Your links look broken when shared on social media. The image is wrong, the title’s cut off, or the description makes no sense.
That’s not a design fail. That’s broken Open Graph or Twitter tags.
What Is a Open Graph & Twitter Checker?
Open Graph & Twitter Checker is a free browser-based tool that tests how your URL appears when shared on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and other platforms. You paste a link, and it shows you exactly what social networks see.
Why It Matters for SEO
If your shared links look bad, people won’t click them. Plain and simple. Google doesn’t rank social signals directly, but terrible previews kill engagement. That means fewer visits, less traffic, and weaker rankings over time.
The real issue is that most CMS platforms set flawed defaults for OG tags. WordPress, for example, often pulls the wrong image or uses a 16:9 image when social platforms expect 1:1. One study found 78% of shared links on Twitter use less than 50% of their available metadata space. That’s wasted branding every time.
Social platforms recrawl your content every 7-14 days. If you fix the tags today, you’re still stuck with broken previews until the next crawl. Most people miss that delay and think the fix didn’t work.
How to Use It
- Go to https://scrawl.tools/tools/og-twitter-checker (no login needed)
- Paste any URL from your site
- Click “Check” and wait 5 seconds
It’s free. It runs in your browser. No data gets saved.
What the Results Tell You
You’ll see side-by-side previews for Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp. Each shows the title, description, image, and URL exactly as that platform renders it.
Below each preview, the tool lists every Open Graph and Twitter meta tag it found. If a tag is missing, malformed, or too long, it’ll flag it in red. For example, if your og:title is over 70 characters, it’ll warn you — because it’ll get truncated in the preview.
You’ll also see HTTP status codes and redirects. That’s important because if your URL redirects through 3 steps, social crawlers may give up. Google recrawls most sites every 3-7 days, but Facebook’s crawler can take up to 30 days if it hits issues.
You can fix bad images, rewrite descriptions, and test again — all without leaving the tool.
3 Mistakes Most People Make
- They assume their CMS handles it
WordPress plugins like Yoast or Rank Math try to auto-generate OG tags, but they often pull featured images that are too small or use post excerpts that don’t make sense as previews. The result: broken or confusing shares.
- They don’t test shared URLs — only the homepage
Most people run checks on their homepage and call it a day. But every blog post, product page, and landing page needs its own correct tags. A broken link preview on a key post can cost hundreds of clicks. Use the Broken Link Checker to find those pages fast.
- They forget about redirects
If your link redirects through multiple hops, social platforms may not see the final content. That means your OG tags never get read. Run your URL through the Redirect Chain Checker to make sure it lands cleanly.
Here’s what actually happens: you share a post, someone clicks it, and the preview shows a random image from your site and a description that says “Read more about the latest updates.” That’s not curiosity — that’s confusion. And confusion doesn’t convert.
Fix your social previews now. It takes 30 seconds.
Test any URL for free: https://scrawl.tools/tools/og-twitter-checker