Open Graph metadata

article:author

Links an article to one or more author profiles. The value is a URL, and you can repeat the property for multiple authors.

Code examples

<meta property="article:author" content="https://example.com/authors/john-doe">

Points to John Doe’s profile page.

<meta property="article:author" content="https://example.com/authors/jane-doe">

A second property like this can identify a coauthor.

<meta property="article:author" content="John Doe">

A plain name is not a profile URL.

<meta property="article:author" content="">

An empty value identifies no author.

01
Link to a Profile
Use the canonical URL of a page that describes the author. A name or social handle is not the profile object expected by Open Graph.
02
Repeat for Coauthors
Add one article:author property per author. Keep each URL directly after the article metadata it belongs to.

property

Links an article to one or more author profiles. The value is a URL, and you can repeat the property for multiple authors.

<meta property="article:author" content="https://example.com/authors/john-doe">

Points to John Doe’s profile page.

property

Sets the date and time after which an article is out of date. Open Graph defines the value as an ISO 8601 datetime.

<meta property="article:expiration_time" content="2027-12-31T23:59:59Z">

Sets the expiry to a precise UTC instant.

property

Records when an article was last changed. Open Graph defines the value as an ISO 8601 datetime.

<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2026-05-10T14:45:00Z">

A complete UTC timestamp that parsers can read consistently.

property

Records when an article was first published. Use it with og:type set to article.

<meta property="article:published_time" content="2026-04-01T12:00:00Z">

A publication time expressed in UTC.

property

Names the high-level section that contains an article, such as Technology or Culture.

<meta property="article:section" content="Technology">

A clear section name used across a publication.