URL requested a HTTP redirect, but it could not be followed.

Error when trying to share via Facebook. Everything shares fine except the featured image, so there is no image included in the share. This only became an issue lately. Maybe after your last update?

ERRORS from the facebook debugger that I am getting include:
1. URL requested a HTTP redirect, but it could not be followed.
2. The ‘og:url’ property should be explicitly provided, even if a value can be inferred from other tags.
3. The ‘fb:app_id’ property should be explicitly provided, Specify the app ID so that stories shared to Facebook will be properly attributed to the app. Alternatively, app_id can be set in url when open the share dialog.
4. The parser’s result for this metadata did not match the input metadata. Likely, this was caused by the data being ordered in an unexpected way, multiple values being given for a property only expecting a single value, or property values for a given property being mismatched. Here are the input properties that were not seen in the parsed result: ‘DC.date.issued’

Facebook having an issue with capture.

Also note theme has nothing to do with sharing to FB.

You should have proper open graph (OG) meta data in your header, which you can see from ‘view source’ on any of your posts. If the meta data is there, this is what FB uses.

Make sure you have your site properly setup. For instance do you have your website URL set explicitly in your wp-config.php file and in your WP admin panel? Is your DNS setup properly (e.g., www. and non www and http and https are all different things and only *one* version of URLs should be used).

What are you using to insert OG tags in your posts?
Is the meta data actually there?

Are you getting F12/console errors on your posts in Chrome?

( I don’t work here; just some feedback as early adopter of Open Graph on WP. )

Thanks Chris, here is my OG meta. I think it is correct?

<meta property=”og:url” content=”http://hvtimes.com/lifestyle/outdoors/2017/usda-forest-service-plant-tree-program/&#8221; />
<meta property=”og:site_name” content=”Hurricane Valley Times” />
<meta property=”article:publisher” content=”https://www.facebook.com/hvtimes/&#8221; />
<meta property=”article:section” content=”Outdoors” />
<meta property=”article:published_time” content=”2017-07-25T10:21:25-06:00″ />
<meta property=”fb:app_id” content=”1601443249880090″ />
<meta property=”og:image” content=”http://hvtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/plant-a-tree.jpg&#8221; />
<meta property=”og:image:width” content=”723″ />
<meta property=”og:image:height” content=”400″ />

Well – I just went to the post on your site, clicked ‘share’ and it properly populated the photo, excerpt, headline, etc. — so working for me 🙂

Looks like it’s working.

Again, FB has been having some hiccups – including this a.m. where post capture was timing out and other stuff. No idea why you’d get the debug issues, but I “suspect” it might be sensing the Instagram stuff — dunno.

Chris, the photo is showing in the share dialogue, but doesn’t show in Facebook when it is actually shared. I do appreciate your help.

Yeah. They have been having issues. You can try saving, then check back later to see if image pops in. Or, do what ive been doing on every third post… save it, then click the 1 minute ago link on the fb post, click top right down arrow to refresh attachment. One thing or the other will work. Annoying but 2 billion users seem to mess with reality from time to time.