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Optimize Social Share

Optimizes social share by inserting Facebook Open Graph Meta Tags, General Meta Tags, Schema.org Meta Tags, Twitter Cards and Other Meta Tags in HTML …

By Heateor Support·Open Graph·Free
4.3(11 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 6 months ago
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As of April 2026, Optimize Social Share is a WordPress open graph plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 11 reviews. It has been downloaded 44K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Downloads are up 6% this week. Top alternative: The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated….

4.3/511 reviews
3.0K+active installs
44K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

This plugin allows you to insert:

  • General Open Graph Meta Tags for efficient overall social share for any social network
  • Facebook Open Graph Meta Tags for efficient Facebook share
  • Twitter Cards for more effective Twitter share
  • Meta Description and Schema.org tags for more effective Google share results

Feature list

  • Compatible with Gutenberg Editor
  • Facebook Open Graph Meta Tags
  • Twitter Cards
  • Google Plus/Schema.org tags
  • Option to automatically purge Facebook Open Graph Meta Tags cache whenever you update/publish a post/page
  • Compatible with WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin
  • Compatible with SubHeading plugin
  • Compatible with Business Directory Plugin plugin
  • Compatible with BuddyPress, BBPress, WooCommerce
  • Supports HTTPS enabled websites
  • 24/7 quick support

What makes this plugin Stand Out from…

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.311 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Gets the job done
by GasmoN·1 year ago·1 reply

So far the only plugin that fulfills all the following criteria I was looking for:

  • Has only one specific function – To generate proper metadata for socials
  • Tested with the most recent WordPress version
  • Updated recently
  • Has option to set up default og:image if none is found automatically
  • Easy and simple to use
  • Works

Keep it up with a good work!

works great, especially for Facebook meta’s
by freeradio·3 years ago·1 reply

great work, helping a lot with the Facebook Meta’s

nice tools -efficient support
by maggiau·4 years ago·1 reply

Thank you for your tools.

simple to use and your help was quick and efficient 🙂

So far, so good
by ohgoodiee·5 years ago

Still testing, but so far, fb picks up all of the tags without issue.

Astra Theme fix
by Sławomir Szczudłowski·5 years ago·1 reply

Looks like Astra theme did not send all Open Graph properties. This one small plugin fix all my problems. Great Job!

Download Trends

Today: 10Yesterday: 7This week: 66Period total: 6K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.1
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1.12

  • [Improvement] Performance improvement
  • [Improvement] Updated Facebook JS SDK being used throughout the plugin to the latest version 22.0
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Heateor SupportHeateor Support
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.12
Last Updated
Sep 12, 2025
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
3.0K+
Downloads
44K+
Added
Jul 22, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

open graphgoogle schematwitter cardsfacebook open graphopen graph meta tags

Developer

H
Heateor Support
6 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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