Grade C

Open Graph

Name: Open Graph
Rating: 4.3 (13 reviews)
Author: Will Norris

⤓ Download v2.0.2 on WordPress.org ↗

by Will Norrisupdated 2025-12-07😴The Napper

Simple social sharing with a tiny chance of identity crisis.

Declining

60/100

Users appreciate the simple setup but report issues with homepage metadata and missing content excerpts.

Loved22/40

Trustworthy12/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained9/18

Momentum2/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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add_action( 'wp_head', function () {
    if ( ! is_singular() ) {
        return;
    }

    $post       = get_queried_object();
    $title      = get_the_title( $post );
    $url        = get_permalink( $post );
    $desc       = has_excerpt( $post ) ? get_the_excerpt( $post ) : wp_trim_words( get_the_content( null, false, $post ), 55 );
    $image      = get_the_post_thumbnail_url( $post, 'large' );
    $site_name  = get_bloginfo( 'name' );

    echo '<meta property="og:type"        content="article" />' . "\n";
    echo '<meta property="og:title"       content="' . esc_attr( $title ) . '" />' . "\n";
    echo '<meta property="og:url"         content="' . esc_url( $url ) . '" />' . "\n";
    echo '<meta property="og:description" content="' . esc_attr( $desc ) . '" />' . "\n";
    echo '<meta property="og:site_name"   content="' . esc_attr( $site_name ) . '" />' . "\n";
    if ( $image ) {
        echo '<meta property="og:image"   content="' . esc_url( $image ) . '" />' . "\n";
    }
} );

Keep in mind:This covers singular posts and pages only; the plugin also handles archives, home pages, and provides a filter-based extension API for other plugins to override tags.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

4.3★

13 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-38%

Declining fast

52 → 32 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORdownloads down 38% vs a year ago
MINORnot updated in 6 months

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining fast · -38% in the last year

52/day a year ago→32/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Open Graph is generally praised for easy setup and reliable Facebook sharing, but a few users report missing excerpts, unwanted homepage type changes, and the need for manual code tweaks.

What people like

+Enables correct og:image preview when sharing posts to Facebook
+Simple to use with no configuration required×2
+Works with WordPress 4.8
+Allows sharing store products on Facebook without issues

Common complaints

−Provides no excerpt or content in Facebook shares
−Sets homepage OG type to "article" instead of "website", which cannot be changed after Facebook scrapes
−Requires manual code edit (enabling strict mode) to satisfy Facebook's sharing debugger (since 4.8)

Review trustMostly organic

4.25★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 13 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 13 analyzed

2025-03-10★★★★★Бұл қондырма жақсы істейді Данияр НАУРЫЗ
2024-10-29★★★★★Excellent and just do the job Chise Hachiroku
2023-08-31★★★★★Funciona perfectamente bien jvasquez1000
2022-08-07★★★★★Easy Plugin to Add Open Graph Generasi Muda Khonghucu Indonesia
2021-07-26★★★★★Works amazing!!MI
2021-06-29★★★★★worked on my website when others wouldn't stargirl1
2019-12-05★★★★★Facebook previews show correctly now ssouthwell1-shot
2017-07-16★★★★★Does what it says on the tin bajandh
2015-08-24★★★★★Excelent carlosficto
2014-02-02★★★★★It does absolutely nothing Ostora

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2025-12-07v2.0.2
2024-12-16v2.0.1
2024-12-01v2.0.0
2024-11-17v1.12.2
2024-10-22v1.12.1
2024-07-05v1.12.0
2024-06-04v1.11.3
2024-04-05v1.11.2

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For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-11.1%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

33%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

3.21

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

77%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.31 → 4.25★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered