¿Quieres añadir los metadatos Open Graph de Facebook a tus temas de WordPress?
Los metadatos Open Graph ayudan a Facebook y a otros sitios web de medios sociales a obtener información acerca de tus entradas y páginas de WordPress. También te permite controlar cómo aparece tu contenido cuando se comparte en Facebook.
En este artículo, te mostraremos cómo añadir fácilmente los metadatos Open Graph de Facebook en temas de WordPress.
Vamos a compartir tres métodos diferentes para que pueda elegir el que mejor se adapte a su sitio web WordPress:
Método 1: Añadir metadatos Open Graph de Facebook con AIOSEO
All in One SEO es un popular plugin SEO para WordPress utilizado por más de 3 millones de sitios web. Le permite optimizar fácilmente su sitio web para los motores de búsqueda, así como plataformas sociales como Facebook y Twitter.
En primer lugar, debe instalar y activar el plugin gratuito All in One SEO. Para más detalles, consulta nuestra guía paso a paso sobre cómo instalar un plugin de WordPress.
Una vez activado, tienes que visitar la página All in One SEO ” Redes Sociales. Aquí, puede introducir la URL de su página de Facebook y todas sus otras redes sociales.
A continuación, haz clic en la pestaña Facebook de la parte superior de la página y verás que Open Graph Markup está activado por defecto.
Puedes hacer clic en el botón “Subir o seleccionar imagen” para elegir una imagen por defecto de Facebook OG si un artículo no tiene una imagen de Open Graph.
Si se desplaza hacia abajo, podrá personalizar el nombre de su sitio, la descripción y otros ajustes. No olvides hacer clic en el botón azul “Guardar cambios” cuando hayas terminado.
Ahora que ha establecido los metatags de Open Graph para todo el sitio, el siguiente paso es añadir metadatos de Open Graph para entradas y páginas individuales.
Por defecto, AIOSEO utilizará el título y la descripción de tu entrada para el título y la descripción de Open Graph. También puedes establecer manualmente la miniatura de Facebook para cada página y entrada.
Simplemente edita la entrada o página y desplázate hasta la sección “Ajustes de AIOSEO” debajo del editor. Desde aquí, cambia a la pestaña Social y verás una vista previa de tu miniatura.
Aquí puedes establecer la imagen de los medios sociales, así como el título y la descripción.
Desplácese hasta el campo “Fuente de la imagen”. Puede elegir utilizar la imagen destacada, subir una imagen personalizada u otras opciones.
Método 2: Establecer los metadatos Open Graph de Facebook con Yoast SEO
Yoast SEO es otro plugin SEO para WordPress que puedes utilizar para añadir metadatos Open Graph de Facebook a cualquier sitio WordPress.
Lo primero que tienes que hacer es instalar y activar el plugin Yoast SEO. Para más detalles, consulta nuestra guía paso a paso sobre cómo instalar un plugin de WordPress.
Una vez activado, debe ir a SEO ” Social y seleccionar la opción “Activado” en “Añadir metadatos Open Graph”.
Puedes guardar tus ajustes o continuar y configurar otras opciones sociales de Facebook.
Puedes proporcionar un ID de aplicación de Facebook si utilizas uno para tu página de Facebook e insights. También puedes cambiar el meta title, la meta description y la imagen de Open Graph de tu página de inicio.
Por último, puede establecer una imagen por defecto que se utilizará cuando no se haya establecido ninguna imagen para una entrada o página.
Yoast SEO también te permite establecer metadatos Open Graph para entradas y páginas individuales. Solo tienes que editar una entrada o página y desplazarte hasta la sección “Yoast SEO” situada debajo del editor.
Desde aquí, puedes establecer una miniatura de Facebook para esa entrada o página en particular. Si no estableces el título o la descripción de la entrada, el plugin utilizará tu meta title y description de SEO.
Ahora puedes guardar tu entrada o página, y el plugin almacenará tus metadatos Open Graph de Facebook.
Método 3: Añadir metadatos Open Graph de Facebook mediante código
Este método requiere que edite los archivos de su tema, así que asegúrese de hacer una copia de seguridad de los archivos de su tema antes de realizar cualquier cambio.
Después, simplemente copie y pegue este código en el archivo functions. php de su tema o añada el fragmento de código utilizando el plugin WPCode (recomendado).
