Open Graph metadata
profile:username
Provides a short, unique username for the person represented by a profile page.
Code examples
Good example
<meta property="profile:username" content="exampleuser">A short username without a platform-specific @ prefix.
Avoid this example
<meta property="profile:username" content="">An empty value identifies no username.
Avoid this example
<meta property="profile:username" content="John Doe">A display name with spaces is not a short username.
Good example
<meta property="profile:username" content="brand_123">Numbers and underscores can be part of a username.
Recommendations
- 01Match the ProfileUse the same username shown on the page this metadata describes.
- 02Keep It ShortOpen Graph defines this field as a short unique string, not a full name or profile URL.
Related documentation
Related meta tags
profile:first_name
propertyProvides the given name of the person represented by a profile page.
<meta property="profile:first_name" content="John">A given name written as plain text.
profile:gender
propertySets the Open Graph gender value for the person represented by a profile page. The protocol only defines male and female.
<meta property="profile:gender" content="male">One of the two values defined by Open Graph.
profile:last_name
propertyProvides the family name of the person represented by a profile page.
<meta property="profile:last_name" content="Doe">A family name written as plain text.
profile:username
propertyProvides a short, unique username for the person represented by a profile page.
<meta property="profile:username" content="exampleuser">A short username without a platform-specific @ prefix.