My site runs WordPress with an SEO plugin. Should I paste the Open Graph tags from the tool as well?
Usually not. Many SEO plugins write Open Graph tags themselves, and pasting a second set gives platforms two conflicting titles or images with no telling which they will use. Check the page source first: if og: lines are there, use the builder to prepare and review the values, then type them into the plugin's fields instead of pasting tags.
Step one: are the tags already there?
- Open a product page or post from your site in a desktop browser.
- View the page source; in most browsers that is Ctrl and U together.
- Search the source for og:title.
- If one or more lines appear, something already writes the tags: the plugin or the theme.
If you find nothing, the site writes no share tags, and pasting the builder's output into the page head is the fix. If you do find them, read on.
Why not paste a second set?
Picture the plugin writing og:image with your logo, and you pasting another og:image with the product photo. The page now has two lines for the same property. Which will WhatsApp or Facebook pick? That is each platform's decision, and nothing guarantees yours wins. You may see the logo one day and the product the next, with no obvious reason.
Hand-pasted tags are also frozen. When you change a product's photo later, the plugin updates its tags, but yours keep the old values until you remember them.
Using the builder alongside the plugin
Treat the Open Graph metadata builder as a drafting and checking space, not a source to paste:
- Write the title and description here and use the illustrative preview to judge their length and look, especially in Arabic.
- Paste the image link to confirm it is absolute and starts with https://; the tool warns about relative links.
- Write the image alt text, then carry it into the image's alt field in WordPress if your plugin reads it from there.
- Once you are happy with the values, copy each one into the social sharing fields in the plugin's settings for that page.
After saving: check the source again
Open the page source again and search for og:title. You should find exactly one line per property, carrying the values you entered. The tool does not open your site or read what the plugin writes, so this check is yours. If the card does not change in apps after the edit, remember that platforms cache previews for a while, and some offer an official inspection tool to fetch the page again.
The same idea applies to hosted stores such as Salla, Zid and Shopify: check what the platform already writes before adding anything, and read its documentation on sharing settings. Prepare the search title in the Search snippet preview; in most plugins it is a separate field from the share title.
Common questions
Should I switch off the plugin's tags and paste the builder's?
You can, if the plugin allows it and you want manual control, but then you update the tags yourself after every change. Read the plugin's documentation first.
I found twitter: tags but no og: tags. What now?
Paste the og: tags from the builder and choose None for the Twitter card so nothing is duplicated.
Does the builder scan my page for duplicates?
No, it never opens any URL. Check the source yourself.