How to fix if twitter shows wrong thumbnail of your website

Do you see that when you share your website's link on Twitter it display your old featured image or wrong image even after everything is okay in your template or theme.

Don't worry here I will show you how to fix this problem and display your current or new featured image on Twitter when you share your site's link.

Why twitter shows the wrong image for your website?

It's basically happening because when you share a link, Twitter stored its featured image and shows the same image when you share the same link next time.

Sometimes it updates automatically but sometimes not but don't worry you can update it manually.

So let's go to the main topic.

How to fix if twitter shows wrong thumbnail of your sites site

How to update the feature image of a website on Twitter manually?

1. Go to the Twitter Card Validator website by Clicking here

2. Enter or Paste your website's URL on Card URL

3. Now click on Preview Card

twitter card validator

Now you will see your current or new featured image on the preview. If it shows your old image then try again and again until the new image comes.

Now wait for 10-15 minutes and go to Twitter, refresh the page and paste your website's URL and check whether it's updated or not. If it still shows your old photo then follow the steps given below which works for me.

1. Go to the template/theme section of your website and copy the image URL which you added for the Twitter card.

twitter card image link

2. Now go to the Twitter Card Validator Tool, paste the URL and click on preview.

3. It will show Unable to render Card preview - Page fetched successfully - No metatags found. But don't worry we don't need it.

twitter photo link validate

Now, wait for 2-3 minutes and go to Twitter refresh the page and paste your website's URL it will show your current image.

So finally you learn how to fix when twitter showing the wrong thumbnail of your website. This method works for me when I update my site's featured image. You can use this method for blogger, Wordpress or any other CMS. And don't forget to comment below it's works for you or not.