Title: WP Link Preview Author: Kishan Published: June 4, 2017 Last modified: June 30, 2018 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-link-preview/assets/icon-128x128.jpg?rev=1708942) # WP Link Preview By [Kishan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kgajera/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-link-preview.1.4.1.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-link-preview/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-link-preview/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-link-preview/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-link-preview/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-link-preview/) ## Description This plugin will add a button to your post/page editor which can be used to generate and embed a link preview for a given URL. The link preview consists of a title, description and image which will result in a similar look as sharing a link on Facebook. The link preview can also be generated with shortcode: [wplinkpreview url=””] ## Screenshots * [[ * screenshot-1.png * [[ * screenshot-2.png * [[ * screenshot-3.png * [[ * screenshot-4.png ## Installation 1. Uncompress the download package 2. Upload the folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. ## FAQ Installation Instructions 1. Uncompress the download package 2. Upload the folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1c919e544f75c852c5d80f901d894f22d548ccf723e924ac570335fa638e5d28? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not work with cyrillic symbols](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-work-with-cyrillic-symbols/)󠁿 [Jurko Chervony](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skinik/) June 17, 2018 Not work with cyrillic symbols ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4499b69f7e4afae2004c2f2688e9f051cbfec867d283bca9e0ff2fefc1ccea49? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great for posting links by email](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-for-posting-links-by-email/)󠁿 [dcisbusy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dcisbusy/) February 24, 2018 This was exactly what I was looking for to post links to a blog by email, using the WP Link Preview shortcode. There are a few little issues, like ” showing up as ?, but these are not a problem for me. Thanks! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ff66856cafc64283e3ee5a87fdb5a71bfb062c7465dfc5c5178e602c134a07ad? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-4555/)󠁿 [footballfan141](https://profiles.wordpress.org/footballfan141/) August 6, 2018 This plugin works fine for me. I had to edit my .conf file on my DigitalOcean droplet since I am using Content Security Policies, so the images would show up. Here is the post that I tried with the plugin. https://appsbytravis.com/adobe-spark-first- creation/. If I am not allowed to post links, let me know, as this is my first review for a plugin, so yea. 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8ecc6c3d90791d853aa50dcfb755c781c192fc3214e5a9fc7d3f0246def911bf? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-plugin-2205/)󠁿 [lefantasiedinephtys](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lefantasiedinephtys/) June 23, 2017 The plugin works fine almost 100% and I’m happy about it, because I’ve been searching for something like this for a long time. Sometimes it does not import images from the link, but probably it depends from the sites I link. Good job 🙂 [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-link-preview/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WP Link Preview” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Kishan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kgajera/) [Translate “WP Link Preview” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-link-preview) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-link-preview/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-link-preview/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-link-preview/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-link-preview/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.4.1 * Remove ‘user-agent’ from HTTP request to fetch preview #### 1.4 * Fix character encoding issues * Use ‘og:url’ when possible to display the source URL * Validate favicon url to ensure its a valid absolute URL #### 1.3 * Ability to generate link preview using shortcode (ex. [wplinkpreview url=”wordpress. org”]) #### 1.2 * Batch input of URLs to generate links previews for * Show loading message while link preview is being fetched #### 1.1 * Remove output of extra HTML when any or all meta data does not exist ## Meta * Version **1.4.1** * Last updated **8 years ago** * Active installations **500+** * WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.9.29** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-link-preview/) * Tags * [link preview](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link-preview/)[share link](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/share-link/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-link-preview/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-link-preview/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-link-preview/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-link-preview/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-link-preview/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-link-preview/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-link-preview/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-link-preview/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Kishan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kgajera/) ## Support Got something to say? 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