Primero, instala y activa el plugin gratuito WPCode. Para más detalles, consulta nuestra guía sobre cómo instalar un plugin de WordPress.
Una vez activado, puede ir a Fragmentos de código ” + Añadir fragmento desde su escritorio de WordPress. Debe pasar el cursor por encima del primer fragmento de código denominado “Añada su código personalizado (nuevo fragmento de código)” y hacer clic en el botón “Usar fragmento de código”.
Esto creará un nuevo fragmento de código donde tendrás que escribir un título y seleccionar el tipo de código ‘PHP Snippet’. Después de eso, usted necesita para publicar el siguiente código en la sección ‘Vista previa del código’:
//Adding the Open Graph in the Language Attributes
function add_opengraph_doctype( $output ) {
return $output . ' xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"';
}
add_filter('language_attributes', 'add_opengraph_doctype');
//Lets add Open Graph Meta Info
function insert_fb_in_head() {
global $post;
if ( !is_singular()) //if it is not a post or a page
return;
echo '<meta property="fb:app_id" content="Your Facebook App ID" />';
echo '<meta property="og:title" content="' . get_the_title() . '"/>';
echo '<meta property="og:type" content="article"/>';
echo '<meta property="og:url" content="' . get_permalink() . '"/>';
echo '<meta property="og:site_name" content="Your Site Name Goes Here"/>';
if(!has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID )) { //the post does not have featured image, use a default image
$default_image="http://example.com/image.jpg"; //replace this with a default image on your server or an image in your media library
echo '<meta property="og:image" content="' . $default_image . '"/>';
}
else{
$thumbnail_src = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'medium' );
echo '<meta property="og:image" content="' . esc_attr( $thumbnail_src[0] ) . '"/>';
}
echo "
";
}
add_action( 'wp_head', 'insert_fb_in_head', 5 );
Recuerde añadir el nombre de su sitio en la línea 17, donde dice “El nombre de su sitio va aquí”. A continuación, cambie la URL de imagen por defecto en la línea 19 por una de sus propias URL de imagen.
Te recomendamos que pongas una imagen con tu logo ahí, de modo que si tu entrada no tiene miniatura, entonces tire del logo de tu sitio.
También tienes que añadir tu propio ID de aplicación de Facebook en la línea 13. Si no tienes una aplicación de Facebook, puedes eliminar la línea 13 del código.
Una vez que hayas terminado de actualizar el código, tienes que activar el fragmento de código y hacer clic en el botón “Guardar fragmento de código”. Tu tema empezará a mostrar los metadatos de Facebook Open Graph en la cabecera de WordPress.
Guías de expertos sobre Facebook y WordPress
Ahora que ya sabes cómo añadir los metadatos Open Graph de Facebook, puede que te interese ver otras guías relacionadas con el uso de Facebook en WordPress:
- Los mejores consejos y tutoriales de Facebook para usuarios de WordPress
- Cómo publicar automáticamente en Facebook desde WordPress
- Cómo instalar y configurar los comentarios de Facebook en WordPress
- Cómo crear un feed de Facebook personalizado en WordPress
- Cómo mostrar las valoraciones de tu página de Facebook en WordPress
- Cómo corregir el problema de la miniatura incorrecta de Facebook en WordPress
- Cómo mostrar Twitter y Facebook del autor en la página de perfil
- Cómo crear una página de destino de Facebook Ads en WordPress
- Cómo corregir el problema de oEmbed de Facebook e Instagram en WordPress
Esperamos que este artículo te haya ayudado a añadir los metadatos Open Graph de Facebook en WordPress. También puedes consultar nuestra guía sobre cómo organizar un sorteo o concurso en WordPress o nuestra selección de los mejores plugins de Facebook para hacer crecer tu blog.
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WPBeginner Staff says
Did you set a featured image? did you replace the default image URL in the code with your own image URL?
Ikix says
Hello, I’ve tried everything i could an i can’t display thumbnail image when i post my blog url on facebook, i already add the code as you said, i download tons of plugings and there is no image in facebook! can you help me please? pleeease!
Jason C. says
what about just for a single image to be added to the thumbnail options in Facebook? I’ve noticed it picks up my featured image no problem, but doesn’t pick up the others in the post. Is there a way to manually add them with some quick code?
