If you have imported the templates, you will also see a number of premade templates which you can use as the starting point for customization. Naturally you can always create one from scratch.
Setting panel under the OpenGraphiq displays global plugin’s options.
Here you can set the so-called Default template.
The default template is used as the template for OG and Twitter card images for all your post types and static pages.
You should always have the Default template set to one of the available templates.
If you wish to override the default template on the level of the specific post type, you can certainly do so.
In the Post types section, you will notice that all the post types available in your WordPress instance are listed.
Feel free to override the default template for the desired custom post types. The posts belonging to that post type will use the set template instead of the default one.
By choosing No images by OpenGraphiq, you can disable the OpenGraphiq functionality for that specific Post Type
Facebook Settings
Here, you can define the Facebook app ID. It will be displayed in the markup as fb:app meta property.
In order to use Facebook Insights you must add the app ID to your page. Insights lets you view analytics for traffic to your site from Facebook. Find the app ID in your App Dashboard.
Twitter Settings
Here, you can define the Twitter username. Please include @ when entering the username (example: @username).
It will be displayed in the markup as twitter:site meta name linking your Twitter profile to content shared from your site.
Debug mode
Finally, you can set the plugin to work in the Debug mode. When working in the debug mode, you will be able to see the class=’opengraphiq’ added to each meta tag generated by OpenGraphiq
This way you will be able to pinpoint the issues with the OG and Twitter card meta tags if they exist. By default Debug mode is switched off, meaning that the additional class will not be visible in the markup.
Additional rules
Additional rules allow you to set the templates for your posts or products based on following taxonomies:
In addition to setting the template based on post type, you can define the rules based on taxonomies. If one of the rules (in top down precedence) is met, the specific post will be associated with the defined template.
The template for the specific post is determined in the following way:
Here, you can:
One thing to remember – the OG and Twitter images are not generated automatically – once you set the desired template, you need to (re)create them – either on the Edit Post screen or by using Bulk generation feature.
Here you can also find the links to Facebook OG debugger and Twitter Card Validator.
Unfortunately, as the Twitter validator does not allow automatic url forwarding – you will need to paste the link to your post manually within the Twitter Card Validator interface.
You can also choose the desired template for the specific posts in the Quick Edit Form
In order to bulk generate the OpenGraphiq images, follow these steps:
You will be taken to the OpenGraphiq bulk creation screen where you can validate the list of posts for which you wish to generate the images.
By clicking Ok, generate OG images, the process will start and you will be able to track the progress.