Share post to LinkedIn using Custom URL and specify image

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I am able to successfully share a post to LinkedIn using their Custom URL API:

https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/share-on-linkedin

I can specify title, summary etc. but not an image. LinkedIn automatically grabs the image via an og:image tag from the linked page.

og:images are normally above 200x200 pixels, but LinkedIn is cropping (not resizing) the image to about 180 x 110.

Wordpress generally uses a 512x512 site icon, which a lot of plugins now pickup and add by default as the og:image icon. (ie. JetPack)

How to get around this issue without adding a very small [non-square] og:image to my site/pages?

LinkedIn Share Post function

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To set the preview screen for LinkedIn sharing, set your og: tags...

  • <meta property='og:title' content='Title of the article"/>
  • <meta property='og:image' content='//media.example.com/ 1234567.jpg"/>
  • <meta property='og:description' content='Description that will show in the preview"/>
  • <meta property='og:url' content='//www.example.com/URL of the article" />

Source: LinkedIn Developer Docs: Making Your Website Shareable on LinkedIn.

Here's an example where it works for me: