How to use Open Graph to make your content easily recognizable by social networks

Written by on November 22, 2012 in seo, Uncategorized, WordPress Tips & Snippet - No comments

Simply paste the code below into your functions.php file. The snippet will automatically add the Open Graph metadata to the <head> section of your pages.

function wptuts_opengraph_for_posts() {
    if ( is_singular() ) {
        global $post;
        setup_postdata( $post );
        $og_type = '<meta property="og:type" content="article" />' . "n";
        $og_title = '<meta property="og:title" content="' . esc_attr( get_the_title() ) . '" />' . "n";
        $og_url = '<meta property="og:url" content="' . get_permalink() . '" />' . "n";
        $og_description = '<meta property="og:description" content="' . esc_attr( get_the_excerpt() ) . '" />' . "n";
        if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
            $imgsrc = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'medium' );
            $og_image = '<meta property="og:image" content="' . $imgsrc[0] . '" />' . "n";
        }
        echo $og_type . $og_title . $og_url . $og_description . $og_image;
    }
}
add_action( 'wp_head', 'wptuts_opengraph_for_posts' );

In order to make your blog fully compliant with the Open Graph protocol, you also have to edit your header.php file and replace the <html> tag by the following:

<html <?php language_attributes(); ?> prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#">

Thanks to WP Tuts for the tip!

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