Twitter Card Generator

Generate Twitter Card tags so your links show a rich preview on X instead of a bare link.

A proper preview on X

Twitter Card tags are the metadata X reads to show a rich preview when your link is posted — an image, a title and a description instead of a plain URL. This generates the correct tags for the card type you want, so your links stand out in the timeline rather than appearing as a lonely blue link.

Enter your details and choose a card type, and the tags are produced for the page's head.

Cards, and how they fall back

The two common types are the summary card, with a small square thumbnail, and the summary card with large image, which shows a big banner-style preview and generally draws more attention. Helpfully, X falls back to your Open Graph tags for anything the Twitter-specific tags do not provide, so the two work together — but specifying the card type and image explicitly gives you control over exactly how the preview looks. Preview it before posting, since a missing image is the usual culprit behind a flat-looking card.

Common questions

What are the Twitter Card types?

Mainly the summary card with a small thumbnail, and the summary card with large image, which shows a bigger, more eye-catching preview.

Do I still need Open Graph tags?

X falls back to Open Graph for anything the Twitter tags omit, so the two complement each other.

Is anything uploaded?

No. The tags are generated in your browser.

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