[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13687: Facebook unable to "preview" WordPress sites

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#13687: Facebook unable to "preview" WordPress sites
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 Reporter:  holdstrong    |       Owner:                
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned    
Component:  General       |     Version:                
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  Facebook, Meta
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 '''Description:'''  For several months now Facebook has had trouble
 previewing sites based on WordPress.  When you attempt to share a link to
 a WordPress website, Facebook is unable to pull and preview the title of
 the page, the description of the page, or any images on the page.  It just
 provides a link with the URL.

 This was a sporadic problem that seemed to come and go earlier this year,
 but has now been consistently bugged for over a month.

 As best as I can tell, this ONLY happens with WordPress based websites.
 Facebook is able to pull preview information on shared links with all
 other websites I've tried.

 '''Steps to Reproduce:'''  Log in to facebook profile and attempt to share
 a link from your personal profile or a page.

 '''Reason it needs to be addressed:'''  This is a big deal for anyone who
 promotes their WordPress website via Facebook.

 '''Additional Information:''' I have reproduced this bug on multiple
 installs of different versions of WP, across different hosts, with
 different themes, with and without plugins.

 Some people, including Facebook support, have suggested this is a problem
 with WordPress Meta tags or headers.  I have been unable to confirm this.

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