URL Metadata Checker
See the metadata behind any link
Paste a URL to read the website metadata it sends to search engines and social apps. LinkPreview shows the title, description, Open Graph and Twitter tags and favicon, then renders the link the way Google, X, LinkedIn and Slack will.
Title and description
Check the title tag and meta description that a link carries, with their character counts, so you can spot text that Google or a chat app may cut off.
Title
Description
framer.com
Open Graph and Twitter tags
Read og:title, og:description, og:url and twitter:card in one place. When a tag is missing, apps fall back to other page text, which often makes a weak preview.
Title
Description
framer.com
Preview image
See the og:image a link uses, check that it loads, and view how it is cropped in each preview. A 1200 x 630 pixel image works on most platforms.
Favicon
Confirm the favicon that appears next to the link in Google results, browser tabs and some chat previews, and check that it is not missing or blurry.
Title
Description
framer.com
A practical guide to URL metadata
Every web page carries metadata in its HTML head. Visitors don't see it, but it decides how the link looks in search results and when it is shared in a chat.
What is URL metadata?
URL metadata is the information a page publishes about itself: the title tag, meta description, canonical link, Open Graph and Twitter card tags, and the favicon. Search engines and apps read it to build a result or a preview.
How to check the metadata of a URL
Paste the full link, including https, into the checker above. LinkPreview fetches the page, lists its metadata and shows the previews. There is nothing to install and no signup.
URL metadata checker vs. meta tags checker
They do the same job. A link metadata viewer, a website metadata checker and a meta tags checker all read the tags in a page's head. LinkPreview also shows how those tags render on each platform.
Why a link shows the wrong preview
Apps cache link previews, sometimes for days, so an old title or image can stick after you change your tags. Check the live metadata here first, then refresh the cache in the platform's own debugger if it has one.
Metadata every page should have
A unique title of about 50 to 60 characters, a meta description of about 140 to 160 characters, a canonical link, og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url and twitter:card.
Metadata added with JavaScript
Some sites set their tags in the browser after the page loads. Many crawlers and chat apps only read the first HTML response, so tags that aren't in the server HTML can be missed.
Compare with real websites
Browse the gallery to see the titles, descriptions and OG images that more than 1,700 websites use, and compare them with the metadata on your own URL.
More free tools: the OG image size checker, the Twitter card validator, the favicon checker and the meta tag generator.