Check how any link will look before you share it. This free sharing debugger fetches a page the way social crawlers do, reads its Open Graph and Twitter Card tags, and shows pixel-styled previews of the link on Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Discord and Google search — plus a clear checklist of what's missing or wrong and how to fix it.
A link with a proper title, description and 1200×630 image gets dramatically more clicks than a bare URL. If your page shows a blank card, the wrong photo, or an old title when shared, this Open Graph checker tells you exactly why in seconds.
How to debug a link preview
1. Paste the full page URL (a specific article or product page, not just the homepage).
2. Press Debug. You'll get a pass/warn/fail checklist, the Facebook preview, and a table of every raw meta tag found on the page.
3. Switch between the platform tabs — Facebook, X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Discord and Google. Each tab re-fetches the page with that platform's real crawler user-agent (facebookexternalhit, Twitterbot, LinkedInBot, WhatsApp, Discordbot, Googlebot), because some sites serve different tags to different bots.
What the checker validates
The tool verifies the essential tags — og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url, og:type and twitter:card — and then goes further: it loads your og:image to measure its real dimensions (Facebook recommends 1200×630 px, minimum 600×315), warns when titles or descriptions will be truncated, checks that the image URL is absolute and HTTPS, looks for a canonical URL, and reports redirect chains and the HTTP status the crawler received.
Why your link preview is wrong — common causes
Missing og:image — platforms then pick a random page image or show none. Relative image URL — crawlers need an absolute https:// address. Image too small — below 600×315 Facebook falls back to a tiny thumbnail layout. Stale cache — if the tags are right but platforms still show old content, force a re-scrape with the official Facebook Sharing Debugger or LinkedIn Post Inspector. Bot-blocked pages — some servers block crawler user-agents entirely, which is why this tool fetches with each platform's own bot as you switch tabs, so you can compare.
WordPress, Yoast and other CMS users
If you use WordPress with an SEO plugin (Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO), your Open Graph tags come from the page's social settings. Debug the URL here after publishing: you'll instantly see whether the plugin output the right image and text, without waiting for Facebook's cache. The same applies to Shopify, Wix, Webflow and custom sites.
Use it together with our other tools
Take a picture-perfect capture of the page itself with the Website Screenshot Generator, archive it with the Website to PDF converter, or prepare a correctly-sized 1200×630 share image with the Resize Image and Compress Image tools.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is a sharing debugger?
A tool that fetches a web page the way social network crawlers do, reads its Open Graph and Twitter Card meta tags, and previews exactly how the link will appear when shared — so you can fix problems before posting.
What size should my og:image be?
1200×630 pixels (a 1.91:1 ratio) is the recommended size for Facebook, LinkedIn and WhatsApp, and works for X's large summary card too. The minimum for a large preview on Facebook is 600×315; below that you get a small thumbnail.
Why does Facebook still show my old title or image?
Facebook caches link previews for up to 30 days. If this tool shows the correct new tags, paste your URL into the official Facebook Sharing Debugger and press "Scrape Again" to refresh the cache.
Why do the platform tabs sometimes show different results?
Some sites serve different HTML to different crawlers — prerendered pages, bot protection, or cloaking. Each tab fetches the page with that platform's real crawler user-agent, so you see exactly what Facebook, X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Discord or Google actually receives.
My page has no Open Graph tags at all. What happens?
Platforms fall back to guessing: usually the <title> tag, the meta description, and a random image from the page — or nothing. Adding og:title, og:description and og:image gives you full control of the preview.
Does this work for WhatsApp and Discord previews?
Yes. WhatsApp uses the same Open Graph tags as Facebook, and Discord uses Open Graph plus its own theming — both previews are rendered by this tool from the tags found on your page.