You wrote the perfect post, you inserted a lot of nice pictures into the text, but when you share it on Facebook or send it to someone on Messenger, you don\u2019t see the picture you wanted at all \u2013 in fact, sometimes it\u2019s a poorly broken, half-cut sentence. Why is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The answer lies in the \u201cmeta\u201d settings of the articles. As beautiful as your written text is, search engines, social media, and the list page of your website itself are informed by three external elements: the Featured Image, Extract, and Tags. We will show you where to find them and how to set them up correctly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These settings are always set in the editing interface right lane<\/strong>, a Entries<\/strong> (Post) tab. If you don\u2019t see the bar on the right, click on the small \u201cgear\u201d icon in the upper right corner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Set the Featured Image<\/strong> The highlighted image is the visual element that will appear on the main page of your blog, above the title of the article, as well as on social media shares. (This is NOT equal to the images inserted between the text!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Writing the Extract<\/strong> The extract is a short, 1-2 sentence teaser text. It appears in blog lists under the image and title, and this is what people read on Facebook under the link. If you leave this blank, the system will automatically and ugly \u201ccut\u201d the first few sentences of your article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Using Tags<\/strong> As we wrote before, the categories are the main \u201cbookcases\u201d, and the labels are the detailed \u201cindexes\u201d for the article. If you\u2019ve added an article to the \u201cNews\u201d category, you can use the tags to further refine the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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