Social: OG Image Over 5MB

Pages that have an og:image specified that is over 5MB in size.

Some social media platforms have a size limit for images, which might mean they are not used in snippets.

Images should be optimised and much smaller than the 5MB limit.

How to Analyse in the SEO Spider

View URLs with this issue in the ‘Social’ tab and ‘OG Image Over 5MB’ filter, and export all URLs using the ‘Export’ button.

What Triggers This Issue

This issue is triggered when a page has an og:image that is over 5MB in size.

Example:

<meta property="og:title" content="Your headline">
<meta property="og:description" content="Your exciting description.">
<meta property="og:url" content="https://example.com">
<meta property="og:image" content="https://example.com/image.jpg">


And the image URL https://example.com/image.jpg is over 5MB.

How To Fix

Ensure that images specified in og:image are optimised and below the 5MB limit so it can be used by social media platforms.

Optimise images using compression to reduce file size.

Consider encoding JPEG and PNG images into new formats such as WebP which allow for greater compression to enable them to load faster and consume less data.