Default homepage image for Digital Pro (Sharing on social shows wrong image)

[mleithwood]

Hello,

The front page image for Digital Pro theme is not what is being picked up as the default image when shared on Facebook and other social. Instead an widget image mid-site is the one being shown.

How can I make the front-page image the one that is the default shared image for my site?

http://www.melissaleithwood.com

Many thanks!

http://www.melissaleithwood.com

[Brad Dalton]

Hi

What sharing service are you using?

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[mleithwood]

Hi Brad,

genesis simple share. or even when i just post my link into a Facebook post.

many thanks!

[mleithwood]

Hi Brad,

here is a link to the image (btw I've been on your email list for 4 years!) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0K2ueHyXiXgc3JOdXM4UTFwbTA/view?usp=sharing

[Brad Dalton]

I looked in the plugin files and it looks like it grabs the featured image if it exists otherwise it checks the content for img tags and returns the src value of the first image tag using the get_first_image function you can see in the following code:

	
$image = ( $image = genesis_get_image( array( 'format' => 'url', 'size' => 'full' ) ) ) ? $image : $this->get_first_image();

Here's the full function

/**
	 * Checks content for  tags and returns the src value of the first image tag
	 *
	 * @since 0.1.0
	 *
	 * @returns mixed
	 *
	 */
	function get_first_image( ) {

		$content = get_the_content();

		$output = preg_match_all('/<img[^>]+src=[\'"]([^\'"]+)[\'"][^>]*>/i', $content, $matches);

		if( $output )
			return $matches[1][0];

		return false;

	}

There's no filter so i don't think you can modify the default value for the $output variable or any of the parameters using for the $image variable.

I'll post this question on the plugin forums with a link to this question and see if the plugin devs have a solution.

Thanks for following wpsites.net for 4 years!

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