1. Paste a public URL
Use an article, landing page, product, offer, or campaign destination.
Free social link preview
Preview your link before you share it.
Paste a public URL to inspect its Open Graph and social metadata, then compare realistic cards for Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and messaging apps before your campaign goes live.
No account requiredFour platform previewsOpen Graph health check
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See what social platforms can read
LinkDirect requests the public page once, follows safe redirects, reads its metadata, and turns the result into visual sharing previews.
2. Inspect the metadata
We check Open Graph, Twitter Card, canonical, title, description, image, and related fields.
3. Compare and improve
Switch between platform cards and fix missing or weak metadata before publishing.
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One check, the metadata that matters
The checker separates what was detected from what each social card may actually display.
Open Graph essentials
Review og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url, og:type, site name, locale, and image dimensions.
X / Twitter Card tags
Verify card type, title, description, and image without digging through page source.
Canonical and redirects
See the final URL after redirects and confirm whether the page declares a canonical destination.
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Why a shared link can look wrong
Social networks render cards from page metadata, not from the visible hero section. Missing, stale, or conflicting tags can produce an unexpected result.
The image is missing
A platform may show a text-only card or choose another image when og:image is absent or inaccessible.
The copy gets cut off
Long titles and descriptions are truncated differently by each platform and device.
The wrong URL is cached
Redirects, canonical tags, and platform caches can make the shared card differ from the URL you pasted.
Social link preview FAQ
Does this post anything to my social account?
No. The tool only reads the public metadata returned by the URL. It does not connect to or publish on any social account.
Will the preview be pixel-perfect?
No checker can guarantee a pixel-perfect result because platforms change layouts, crop images, cache metadata, and run their own rules. The preview is a practical approximation based on the detected tags.
Why does Facebook still show an old image?
Facebook and other platforms cache link metadata. After fixing the page, use the platform’s own sharing debugger to request a fresh scrape.
Do you store the page content?
The page is fetched to generate the response and enforce abuse limits. The checker does not create a saved project or public archive of the inspected page.
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