Twitter Cards on WordPress - Technical SEO Playbook

Easy

Using All in One SEO (AIOSEO)

Social Networks.

1

Enable Twitter Cards

1

Go to AIOSEO > Social Networks > Twitter.

2

Toggle Enable Twitter Card.

3

Default Card Type: Summary with Large Image.

Advanced

Manual / WPCode (No Plugin)

Add the meta tag manually.

1

Use WPCode Snippet

1

Install 'WPCode' plugin.

2

Create a PHP Snippet.

Example

add_action('wp_head', function() { if(is_single()) { echo '<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">'; } });

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Yoast SEO

Settings.

1

Enable

1

Go to Yoast SEO > Settings > Social sharing > Twitter.

2

Toggle Enable Twitter card data ON.

3

Card Type: Select 'Summary with large image' (Critical for CTR).

4

If disabled, Twitter falls back to a small square image or nothing.

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Rank Math

Social Tab.

1

Edit

1

Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Social Meta.

2

Set Default Card Type to Summary Card with Large Image.

3

You can override this on individual posts in the 'Social' tab of the editor.