WPBeginner Staff says
Sorry the plugin is no longer available. We have updated the article, with new information. Hope this will help you add Facebook Open Graph Meta Data into your WordPress. site.
adepush says
Hi, is your plugin still available on WordPress.org?
http://wordpress.org/plugins/facebook-open-graph-meta-in-wordpress/
a.
M says
its still pulling the image from the sidebar instead of the image i have put in the functions file?
damian says
What about og:description?
Musadiq says
Hi,
How can I include a facebook in the code above? So it can directly publish an article to our profile timeline and also to our facebook page. Thank you
Hassan says
its not working for me when i share my posts on face book its only shows my last instagram pics
Loes Liemburg says
Hi, I installed this plug-in, but can’t see the OG-options in my settings menu. I’ve refreshed and waited, but still nothing. What has gone wrong?
Manuel Gomez says
This line means that the image will use the medium size?
$thumbnail_src = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), ‘medium’ );
If i replace for “big” will use the big image? i would like to see the link post with the new format in facebook, because i can get more clics.
Thanks!
Alexandra says
Thank you! the code worked perfectly!
M says
Unfortunately this did not work for me, I can’t even see it being output in the WP head source code. I’m using the code method as I don’t want to add any plugins to the site.
I’ve checked the htaccess file and that is not causing any issues since it’s blank except for the perma link declaration.
Its also not a caching plugin either since I dont have one in place. Any ideas?
M says
Actually sorry this did work, but unfortunately using the debugger tool it still seems that posting a link on my timeline still does not show the og:image.
Even if it’s there in the json. Its really bizarre. The debugger shows the post but without any image in the share preview. Any ideas anyone?
Attila says
Hello Syed,
I have use many plugins to extract my graph meta info since I’ve started to use WordPress and Facebook and I can say that “Facebook Open Graph Meta for WordPress” is the most simple yet professional plugin so far.
I have a minor issue tough…when debugging my posts link with the the Facebook debugger, my Raw Open Graph Document Information does not show up properly. I have special characters included as my content is in Hungarian language.
Here is an example:
Meta Tag:
I would appreciate if someone could tell me how to fix this.
Thanks in advance and keep up the good work.
Best Regards
JessDelAngel says
HI!
Did you find a solution for this?
Regards
Jim says
Works well – thanks. This is still the best way to integrate without a plugin, yes?
Editorial Staff says
We are using WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin to do this.
Administrador
ally says
I’ve been using this code for a long time but recently there’s been problems, it doesn’t always pull the image. I used the linter and found this errror:
Inferred Property The ‘og:description’ property should be explicitly provided, even if a value can be inferred from other tags.
So I added the description tag and that seems to have resolved the image issue but now it no longer displays the article content.
Any idea’s how to resolve this? I just need to show the first few lines of content.
Thanks
Editorial Staff says
Just use Yoast’s SEO plugin and it has this built-in.
Administrador
Goob says
Yoast’s SEO Plugin doesn’t seem to have single page og:descriptions built-in.
Editorial Staff says
Yes it does have it built-in. By default it pulls your meta description, but it also has the option for you to modify the description from the Yoast SEO meta box.
Theo says
Hi there,
I was just wondering whether it is possible to have a different “og:type” for a post and a page. As it stands (well from what I understand) is that for everything in WordPress, this sets the “og:type” to article.
What if I want to set “og:type” of page to say “website” and for a post “article”?
Any suggestions or help much appreciated
Thanks
Editorial Staff says
You most certainly can with conditional statements.
Administrador
Editorial Staff says
You have to attach the post thumbnail using the featured image function.
Administrador
seitanist says
Can someone explain why
global $post;
is needed and where it falls in the generated code?
wpbeginner says
@seitanist Yes the reason why global $post is added because this code is being added outside the Loop in the section of the page. In order to pull the right information, we must call global $post which makes all those tags work.
seitanist says
This worked great! Thanks!!!
Editorial Staff says
You can try disabling the social feature in Yoast’s plugin and download Otto’s Simple Facebook Connect plugin. Just activate it and the base would take care of it.
Administrador
Cno says
Hello, everything worked! When i put the link of my specific blog post on my facebook wall, I have the right thumbnail, description and site name. But the post on facebook also automatically shows the complete url of my site (right under the blog title). Instead I want it to show the permalink of the specific blog post – not the url of my site. This way i can integrate the ‘likes’ for that particular post in wordpress. Please! Anyone?
