Create beautiful blog cards by simply entering a URL. Automatically fetches OGP data and displays stylish link previews in the block editor.

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Simple Link Embed automatically fetches OGP data from any URL and displays it as a beautiful blog card in your posts. Just paste a link and the plugin retrieves the title, description, image, and site name automatically.
When an editor inserts or refreshes a card, the plugin requests the selected URL from the server side and caches the returned metadata. On the front end, the preview image and site favicon are displayed from the linked site when available.
Features:
<ul>
<li>WordPress Block (Gutenberg) Support – Fully compatible with modern block editor</li>
<li>Automatic OGP Fetching – Just enter a URL to automatically retrieve OGP information</li>
<li>Caching System – 7-day cache for fast performance</li>
<li>Responsive Design – Mobile-friendly layout</li>
<li>Site Favicon with Fallback – Uses the linked site’s favicon when available and falls back to a bundled icon</li>
<li>Theme Customization – Customize with CSS variables</li>
<li>No JavaScript Library Dependencies – Lightweight, no JavaScript libraries required</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin uses the following external services:
<ol>
<li>
Linked page metadata fetch
<ul>
<li>Service URL: The exact URL entered by the editor</li>
<li>Purpose: Retrieve page metadata such as title, description, image, canonical URL, site name, and favicon to build the link card.</li>
<li>Data sent: The selected URL is requested from the site server when an editor inserts or refreshes a card. The remote server may receive the site server IP address and user agent.</li>
<li>Terms of Service / Privacy Policy: Depend on the linked destination website selected by the editor.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Linked page preview image and favicon
<ul>
<li>Service URL: The <code>og:image</code> URL and favicon URL provided by the linked destination website</li>
<li>Purpose: Display the linked page’s preview image and site icon in the card.</li>
<li>Data sent: Site visitors’ browsers request these image URLs when viewing a page that contains the card.</li>
<li>Terms of Service / Privacy Policy: Depend on the linked destination website selected by the editor.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
YouTube oEmbed API
<ul>
<li>Service URL: <code>https://www.youtube.com/oembed</code></li>
<li>Purpose: Retrieve metadata for YouTube URLs (title, author, thumbnail).</li>
<li>Data sent: The selected YouTube URL.</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
YouTube thumbnail image service
<ul>
<li>Service URL: <code>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/{video_id}/hqdefault.jpg</code></li>
<li>Purpose: Fallback thumbnail retrieval for YouTube video cards.</li>
<li>Data sent: Video ID extracted from the selected YouTube URL.</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Google Analytics 4 (optional)
<ul>
<li>Service URL: <code>https://www.google-analytics.com/</code></li>
<li>Purpose: Send link card click events when tracking is enabled in plugin settings.</li>
<li>Data sent: <code>link_url</code>, <code>card_title</code>, <code>link_domain</code>, <code>page_title</code>, <code>page_url</code>, and the configured GA4 measurement ID.</li>
<li>When sent: Only when the site owner enables tracking in this plugin and a GA4 <code>gtag.js</code> setup already exists on the site.</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Security</h3>
If you find a security issue, please report it privately:
<ul>
<li>Contact: contact@monokuro.design</li>
</ul>

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