Tumblr Link Post Meta Tags

Which meta tags Tumblr reads for link post previews

Primary Open Graph tags

Tag Used for
og:title Link post title (bold text)
og:description Description text below the title
og:image Preview image at the top of the card
og:url Canonical URL
og:site_name Source site label

Tumblr has no platform-specific meta tags. It reads standard OG tags and falls back to HTML elements.

Fallback behavior

Missing tag Falls back to
og:title <title> element
og:description <meta name="description">
og:image No image – text-only card
og:site_name Domain name

Link post format

Tumblr’s link post renders a preview card in the dashboard: image on top, title, description, and source domain below. Users add their own commentary above the card, and that commentary carries through the reblog chain. The card itself is the unfurled preview of your OG tags.

Recommended minimal setup

<meta property="og:title" content="Your Page Title">
<meta property="og:description" content="A brief description of the page">
<meta property="og:image" content="https://example.com/image.jpg">

Tumblr renders the card with image above title and a domain label at the bottom.