Matthias Pfefferle

Will Norris

<p>The <a href="https://ogp.me/" rel="nofollow ugc">Open Graph protocol</a> enables any web page to become a rich object in a social graph.  Most notably, this allows for these pages to be used with Facebook’s <a href="https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like" rel="nofollow ugc">Like Button</a> and <a href="https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/" rel="nofollow ugc">Graph API</a> as well as within Twitter posts.</p>
<p>The Open Graph plugin inserts the Open Graph metadata into WordPress posts and pages, and provides a simple extension mechanism for other plugins and themes to override this data, or to provide additional Open Graph data.</p>
<p>This plugin does not directly add social plugins like the Facebook Like Button to your pages (though they’re pretty simple to add).  It will however make your pages look great when shared using those kinds of tools.</p>


Open Graph

Adds Open Graph metadata to your posts and pages so that they look great when shared on sites like Facebook and Twitter.

LOOS

<p>LOOS Featured Image Automator builds an OG Image Maker URL from your post title and site-wide API parameters defined on the settings screen, fetches the generated 1200×630 JPEG, sideloads it into the WordPress Media Library, and attaches it to the post as the featured image.</p>
<p>Generation runs asynchronously through WP-Cron, so saving a post is never blocked by the API call.</p>
<h4>What this plugin does</h4>
<ul>
<li>Builds an API URL from your post title and the site-wide parameters configured on the settings screen.</li>
<li>Resolves the 302 redirect from the API to extract a stable source hash, so identical parameters do not re-generate the image.</li>
<li>Sideloads the JPEG into the Media Library and attaches it as the featured image.</li>
<li>When the title changes, regenerates the image and (optionally) deletes the previous plugin-generated attachment so the Media Library does not accumulate orphans.</li>
<li>Respects manually-set featured images. If the existing featured image was not generated by this plugin, it is never overwritten.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What this plugin does NOT do</h4>
<ul>
<li>It does NOT output an <code>og:image</code> meta tag. The image is set as the featured image only. Your theme or SEO plugin is expected to read the featured image and output the meta tag (this avoids duplicate output when combined with SEO plugins).</li>
<li>It does NOT provide any per-post UI (no meta box, no Gutenberg sidebar). The only per-post value is the post title; all other API parameters are managed globally on the settings screen.</li>
<li>It does NOT modify the front-end output of your site.</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin depends on a third-party service (operated by LOOS Inc.) to generate featured images. See the “External services” section below for the full disclosure (endpoints, what is sent, and when).</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin relies on the following third-party service operated by LOOS Inc. to generate featured images. Activating the plugin and saving a post on a target post type causes data to be sent to this service.</p>
<p><strong>OG Image Maker API (and its CDN delivery host)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Endpoints:
<ul>
<li>API: https://loos.tools/ogimg-maker/api</li>
<li>Generated JPEG delivery (CDN): https://og-cdn.loos.tools/</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>What is sent:
<ul>
<li>To the API: the post title (as the <code>title</code> query parameter) and the API parameters configured on the plugin settings screen (e.g. <code>type</code>, <code>layout</code>, <code>mode</code>, <code>panel</code>, <code>frame</code>, <code>radii</code>, <code>pattern</code>, OKLCH <code>h</code> / <code>c</code> / <code>l</code>, and resolved <code>head</code> / <code>foot</code> text).</li>
<li>To the CDN: only the standard HTTP request to download the generated JPEG (no plugin-specific payload other than the URL path identifying the image).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>When data is sent: When WP-Cron processes a queued generation job for a target post. The plugin issues a HEAD request to the API to obtain a 302 redirect to a CDN URL, then downloads the generated JPEG from the CDN into the WordPress Media Library. Repeated requests for the same source hash are skipped.</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://loos.tools/terms/</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://loos.tools/privacy/</li>
</ul>
<p>If you do not wish to send data to this service, do not activate the plugin.</p>


LOOS Featured Image Automator

Auto-generates a featured image from your post title via the OG Image Maker API, so every post is ready for social sharing without manual work.

Open Graph vs LOOS Featured Image Automator