How to Fix Your Post Previews on Twitter After You’ve Published Them

This guide does not encourage you to delete your tweets!

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So, let’s say you published a post and didn’t correctly set up your featured image for Twitter. But you only discover it after you’ve published the post and instead of seeing your beautiful picture, you see a dull preview with only your title and subtitle.

How do you fix this without deleting the post and perhaps removing valuable engagments like comments and hearts you’ve already received in the short time the post has been on the air?

That’s what we’re discussing today!

Meet The Twitter Card Validator

The twitter card validator allows you to check how your post will look on Twitter before actually publishing your tweets! You can find it here:

https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator

You can use the validator before publishing, but that’s not the solution you’re here for today. Keep reading!

Fix Your Post’s Featured Image

If you’re on Ghost, set up the picture you want for Twitter by clicking on the “Twitter Card” option in the righ-side menu in the editor.