesome! Thank you for the updated review!

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