Twitter Card Generator
Generate Twitter card meta tags in seconds. Add title, description, image, and handles, then copy tags for rich link previews on your site.
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What this tool does
When a link to your site is shared on Twitter, now X, the little preview card with a title, description, and image is controlled by special tags in your page's code. This tool builds those tags for you from a simple form, so you can decide how your links look when people post them, then copy and paste the result into your site.
How to use it
Choose a Type, then fill in your site username, title, description, creator handle, and an image URL. The box updates as you type. When it looks right, press Copy to Clipboard and paste the tags into the <head> section of the web page you want to control. They go in the HTML, not in a tweet.
How it works
The tool assembles a set of meta tags, each one a single line that tells X something about your page. In plain terms: twitter:card sets the layout, twitter:site and twitter:creator credit the account and the author, twitter:title and twitter:description supply the words, and twitter:image points to the picture. X reads these when your link is posted and builds the preview from them.
Card types and a few things to know
For most websites, two of the types do the job. Summary shows a small square thumbnail beside the text, while Summary with Large Image gives the wide, banner-style card you see most often. The other types are specialised: the app type promotes a mobile app, and the player type embeds video or audio, and both need extra setup beyond these basic tags.
Two practical notes. First, despite the rebrand to X, the tags still use the twitter: name, so nothing has changed there. Second, X will also fall back to standard Open Graph tags (the og: ones many sites already have) if these are missing, so the card tags mainly give you tighter control rather than being the only option. It is worth previewing a link before you rely on it, and if you are embedding media instead, the YouTube embed generator handles that side.
Questions people ask
Where do I put these tags?
In the <head> section of your web page's HTML, alongside your other meta tags. They belong in the page code, not in a post.
What image should I use?
A direct link to an image hosted on your site or a public URL. For the large-image card, a wide image reads best, since it fills a banner-style preview.
Do these still work now that it is X?
Yes. The card system carried over to X, and the tags still use the twitter: prefix, so existing setups keep working.
Do I need these if I already have Open Graph tags?
Not strictly. X falls back to Open Graph tags when the card tags are absent. Adding the card tags simply gives you finer control over the title, image, and layout.
Ryanne Natalia is a social media strategist, recipe developer, and content creator based in Indonesia, with experience in short form video, social media management, and brand collaborations. As a Silver Award winner at SIAL Innovation 2018, she brings both content and audience insight to digital workflows. At Eon Tools, she reviews social and entertainment tools.