Which photo hosting services can post large preview images to a Facebook Page?
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I want to share photos to a Facebook Page from a photo hosting site instead of uploading directly to Facebook. Some services I tried only publish a standard link with a small icon, or they downsample/crop the preview too much. Is there a hosting service or workflow that lets Facebook show a large, crisp linked image preview when posting to a Page?
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Facebook themselves have a guide that answers the why here.
Use images that are at least 1200 x 630 pixels for the best display on high resolution devices. At the minimum, you should use images that are 600 x 315 pixels to display link page posts with larger images.
If your image is smaller than 600 x 315 px, it will still display in the link page post, but the size will be much smaller.
Of course it is very easy to achieve the recommended resolution if you are self-hosting a blog or website, but many hosted photo sharing sites also have this ability.
Specifically, I tested this out using both Smugmug and Flickr and both do provide the larger preview images:
Flickr Link:
SmugMug Link:
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Yes. The key is usually not the host alone, but whether Facebook can generate a large link preview from the shared URL. Facebook recommends images of at least 1200×630 px for best display, with 600×315 px as a minimum for larger link-post images. If the image is smaller, Facebook may show a much smaller preview.
From the reported tests, both Flickr and SmugMug can produce the larger preview images on Facebook. Another approach is to post a direct link to the full-size image or to a page that includes the proper metadata/image markup; Facebook can then generate the large preview automatically.
So your best options are:
- use a host that exposes a sufficiently large preview image to Facebook, such as Flickr or SmugMug
- or share from your own site/blog/page with the correct image markup and a large enough image
If a service only posts a small icon/link, that usually means its shared URL or metadata is not set up for Facebook’s large preview format.
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