How to Add a Link to a Facebook Post, and Fix the Preview

Who this is for

Pages that send people to a blog, an online shop, a booking page or a sign-up form, and anyone whose shared links look plain or cropped in the feed.

1. Add a link to your Facebook post: paste it into the text

Write the post in the Facebook tab and paste the full address, https and all. Dripost sends the text exactly as written; the link counts toward the length as the characters you typed.

Facebook Pages in Dripost are in live testing now: built and posting for real, open to tester accounts, and open to everyone once that test is done.

2. Say why someone should click

One line on what they get beats “link below”. Put that line first, before the address, so it reads well even when Facebook folds a long post behind See more.

3. Fix the preview image on your own site

The picture Facebook shows for a link comes from the page you link to. Meta’s developer guide on images in link shares recommends at least 1200 by 630 pixels, no smaller than 600 by 315, and close to 1.91:1 so nothing is cropped.

4. Or post a photo with the link in the text

If you would rather show your own picture, attach one photo and put the link in the text. Dripost sends one photo or one video per Facebook post.

5. Share the same link elsewhere

Tick LinkedIn, X or Threads in the same post. Each tab counts the link its own way: X counts every link as 23 characters, and Threads allows up to 5 links in a post.

6. Schedule and check

Pick a time and schedule. Once Facebook has the post, Dripost shows its link so you can check the preview on the Page.

Plan availability

Links in Facebook posts work the same on every plan.

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