StephanePerez says
Hi, i tried to insall the plugin but can’t activate it because of a fatal error : Cannot redeclare add_opengraph_doctype()…/fbogmeta.php on line 24
What i’m supposed to do?
Thanks!
techhogger says
Hi pasted this codes as per the instruction on my blog techhogger.com but still issue does not seem to resolve. I can see my adsense codes in the description area. Kindly help.
waqaslone says
@techhogger same problem with…let me know if u find any solution.
wpbeginner says
@waqaslone@techhogger For the description to appear, you have to use the excerpts. Alternatively, you can use Otto’s Simple Facebook Connect plugin and just turn the Base on. That would take care of everything for you.
techhogger says
@wpbeginner@waqaslone@techhogger
I did everything. Even tried the plugin you said. Just try to share any post from my blog and you will know what exactly is happening. To some extend I was able to remove codes appearing from the description section. But now I can’t see description and thumbails of the post while sharing it on fb. Will be thankful if I get your help.
wpbeginner says
@techhogger@waqaslone We are using the method shared on this page on our own website. Everything works. We are using SFC on List25 and it works perfectly fine. Not sure why you are having these issues. SFC has a very smart way to parse through your content and pull out description. So I know for a fact that it pulls out description. It also pulls out all images. This most likely means that there is another plugin that is interfering on your site.Do you have a WP plugin to add the like box or the like button? or any other FB plugin?
techhogger says
@wpbeginner@waqaslone I tried to share again after your last reply. And the same happens. I can see only post title with description as my blog’s description instead of post description and no thumbnail. I am using Digg Digg plugin for social sharing .
wpbeginner says
@techhogger@waqaslone Please turn on Otto’s Simple Facebook Connect plugin. Remove the code that you have added in your functions.php …
techhogger says
@wpbeginner@waqaslone I think its working now. I downloaded and configured the plugin again. And now it seems to be working. Can you have a look and let me know if everything is fine now.
ChristopherJosephDowney says
I am used to putting meta tags in the HTML on Blogger. Switching to WordPress has been a headache in this aspect, as I have no HTML to edit and am not used to CSS. This plug-in is a dream, but it doesn’t seem to be working correctly. My question is this: It appears I have 3 different ID’s: My facebook profile, my facebook fan page (the one my blog links to) and my OG debugger ID that appears on the developer debugger page; which ID do I need to use for the plug-in? No matter which one I put in the plug-in when I click “debug” the thumbnail does not update and is always one of the advertisement’s gif’s. Can I have more than one default thumbnail like I would using megatags in HTML?
RobKara says
When a user hits my wordpress page “object” then how do i get the facebook userid if its a facebook user viewing the page? Does facebook send a signed_request or facebook userid via the querystring?
wpbeginner says
@RobKara This question should be asked in the Open Graph forum because it is beyond the scope of this article.
MetalPhil says
So I installed this stuff on my website (AngryMetalGuy.com) and it doesn’t work. I have *no* clue why. I am beyond frustrated and super confused. If you could please, please, please, please, pleeeease help me that would be awesome.
MetalPhil says
BTW: I installed it a long time ago and it still doesn’t work. I’ve been having this problem for over a month now. It’s killing me.
lizbizz says
I Deactivated the Facebook OG Meta plugin on my blog and Installed the Simple Facebook Connect plugin instead and now everything seems to be working right on my site and posts!
WPbeginners. com instructions and info (be sure to follow them exactly) using this post: https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-install-and-setup-simple-facebook-connect-for-wordpress/
lizbizz says
This solved my problem for the Share on Facebook button, but now when I try to share a post from my site to Facebook using Hootsuite’s Hootlet, the description text box is empty. It shows the correct thumbnail and URL but no article preview text. It worked before and still works for other sites, so I think it happened when I installed the plugin…help?
SaijoGeorge says
@wpbeginner Facepalm … Thanks for the quick replay mate
wpbeginner says
@SaijoGeorge It will only output your post’s defined excerpt. If you don’t specify an excerpt, then nothing will be displayed.
