Description
Simple Open Graphs is a feather-light social metadata plugin that makes every link to your site look great on Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, Pinterest, Telegram, and beyond, without the bloat of a full SEO suite.
Less than 100KB on the front end. Zero database tables. Zero settings required to get started.
Why Simple Open Graphs?
- ⚡ Lightweight. No frontend JavaScript. No CSS. Just clean
<meta>tags. - 🖼️ Auto-generated social images. Posts with no featured image get a branded 1200×630 share card drawn on your own server — no external services, no per-post design work.
- 🎨 Live previews of how your post will look on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter/X — right inside the post editor.
- 🔁 Plays nice with SEO plugins. Auto-detects Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress, Slim SEO, The SEO Framework — and automatically yields to them on the front end so you never get duplicate tags.
- 📥 One-click importer from Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, and The SEO Framework.
- 🧰 Developer friendly. Filters, REST endpoints, WP-CLI commands, PSR-4 autoloader, namespaced OOP.
Features
Open Graph (Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, Telegram)
og:title,og:description,og:image,og:image:alt,og:image:width,og:image:height,og:image:type,og:image:secure_urlog:url,og:type,og:locale,og:site_name,og:updated_timearticle:published_time,article:modified_time,article:author,article:section,article:tag- Facebook App ID + Admins
- WooCommerce
product:price:amount,product:price:currency,product:availability,product:retailer_item_id
Twitter/X Cards
twitter:card(summary, summary_large_image, app, player)twitter:title,twitter:description,twitter:image,twitter:image:alttwitter:site,twitter:creator- Per-author handle override from the WordPress user profile
Site verification (one-tag-each)
- Facebook domain verification
- Pinterest verification (rich pins)
- Google Search Console
- Bing Webmaster Tools
Automation
- Auto-generated branded social card (title + optional logo + site name) for posts with no image of their own — rendered locally with GD, cached in uploads, fully color-customizable
- Featured image fallback first content image auto-generated card site default safety fallback
- Auto-generated excerpts/descriptions trimmed to platform-safe lengths
- Auto locale detection
- Auto title separator
- Auto duplicate-tag prevention
Compatibility
- Gutenberg, Classic Editor, Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Oxygen, WPBakery
- WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads
- WPML, Polylang, multisite
- AMP, REST API, headless WordPress
- All major page caches & object caches
Developer tools
wp sog import yoast --overwrite(WP-CLI)GET /wp-json/sog/v1/meta?url=…(REST)apply_filters( 'sog_meta_tags', $tags, $data )and a dozen more
Privacy
Simple Open Graphs does not make external HTTP requests, does not collect telemetry, and does not add tracking scripts.
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the plugin to
wp-content/plugins/simple-open-graphs/or install through the Plugins screen. - Activate.
- Visit Settings Open Graph to pick a default social image, enabled post types, and your Twitter/X handle.
- Edit any post — you’ll see a Social Preview metabox with live cards.
That’s it. Sharing your URL now produces beautiful rich previews.
FAQ
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Do I need an SEO plugin (Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO) to use this?
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No. Simple Open Graphs is fully standalone. It’s designed for people who want excellent social previews without installing a full SEO suite.
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I already have Yoast / Rank Math / AIOSEO. Will this conflict?
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No. The plugin auto-detects the major SEO plugins and yields the front end to them so you never get duplicate Open Graph tags. You can still use the per-post Social Preview metabox to override their values, and run the Tools Import to copy your existing social metadata in.
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Will this slow down my site?
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No. There is zero JavaScript and zero CSS loaded on the front end. The output is a small static block of
<meta>tags inside<head>— typically under 1 KB. Resolved data is cached via the object cache when available. -
Does this support WooCommerce products?
