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V-Rated OpenGraph Maker allows you to automatically convert your site logo or any uploaded image into a global Open Graph image, ensuring your content looks great when shared on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more.
This plugin also solves a common issue where SEO plugins such as Rank Math, All in One SEO, and Yoast SEO sometimes detect the first image loaded on the page instead of the intended Open Graph image set in their settings. When this happens, the wrong image may appear when your page is shared on social media.
V-Rated OpenGraph Maker ensures that a proper OG:image is always available by setting a global Open Graph image for your site. If a page or post does not have a specific OG image configured, the plugin will automatically use the global OG image as a fallback.
If you want a unique OG image for a specific page or post, simply set a Featured Image, and the plugin will automatically use it as the Open Graph image for that page.
With this plugin, you can:
-Easily generate Open Graph images for all posts and pages
-Maintain consistent branding across social media platforms
-Automatically set your site’s default Open Graph image using your logo or any uploaded image
-Use Featured Images as OG images for individual posts and pages
-Reduce the time and effort needed to manually configure Open Graph images
Whether you’re running a personal blog, company website, or online store, V-Rated OpenGraph Maker ensures your shared content looks professional and consistent across social media.
Installation is simple and works out-of-the-box with no coding required. Just upload your logo or desired image, and the plugin handles the rest automatically.
<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is free to use but remains the sole property of V-Rated. 
Modifying, redistributing, or selling the plugin without permission is prohibited. 
For support email support@v-rated.com.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Generate a 1200x600px OpenGraph image with your logo centered and 20px padding.</li>
<li>Works globally even without SEO plugins (supports Rank Math, Yoast if installed).</li>
<li>Step-by-step wizard: choose logo → generate → success + testing instructions.</li>
<li>Automatically overwrites previous global OG image when regenerating.</li>
<li>The plugin will automatically use a post or page’s featured image as the OG image if one is set; if not, it will fall back to the plugin’s global default OG image.</li>
<li>Clear instructions for testing and cache clearing.</li>
<li>Support instructions included if the OG image doesn’t update.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>
Step 1 – Select Logo
<ul>
<li>Choose the source of your OG image:
<ul>
<li>Site Logo: uses the logo configured in your theme. If not set, you’ll see: “No site logo configured. Please set your site logo in theme settings.”</li>
<li>Media Library: select an image from WordPress media library.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Selected box background turns accent color (#799EFF) and text becomes white.</li>
<li>Image preview shows white background for transparent logos.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Step 2 – Generate OG Image
<ul>
<li>Click “Generate OpenGraph Image” to create the global OG image.</li>
<li>The plugin automatically saves the image to: 
 /wp-content/uploads/vratedogm/vratedogm_global_image.png </li>
<li>Existing global OG image will be replaced automatically if regenerating.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Step 3 – Success / Verification
<ul>
<li>Shows generated OG image preview.</li>
<li>Clear instructions for testing:
<ul>
<li>Facebook: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/</li>
<li>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/post-inspector/</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Additional Notes:
<ul>
<li>Clear caches: page builder, Elementor, caching plugins, server-side caches if changes don’t appear immediately.</li>
<li>Changes may take 24 hours to fully reflect if multiple updates are done in a day.</li>
<li>Share your page on multiple platforms (Twitter, Slack, Discord, Facebook, LinkedIn) to trigger social bots.</li>
<li>Verify in page source (CTRL+U) → search for <code>og:image</code>. The URL should be: 
yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/ogm_global_image.png.</li>
<li>Contact support if needed: 
Email: <a href="mailto:support@v-rated.com" rel="nofollow ugc">support@v-rated.com</a> 
Website: <a href="https://v-rated.com/og-image-maker/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://v-rated.com/og-image-maker/</a></li>
<li>Click “Want to change your OpenGraph Image?” above to regenerate.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>

V-Rated OpenGraph Maker


Our clients are seeing inconsistent social media previews despite using every SEO tools imaginable. This plugin fixed the fallback behavior and made Open Graph image output more predictable. Works well alongside our existing development & SEO setup, and the testing instructions were actually useful and intuitive. 


Fixed our client sites inconsistent social preview issue

Short Description: Converts your site logo or uploaded image into a global OpenGraph image for social sharing.

Piyush Mishra

The Open Graph protocol enables any web page to become a rich object in a social graph. For instance, this is used on Facebook to enable any web page to have the same functionality as a Facebook Page.
While many different technologies and schemas exist and could be combined together, there isn’t a single technology which provides enough information to richly represent any web page within the social graph. The Open Graph protocol builds on these existing technologies and gives developers one thing to implement. Developer simplicity is a key goal of the Open Graph protocol which has informed many of the technical design decisions.
<h4>For Developers</h4>
Use <code>add_action('open_graph_head_pre','your_function');</code> and <code>add_action('open_graph_head_post','your_function');</code> to edit the meta data. For an instance of the class.
Always use <code>open_graph_instance()</code> 
Read more on the Plugin URI > <a href="http://www.piyushmishra.com/plugins/open-graph.html" title="Plugin URI" rel="nofollow ugc">Open Graph WP implementation</a> or check out the FAQs

Open Graph WP implementation

Implements the Open Graph Protocol on a WordPress installation. Can be used by other plugins as a dependency.

V-Rated OpenGraph Maker vs Open Graph WP implementation