plugin that works for facebook comment/like thumbnails - GoFuckYourself.com

Jel · 07-31-2012, 10:44 AM

tried a few and can't get any to work correctly - comment boxes/like buttons below wp posts appear obviously on fb, but with a totally random and unrelated thumbnail image. Anyone know of a plugin that actually pulls the image from the post liked/commented on?

fris · 07-31-2012, 07:25 PM

you could make it pull it from the useraccount, which uses gravatar, just a matter of doing a custom comment callback with a custom comment form

Jel · 08-01-2012, 02:33 AM

yeah thing is though I want it to pull the pic from the actual post. fb seems to want to pick whichever pic on the page is closest to it's 180x180 or whatever dimension it is. There are a couple plugins that say they use the post pic, or assigned thumbnail/featured image but they don't always (in fact hardly ever).

foxyflesh · 08-01-2012, 05:37 AM

fris · 08-01-2012, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jel

yeah thing is though I want it to pull the pic from the actual post. fb seems to want to pick whichever pic on the page is closest to it's 180x180 or whatever dimension it is. There are a couple plugins that say they use the post pic, or assigned thumbnail/featured image but they don't always (in fact hardly ever).

oh thouhgt you meant thumbs for users for comments, if you wanna just select the thumbnail do the meta tag for fb.

Jel · 08-02-2012, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foxyflesh

that exact code? And where would I put that (if it is)? Seems that's a set image for the site as a whole? I want it to pull the specific pic from the specific post being shared/cpmmented on. Thanks

fris · 08-02-2012, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jel

that exact code? And where would I put that (if it is)? Seems that's a set image for the site as a whole? I want it to pull the specific pic from the specific post being shared/cpmmented on. Thanks

something like this in your functions.php file

Code:

function insert_image_src_rel_in_head() {
	global $post;
	if ( !is_singular()) //if it is not a post or a page
		return;
	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_image_src_rel_in_head', 5 );

Jel · 08-03-2012, 12:51 AM

nope, still just pulls a random image off the page ><

07-31-2012, 10:44 AM	#1
Jel Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,904	plugin that works for facebook comment/like thumbnails tried a few and can't get any to work correctly - comment boxes/like buttons below wp posts appear obviously on fb, but with a totally random and unrelated thumbnail image. Anyone know of a plugin that actually pulls the image from the post liked/commented on?

07-31-2012, 07:25 PM	#2
fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,372	you could make it pull it from the useraccount, which uses gravatar, just a matter of doing a custom comment callback with a custom comment form __________________ Since 1999: 69 Adult Industry awards for Best Hosting Company and professional excellence. WP Stuff

08-01-2012, 02:33 AM	#3
Jel Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,904	yeah thing is though I want it to pull the pic from the actual post. fb seems to want to pick whichever pic on the page is closest to it's 180x180 or whatever dimension it is. There are a couple plugins that say they use the post pic, or assigned thumbnail/featured image but they don't always (in fact hardly ever).

08-01-2012, 05:37 AM	#4
foxyflesh Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 54	<meta property="og:image" content="http://SITENAME/IMAGENAME" /> use that to tell facebook what image to use

08-03-2012, 12:51 AM	#8
Jel Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,904	nope, still just pulls a random image off the page ><