Stop Hand-Designing Open Graph Images: Automate Link Previews for Every Page

Short summary

Modern websites should generate Open Graph preview images programmatically rather than hand-design each one. The pattern is simple: template once, swap metadata at build time, and cache the results. Use a hosted generator or build with a headless browser to avoid maintaining image-rendering infrastructure.

• •Stop hand-designing OG images: template once and generate programmatically
• •Generate at build time or on-demand, then cache to avoid rebuilds
• •Use hosted generators or headless browser depending on scale and maintenance tolerance

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