How to force Facebook to choose exact post thumbnail?

[Jovani]

Hi there,

I have a problem when posting my link on Facebook profile to share friends

my post thumbnail didn't show as my expectation, Facebook chose wrong thumbnail on my page and I couldn't select right image when clicking arrow(right/left) on image.

My question is how to force Facebook to choose exact post thumbnail?

please share me ways

 

[DarrenIO]

I dont think there is a way to force them. As you mentioned there is button they provide for you to select a picture.

 

[bob]

I dont think there is a way to force them. As you mentioned there is button they provide for you to select a picture.

You are wrong, we can use facebook code that they provide like

<meta property="og:image" content="your_link_image" />
<link rel="image_src" href="your_link_image" />

to show exact image from your article when posting link on Facebook.

 

[Deepak Kaushik]

What does this coding means and what's its effect ??

<meta property="og:image" content="your_link_image" />

 

[bob]

bob

yes, you can try by go to this url
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug
an paste your url to preview how it will appear on facebook when you share links

 

[Deepak Kaushik]

I entered but how this coding works for selecting image ??

 

[bob]

bob

You need to add code above first into your website and pasting URL to it to check/preview how your post will appear on Facebook.

 

[Deepak Kaushik]

Deepak Kaushik

Thanks Bob, now I got your point