Question 1

Why does my LinkedIn link preview look wrong?

Accepted Answer

LinkedIn builds its link card from the Open Graph tags in your page's raw HTML. If your og:title, og:description, or og:image are missing, malformed, or rendered with JavaScript, the card can show the wrong text, no image, or a bare URL. Paste your link above to see exactly which tags LinkedIn can read.

Question 2

How do I refresh a LinkedIn link preview?

Accepted Answer

LinkedIn caches a link preview for about 7 days, and no third-party tool can force a refresh. To update it, change your Open Graph tags, then either re-share the link (adding a query parameter like ?v=2 makes it a new URL) or run the link through LinkedIn's official Post Inspector, which re-scrapes the page for you.

Question 3

What image size does LinkedIn use for link previews?

Accepted Answer

Use an og:image that is 1200x627 pixels (a 1.91:1 ratio) for the best result. Keep the file in JPG or PNG and under roughly 5 MB, since LinkedIn rejects oversized files. Smaller or square images may render as a small thumbnail card instead of a large one.

Question 4

Why is my image not showing in the LinkedIn preview?

Accepted Answer

The most common causes are a missing og:image tag, an image in WebP format (LinkedIn does not render WebP), an oversized file, or an image URL that is not publicly reachable. Switch to a JPG or PNG at 1200x627 and make sure the image URL returns a 200 response without requiring a login.

Question 5

Why are my Open Graph tags not detected?

Accepted Answer

LinkedIn reads the raw HTML of your page and does not run JavaScript. If your site injects Open Graph tags client-side with a framework, the crawler never sees them. Render your og: tags server-side or pre-render them so they appear in the initial HTML response.

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