Featured Image is Wrong or Upside Down on Social Media

Image is wrong

1. In your post, scroll down to the Yoast SEO area.

2. In the Yoast SEO area, click the Social button (on left.)

3. Scroll to the Facebook Image area. Click the Upload Image button.

4. Select the correct image from the Media Library or upload a new image. Click Use Image.

5. Click Publish.

6. Click View Post to view the post in your browser. Copy the URL of the post.

7. Go to the Facebook Debugger page.

8. Paste the post's URL in the Sharing Debugger field. Click Debug. The cached version of the incorrect image will be removed from Facebook.

9. Share the Media Milwaukee or UWM Post story on Facebook the way you normally would. The correct social media image should now accompany the story.

Image is upside down or sideways

If the image is upside down or sideways on social media, it was probably uploaded to WordPress that way and then rotated in the WordPress Edit Media window. This is fine when the the image stays within WordPress, but problems arise when Facebook refrences the original (non-rotated) version of the image.

Note: You may run into this problem even if it looks like the image is properly rotated on your computer. Occasionally, different platforms (your phone, WordPress, your computer's operating system, etc.) will disagree on what constitutes "the bottom" of an image.

1. On your computer, use Adobe Photoshop (or your computer's default photo editing program) to open, rotate, and save a new version of your original image to your computer. Note: Even if your image appears properly rotated when you open it this way, use the program to save a new version of the image.

2. In your post, scroll down to the Yoast SEO area.

3. In the Yoast SEO area, click the Social button (on left.)

4. Scroll to the Facebook Image area. Click the Upload Image button.

5. Upload the new version of the image to the Media Library. Click Use Image.

6. Click Publish.

7. Click View Post to view the post in your browser. Copy the URL of the post.

8. Go to the Facebook Debugger page.

9. Paste the post's URL in the Sharing Debugger field. Click Debug. The cached version of the incorrect image will be removed from Facebook.

10. Share the Media Milwaukee or UWM Post story on Facebook the way you normally would. The correct social media image should now accompany the story.