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In my all post page there is share button (via AddThis plugin).

When I click to share on Facebook, it takes the URL and title, but images is showing something else. For example.

I tried to make a custom share button which is below, but when I click on it, nothing happens.

  <?php
    $title = the_title();
    $url= the_permalink();
    $summary=urlencode('Custom message that summarizes what your tab is about,  or just a simple message to tell people to check out your tab.');
    $image= wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ),  'single-post-thumbnail' );
  ?>
    <a onClick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?s=100&amp;p[title]=<?php echo $title;?>&amp;p[summary]=<?php echo $summary;?>&amp;p[url]=<?php echo $url; ?>&amp;&p[images][0]=<?php echo $image[0];?>', 'sharer', 'toolbar=0,status=0,width=548,height=325');" target="_parent" href="javascript: void(0)">
        Custom Share on Facebook page!
    </a>

I have also put Open Graph tags in my header.php between the <head> tags:

<?php $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'single-post-thumbnail' ); ?>
<meta property="og:title" content="<?php the_title(); ?>" /> 
<meta property="og:description" content="" />  
<meta property="og:image" content="<?php echo $image[0]; ?>" /> 
<meta property="og:video" content="" /> 
<meta property="og:video:width" content="560" />  
<meta property="og:video:height" content="340" />  
<meta property="og:video:type" content="application/x-shockwave-flash" />

All my post from my website should be shareable on Facebook and Twitter with its URL, title, images, and description. Here's a working reference link.

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After here and there for long i find the solution for above :

Replaced above meta tag with below

<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<?php $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'single-post-thumbnail' );  ?>

<?php if($image[0] != "" ){ ?>

<meta property="og:image" content="<?php echo $image[0]; ?>"  >

<?php } else { ?>

<meta property="og:image" content="logo.png"  >

<?php } ?>


<meta property="og:image:width" content="3523" >

<meta property="og:image:height" content="2372" >

<meta property="og:url" content="<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>"  >

<meta property="og:title" content="<?php echo the_title(); ?>"  > 

<meta property="og:site_name" content="Thefansworld" />

<meta property="og:description" content="" >  

<meta property="fb:app_id" content="3668661019" >

<meta property="fb:admins" content="" >

 <?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>

But still some of the POST give me wrong images and after some research i found :

When pulling a webpage from an URL, Facebook caches it's content for later. It means, that if Facebook once pulls data from your site, and than your site changes (for example your og:image tags change), Facebook will not change the image, because it already has everything cached on its side.

Try visiting Facebook Debugger page and review what Facebook "sees". Using this tool forces Facebook to refresh data from the given URL. This is the best way to debug it.

When you make sure Facebook "sees" proper og:image tags, then make sure the images in the og:image are of proper minimum width/height (it's all explained in the fb debugger).

Facebook will not use an image from og:image if it does not meet FB's criteria. I strongly recommend this tool whenever there are any issues with content from your site on FB.

Hope this will help some one.And if i am wrong some where please let me know :)

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What about using the u var to share your url and let facebook get the content using Opengraph tags?

Something like this

<a onClick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=<?php echo $url; ?>', 'sharer', 'toolbar=0,status=0,width=548,height=325');" target="_parent" href="javascript: void(0)">Custom Share on Facebook page!</a>
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  • hey thanks please check my update reference link .. i means the website which using such features Aug 27, 2014 at 7:32
  • hey as you said i did that .. but still not working,please check demo link Aug 27, 2014 at 7:36

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