Product Facebook Share Random Mess

[zenessex]

How can I change the information that is shared via the facebook share button on individual product pages as the information is random nonsense and does not reflect the current product..also the correct image is not available as images are taken from related products? See attachment .

[laranz – SUPPORT]

Hi,

Try to put this in functions.php

function insert_fb_in_head() {
	global $post;
	if ( !is_singular()) //if it is not a post or a page
		return;
        echo '<meta property="fb:admins" content="YOUR USER 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 );

Put a default image url by replacing this: http://example.com/image.jpg

Let me know, what you got.

Thanks,
laranz.

[mesheen]

Hi thanks for your help and reply, it seems a bit better for most of the time the correct image shows..but it is still not capturing the product description..any ideas..I tried adding the og:description meta but still got the same garbled description…it must be reading first from somewhere else..

[Melanie – SUPPORT]

Hey, there are some plugins out there which can control what is shared on facebook, maybe you can test those if one suits your needs? 🙂

[laranz – SUPPORT]

Hi,

Try to add it in the else part, also as Melanie said, try some plugins that is easy.

Let me know, What you got.

Thanks,
laranz.

[Swift Ideas – Ed]

Hey guys,

Just to let you know that I tested out the following plugin today and it worked a treat – http://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-facebook/

– Ed