How to add Featured Images for Facebook Posts

I have seen quite a few Facebook posts lately where people have posted links that have no images and just website name.

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You can change this, and it’s easy!

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Here a step by step for the main platforms WordPress, Wix, Squarespace and Weebly.

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For all of them you can set a site wide image and an individual page image too. I recommend setting a site wide image first, then you always have an image displayed incase you forget to set it for new pages.

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WordPress

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Add social share image per page‍

>Home Menu
>Pages
>Edit page
>Set featured image bottom left sidebar
>Save

Using SEO plugins – All in One SEO and Yoast

>Add social meta
>All pages
>Edit Page
>Scroll to SEO Area
>Social Settings Tab
>Upload image
>Edit Text to display

Add social share image for your whole site:

>SEO plugin
>Social meta
>Upload default image

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SquareSpace

Add social share image for your whole site:

>Home Menu
>Design
>Logo & Title
>Scroll down to Social Sharing Logo
>Upload Image
>Save

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Add social share image per page‍

>Home Menu
>Pages
>Page settings
>Social Tab
>Upload Image
>Save

Wix

Add social share image per page‍

>Menus & Pages
>The relevant page
>Show More icon
>Social Share
>Upload Image
>Select an image
>Add to Page

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Add social share image for your whole site:‍

>Settings
>Social on the left
>Upload Image
>Apply
>Publish

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Weebly

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Weebly simply grabs the first image displayed on the page. This does not count background images. This is not currently editable.

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Test it!

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To check everything is set up right and FB is receiving updated info go here to debug the page to see  what will come up on your Facebook post.

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You can apply this to blog posts as well as pages.

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AND remember – optimse any uploaded images!

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If you have ANY website questions, anytime, please get in touch – iona@growmybusiness.co.nz

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