WP Social Preview — WordPress SEO Plugin
by Iain Poulson · WordPress.org page · Website
WP Social Preview has 800+ active installs on WordPress.org and 9,416 downloads all time. It was downloaded 670 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 16, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
WP Social Preview at a glance
Is WP Social Preview well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- See a full-size preview of how your posts and pages will look on social media sites before you share them
- Use a custom title, description and image for individual posts and pages
- Set a fallback image used for posts without a featured image and tag/category archives
- Customize the title, description and image used on the front-page of your site
- Automatically use the correct size and aspect ratio for images when sharing on social media sites
- Automatically output open graph meta tags used by sites such as Google, Facebook, Twitter etc
WP Social Preview reviews and ratings
2 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Plugin Disables Widget View in Admin Menu
The plugin does what it is supposed to, but it also disables the Widget view in the Admin > Appearance > Widgets area. Possibly due to a conflict with the latest version of Wordpress.
simonjonharding -
Simple & Easy
Excellent plugin that does the job of allowing me to customize how my site appears when sharing on social platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
A5hleyRich
Download and install history
747 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
Details
Increase social media engagement by previewing and managing how your content will look on social media sites before sharing it!
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings WP Social Preview competes in
Tags
- open graph
- social
- social image
- social sharing
- twitter card
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- Version
- 1.0.3
- Last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First published
- Feb 25, 2020
- Requires WordPress
- 5.3
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- 7.1
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
WP Social Preview FAQ
What does WP Social Preview do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, WP Social Preview offers See a full-size preview of how your posts and pages will look on social media sites before you share them, Use a custom title, description and image for individual posts and pages, Set a fallback image used for posts without a featured image and tag/category archives, Customize the title, description and image used on the front-page of your site and Automatically use the correct size and aspect ratio for images when sharing on social media sites.
How many active installs does WP Social Preview have?
WordPress.org reports 800+ active installs for WP Social Preview as of October 22, 2026.
Is WP Social Preview still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on October 16, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Is WP Social Preview free?
WP Social Preview is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.