SaijoGeorge says
Great plugin .. the only issue I seem to be having is that the meta property=”og:description” spits out some random data
. Thr url for a sample post is 1800pocketpc.com/watch-out-for-windows-phone-7/22453/ similar issue on another blog bestwp7games.com/crazy-horses-match-maker-a-path-drawing-game.html ( here og:description comes out to be blank ) I am using thesis variations on both of those sites .. was wondering if any of you guys have come across this issue
It’s also worth noting that meta description tag on those pages seems to ouput the right data
wpbeginner says
@CarlosDeGuzman It takes a while for the linter to update.
CarlosDeGuzman says
Hi wpbeginner! I installed the plugin on my site, ww w.swimbikerun.ph and it’s not working. I’m still getting these errors on the linter. Also no thumbnails are showing when you share a post on fb. Hope you can help
Also its not showing the description
Warning
Required Property Missingog:title is required
Required Property Missingog:type is required
Required Property Missingog:url is required
Required Property Missingog:image is required
wpbeginner says
@ReyCalantaol It has nothing to do with SEO…. the Open Graph data is for Facebook…..
wpbeginner says
@arabsciences@Tia Peterson You have to add the Meta Description and our plugin does that for you…
wpbeginner says
@arabsciences@Tia Peterson You have to add the Meta Description and our plugin does that for you…
wpbeginner says
@Tia Peterson Yes, you would need to re-install through the repository.
wpbeginner says
@Tia Peterson Yes, you would need to re-install through the repository.
Tia Peterson says
@arabsciences@wpbeginner Nope.
arabsciences says
Hi
How do pull description from aal in one seo plugin.?
it it not working for me
arabsciences says
@Tia Peterson@wpbeginner
I use All in one seo plugin and could not pull the description to show in url linter
arabsciences says
@Tia Peterson@wpbeginner
I found a fix for that which shows first 300 characters of the post.
just change og:description to :
<meta property=”og:description” content=”<?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt($post->ID)); ?>” />
ClyoBeck says
Okay, I’ve gone back to the original theme files and uploaded the original functions.php file. No go. Still a blank screen. I’m thinking up upgrading the theme to see if that will help. I’m wondering if the code I put in the functions.php file, somehow, changed something else. Is that possible?
wpbeginner says
@ClyoBeck Make sure that there are no extra spaces at the bottom of the functions.php file …
ClyoBeck says
Hi guys,
I should have just downloaded the plug-in. Instead I copied and pasted the code above into my functions.php file and now my blog has disappeared.
I went into my server and, having made copies of the php file in notepad, uploaded the old file. Still no luck.
Looks like I’m going to have to hire a programmer to fix this.
Any advice?
Livefyre says
@wpbeginner Thanks. I don’t think I got the update, though. Should I just download the plugin again from the WP plugin repository and re-install?
wpbeginner says
@Tia Peterson Just uploaded the fix for this and another issue. It should be live within 15 minutes or sooner (whenever the SVN updates go through).
wpbeginner says
@SteveJoseph@joshuatj Also with the linter (not sure exactly what the number is) but if your post has that many likes, then it won’t reset the description / title and such… If I am correct, then that number is not very high…
SteveJoseph says
@wpbeginner@joshuatj Thanks for the response wpbeginner. I tried your plugin within the last 3 days so was fairly certain it was the latest version but that didn’t seem to work for me. I’m going to go with your suggestion that it will fix itself but the current solution is not the most ideal. It’s pulling the description from my blog “intro” section which is helpful in telling the audience about me but does very little to support why they should click on the article or shared item. Thankfully it does show the correct image and post headline just not the description from the post itself.
Since Facebook hyped open graph so much you’d like to have imagined they would have made sure this was working and buttoned up pretty solid. Thanks again.
Tia Peterson says
Hi! For some reason, the plugin doesn’t pull a description. At first, I figured out that it was pulling the description from the ‘excerpt’ field, so I started using that field every time. Now, it doesn’t even pull from that. Not sure why. I am using the latest version of the plugin, StudioPress News Child Theme for Genesis, and WordPress version 3.1.
Here is our most recent post to show you that when you paste this URL into Facebook, only the image and title show up. In the source code, the description field for the open graph plugin is completely empty. http://www.bizchickblogs.com/2011/08/what-do-you-know-about-naturopathy.html
Thanks for your help!
wpbeginner says
@SteveJoseph Facebook takes a bit long to update older posts, but it will fix itself.