Documentation
Learn how to generate perfect social cards and implement meta tags across your website.
Generating Your Tags
Tags.LD simplifies the complex process of creating Open Graph and Twitter Card tags. To get started:
- Enter your page URL. This is required for canonical indexing.
- Craft a compelling Title. Keep an eye on the character counter to stay within the 60-character safe zone for Google.
- Write a descriptive Description. Aim for 120-160 characters for maximum visibility.
- Provide an Image URL. For best results across all platforms in 2026, use a single image sized at exactly
1200x630px.
As you type, the preview cards will update instantly, showing you exactly how your link will render when shared online.
Where do these tags go?
All generated meta tags must be placed inside the <head> section of your HTML document, before the closing </head> tag.
Platform Guides
Google relies primarily on standard HTML meta tags for search results.
- Select the Google tab in the generator.
- Click Copy Code.
- Paste the code into your website's
<head>. - Validation: To ensure Google indexes your new tags quickly, log in to Google Search Console, enter your URL in the top search bar, and click Request Indexing.
Facebook uses Open Graph (og:) tags to determine how links are displayed in the news feed and messenger.
- Select the Facebook tab in the generator and copy the code.
- Paste the code into your
<head>section. Ensure you don't have conflicting existing Open Graph tags. - Validation: Facebook heavily caches link previews. If you update your tags, you must force Facebook to scrape your page again. Go to the Sharing Debugger tool, paste your URL, and click "Scrape Again".
X requires specific twitter: tags to generate rich media cards in the timeline. Tags.LD defaults to the high-engagement summary_large_image card type.
- Select the X (Twitter) tab and copy the generated tags.
- Paste the code alongside your standard SEO tags. (Note: X will fall back to Open Graph tags if specific Twitter tags are missing, but explicitly defining them is safer).
- Validation: Use the X Card Validator tool to preview exactly how your link will render and check for any crawling errors.
Like Facebook, LinkedIn utilizes standard Open Graph tags. However, their caching is notoriously aggressive.
- Select the LinkedIn tab (which shares the Open Graph structure with Facebook) and implement the tags.
- Validation: If you've previously shared a link on LinkedIn and subsequently updated its meta tags, the old preview will be stuck. You must use the LinkedIn Post Inspector tool to clear their cache and force them to fetch the new image and title.