Quote from spookyboo22 on July 27, 2021, 4:51 am

Forum Version 1.15.11

Wordpress 5.8

Tried with all other plugins deactivated with same results.

I love the forum plugin. I wish it was easier to drive people off of facebook and twitter to use private forums again and I think using images might be the trick. People don’t realize how much control those sites have over their content. Anyway, I have a meme section designed so people can post their horror memes and pics then share to facebook if they like. Honestly, I think it would be really cool to auto-post these to facebook but that would be another topic.

The problem I’m having is the pics showing up on facebook. I don’t know if it is my server or the forum. I have tried copying and pasting the image into the body of the post, uploading as attachment, and using the image button. They all work sporadically. This is what happens when I use one of the methods below and then copy and paste the URL of the post into facebook:

Pasting the image into the post uses the original website image link. It then shows up in the header as og:image meta property which I think is the correct behavior to get it to work on facebook and twitter as a pic in the post and looks like an actual picture but it ends up with the original URL. It also is a hit or miss whether or not it shows up on facebook or twitter in the post. An example is here:

https://www.scarystorytime.com/horror-forum/topic/my-eggs-are-haunting-me/

https://www.facebook.com/boorhodes/posts/1197713650653733

Uploading it using the image button makes it look like an article post with the correct attached picture. It also works sporadically after being posted.

https://www.scarystorytime.com/horror-forum/topic/harold-stop-tossing-the-baby-into-the-ceiling-fan

https://www.facebook.com/boorhodes/posts/1197718270653271

Using the upload button at the bottom of the post doesn’t work and I don’t intend to use it.

When these posts are being posted to facebook I can see the images but once I hit post they sometimes stop showing. Did I do something wrong installing this or is my server being weird and that’s why I cannot see the images on facebook? Everything is set to public as far as I can see.

Please also note that I can see the image if I have a featured image on a regular post such as this one:

https://www.scarystorytime.com/collaborations/spooky-youtube-collabs-2021.html

which shows on FB as well: https://www.facebook.com/boorhodes/posts/1197725357319229

It would be nice to see some form of share to social media button as well. 🙂

Thanks!

Boo