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title: "twitter:image:type · Meta Tag · zhead"
canonical_url: "https://zhead.dev/meta/twitter-image-type"
last_updated: "2026-08-10T16:29:02.901Z"
meta:
  description: "Unsupported X Card field. The retired tag reference documented twitter:image and twitter:image:alt, but not twitter:image:type. Use og:image:type for Open Graph consumers."
  "og:description": "Unsupported X Card field. The retired tag reference documented twitter:image and twitter:image:alt, but not twitter:image:type. Use og:image:type for Open Graph consumers."
  "og:title": "twitter:image:type · Meta Tag · zhead"
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Meta tags

# twitter:image:type

Unsupported X Card field. The retired tag reference documented twitter:image and twitter:image:alt, but not twitter:image:type. Use og:image:type for Open Graph consumers.

## Code examples

Avoid this example

```
<meta name="twitter:image:type" content="image/jpeg">
```

A valid MIME type in an unsupported X Card field.

Avoid this example

```
<meta name="twitter:image:type" content="image/png">
```

A valid MIME type in an unsupported X Card field.

Avoid this example

```
<meta name="twitter:image:type" content="image/svg+xml">
```

The field itself is unsupported, regardless of the media type.

Avoid this example

```
<meta name="twitter:image:type" content="">
```

An empty unsupported field should be removed.

## Recommendations

- 01 Remove This Field X Card metadata does not define a separate image MIME type tag.
- 02 Use Open Graph When Needed Declare the served media type with og:image:type after og:image.

## Related documentation

- [docs.x.com: Overview](https://docs.x.com/overview)

## Related meta tags

### [twitter:app:id:ipad](https://zhead.dev/meta/twitter-app-id-ipad)

name

Legacy Twitter App Card field for the numeric App Store ID of an iPad app. X has retired its public App Card reference.

```
<meta name="twitter:app:id:ipad" content="307234931">
```

The numeric App Store ID once used by App Cards.

### [twitter:app:id:iphone](https://zhead.dev/meta/twitter-app-id-iphone)

name

Legacy Twitter App Card field for the numeric App Store ID of an iPhone app. X has retired its public App Card reference.

```
<meta name="twitter:app:id:iphone" content="307234931">
```

The numeric App Store ID for the former Twitter iPhone app.

### [twitter:app:id:googleplay](https://zhead.dev/meta/twitter-app-id-googleplay)

name

Legacy Twitter App Card field for an Android application ID, usually the package name used by Google Play. X has retired its public App Card reference.

```
<meta name="twitter:app:id:googleplay" content="com.example.app">
```

A conventional Android application ID.

### [twitter:app:name:ipad](https://zhead.dev/meta/twitter-app-name-ipad)

name

Legacy Twitter App Card field for the name of an iPad app. X has retired its public App Card reference.

```
<meta name="twitter:app:name:ipad" content="My Amazing App">
```

A plain app name that matches the store listing.

### [twitter:app:name:googleplay](https://zhead.dev/meta/twitter-app-name-googleplay)

name

Legacy Twitter App Card field for the name of an Android app. X has retired its public App Card reference.

```
<meta name="twitter:app:name:googleplay" content="MyApp">
```

A short app name that matches the store listing.