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Yes — products emit
og:type=productplusproduct:price:amount,product:price:currency,product:availability, andproduct:retailer_item_id. -
When a post has no featured image, no image in its content, and no per-post override, Simple Open Graphs can paint a branded 1200×630 card from the post title (plus an optional logo and your site name) so the shared link still looks great. The image is drawn on your own server with the PHP GD extension — no external requests — and cached in your uploads folder so it’s generated once and reused. Turn it on and choose your colors under Settings Open Graph Social Image. It requires the GD extension with FreeType/TrueType support; when that isn’t available, the plugin simply falls back to your default social image.
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Use the Tools sidebar links to the official Facebook Sharing Debugger, LinkedIn Post Inspector, X Card Validator, and Google Rich Results Test. They each fetch your page and show the rendered preview.
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Can I import my settings from another SEO plugin?
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Yes. Go to Settings Open Graph Tools, pick your source plugin, and click Run import. We support Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, and The SEO Framework.
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Is it translation ready?
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Yes —
Text Domain: simple-open-graphs. A.potfile is included in/languages. -
Is it headless / REST friendly?
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Yes. Call
GET /wp-json/sog/v1/meta?url=<absolute-url>from your headless frontend to get a ready-to-render JSON payload. -
Is it WP-CLI friendly?
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Yes.
wp sog show <post>,wp sog import <source>,wp sog reset. -
Does it work with WPML / Polylang?
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Yes. Each translation has its own metabox values and emits the correct
og:localeautomatically. -
How do I customize the output?
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Use filters:
sog_meta_tags,sog_resolved_data,sog_enabled_post_types,sog_should_render,sog_remove_duplicate_tags. For the auto-generated card, usesog_card_style(colors/logo per post),sog_card_font_path(point to your own.ttf), andsog_card_available(force the feature on or off). Hooks documented in the plugin source. -
How do I report a bug?
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Open a thread on WordPress.org. Include your PHP/WP versions and which SEO plugin (if any) is active.
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Contributors & Developers
“Simple Open Graphs — Social Sharing, Open Graph, Twitter Cards & Rich Previews” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
2.1
- Auto-generated social images. Posts with no featured image, no in-content image, and no per-post override now get a branded 1200×630 share card, drawn locally with GD (no external requests) and cached in the uploads directory.
- New Social Image settings tab: enable the feature, set background / title / accent colors, add an optional logo, toggle the site name, and preview the result live.
- Live preview cards in the post editor now show the auto-generated card when a post has no image of its own.
- The generated card slots into the image fallback chain ahead of the static default image, so each otherwise-image-less post gets a unique preview.
- Cards regenerate automatically when a post’s title or the card design changes; a Clear generated cards button purges the cache on demand.
- Bundled the SIL OFL-licensed Liberation Sans font for rendering, with graceful fallback to system fonts and a
sog_card_font_pathfilter. - New developer hooks:
sog_card_available,sog_card_font_path,sog_card_style.
2.0
- Complete rewrite. Modern OOP architecture (PSR-4 autoloader, namespaced services).
- Twitter/X Card support with auto-fallback from large-image to summary when no image exists.
- LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, Pinterest, Telegram unfurl optimization.
- Live preview cards in the post editor for Facebook and Twitter/X.
- Importer from Yoast SEO, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress, and The SEO Framework.
- SEO plugin auto-detection to prevent duplicate Open Graph tags.
- WooCommerce product metadata (
og:type=product, price, currency, availability, SKU). - Verification tags: Facebook domain, Pinterest, Google Search Console, Bing.
- Site-wide defaults: default social image, fallback image, Twitter site/creator handles, FB App ID.
- Settings export / import / reset as JSON.
- REST API endpoint
/sog/v1/metafor headless WordPress. - WP-CLI commands (
wp sog show,wp sog import,wp sog reset). - Object cache support for resolved metadata.
- Security hardening: nonces, capability checks, output escaping, sanitization across all inputs.
- Backward compatible with 1.x post meta keys (
sog_title,sog_description,sog_image_url, …) — no data is lost. - New developer hooks:
sog_meta_tags,sog_resolved_data,sog_enabled_post_types,sog_should_render,sog_remove_duplicate_tags.
1.0
- Initial release.