Why is Twitter Displaying the Wrong Image for Your Post?

Why is Twitter displaying the wrong image for your post?

Like many long-time bloggers, I update older posts regularly with new content, adding new info as well as resources and a new featured image to draw interest to the updated post.

For example, for my How to Find the Original Source for an Image post, I knew some of the content was outdated.

I wanted a fresher look for the post, so I created a new featured image and updated the content.

Before I published the changes, I checked the featured image for the post to confirm it was configured with the new image.

It was.

So I went ahead and published my post.

But when I shared my updated post on Twitter later that day, the old featured image displayed on my Tweet.

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Takeaways from Write for Your Life: An Evening with Anna Quindlen

Seated on stage in comfortable upholstered chairs, Anna Quindlen and Anne Curzan discuss writing.

At the University of Michigan (UM) Wallace House Presents October 2022 event, author and journalist Anna Quindlen joined UM Literature, Science, and the Arts dean Anne Curzan to discuss Quindlen’s book Write for Your Life and how anyone can write.

And why everyone should.

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How to Write Less, Say More, and Avoid Getting a Shoe Thrown at You

Ted VandeHei stands on the dark stage in a red spotlot, the words TEDx Oshkosh displayed next to him on stage.

Imagine you’ve published a 1,600-word column about the President of the United States.

You’ve put your heart into your column.

And you’re excited when people in Washington, DC are all talking about it. And sharing it with friends and on social media.

Only for you to discover from the data that almost nobody read the full story.

A bit humbling, isn’t it?

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