WhatsApp Link Preview Not Working? Common Issues & Fixes

WhatsApp

Common Issues

Troubleshooting the most frequent WhatsApp link preview problems

The most frequent WhatsApp link preview problems, with detailed fixes for each.

Preview Not Generating on WhatsApp

Why your link shows as a plain URL with no preview

Image Not Showing in WhatsApp Preview

Why your link preview appears without an image

Stale Preview on WhatsApp

Why WhatsApp keeps showing an old link preview after you updated your tags

Additional resources

Sharing Debugger - Meta for Developers

Test a link on WhatsApp

See what WhatsApp sees when your link is shared.

Keep WhatsApp previews fixed

Previews break again after a deploy or a CMS edit. OpenGraph+ monitors every page and keeps them correct on every platform.

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