Add Open Graph meta tag in head section without extension

lawyerlinguist

Good evening everybody.
I am trying to get a basic result with open graph: to have an image show up anytime the site is linked in social media. The extension I see are a bit overkill, I'd just need to add a simple meta tag in the head section.
I added the code (tested elsewhere and it works in a non joomla site) in "Templates - Edit Style", before </head>.
However, the open graph tag it's not applied, the image doesn't show up; do you know any reason why it shouldn't work that way, I mean adding the meta tag in the edit templates - before </head>?
Thanks

paulus1031

Personally I'd do with an extension and I have with my sites

I'm asssuming the facebook debugger doesn't show the image either when tested?

https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/

Otherwise I think you are looking at a template override

Cheers
Paul

lawyerlinguist

paulus1031
thanks for your reply.
Yes, I am using another debugger but no, the image doesn't get displayed.
May I ask you what extension are you using? I got a popular one, Phoca, it seems I can make the image to show up everywhere but the home page (articles etc), and that's all I'd need. I mean I'd need the same image throughout the site, home page included.
Too bad the "add custom code" can't help or does it?

Ninja

lawyerlinguist
Hi
We are not using any extension, you can check more open graph extesnion on Joomla exension directory, or have a look on the suggestion given here for open graph tags.
Hope it helps.

Regards

lawyerlinguist

Thanks, that's the plugin, not extension as I said before, I was talking about.

Ninja

lawyerlinguist
Hi
Extension can be any type : module,plugin,component 🙂
You can find them here

Regards

lawyerlinguist

Ninja thanks.
I meant, in the previous post your link pointed at a post suggesting to use the plugin I was asking about.

paulus1031

The extension I've used is now owned and developed by a different company
It has been re-branded and is now found at https://www.joomlashack.com/joomla-extensions/shack-open-graph/