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title: "og:image:alt · Meta Tag · zhead"
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  description: "Describes what appears in the preceding og:image. It is a description, not a caption."
  "og:description": "Describes what appears in the preceding og:image. It is a description, not a caption."
  "og:title": "og:image:alt · Meta Tag · zhead"
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Open Graph metadata

# og:image:alt

Describes what appears in the preceding og:image. It is a description, not a caption.

## Code examples

Good example

```
<meta property="og:image:alt" content="Team collaborating on a web development project">
```

States the visible subject and action.

Good example

```
<meta property="og:image:alt" content="Line chart showing monthly signups rising from 200 to 850">
```

Includes the chart’s useful information, not just its format.

Avoid this example

```
<meta property="og:image:alt" content="image1.jpg">
```

A filename does not tell the reader what the image contains.

Avoid this example

```
<meta property="og:image:alt" content="">
```

Open Graph says an og:image should have a corresponding og:image:alt description.

## Recommendations

- 01 Describe This Image Write useful replacement text for the specific image URL immediately before this property.
- 02 Avoid Redundancy Skip phrases such as “image of” when the description reads clearly without them.

## Related documentation

- [Open Graph protocol](https://ogp.me/)

## Related meta tags

### [og:audio](https://zhead.dev/meta/og-audio)

property

Provides the URL of an audio file that accompanies the Open Graph object.

```
<meta property="og:audio" content="https://example.com/birdsong.mp3">
```

An absolute, public URL to the audio file.

### [og:audio:secure\_url](https://zhead.dev/meta/og-audio-secure-url)

property

Provides an alternate HTTPS URL for the audio declared by the preceding og:audio property.

```
<meta property="og:audio:secure_url" content="https://example.com/music/song.mp3">
```

A valid HTTPS alternate for the audio resource.

### [og:audio:type](https://zhead.dev/meta/og-audio-type)

property

Provides the MIME type of the audio resource declared by the preceding og:audio property.

```
<meta property="og:audio:type" content="audio/mpeg">
```

The registered media type for MP3 audio.

### [og:audio:url](https://zhead.dev/meta/og-audio-url)

property

An alias of og:audio. It provides the URL of an audio file that accompanies the object.

```
<meta property="og:audio:url" content="https://example.com/audio.mp3">
```

An absolute URL to the audio file.

### [og:description](https://zhead.dev/meta/og-description)

property

Provides a one or two sentence description of the Open Graph object.

```
<meta property="og:description" content="A practical guide to choosing and caring for indoor plants in low-light rooms.">
```

Explains the subject in one specific sentence.