Provides an embed block and auto-embed fallback based on a site's OpenGraph tags when no other embed handler matches the URL.
| Author: | Gary Pendergast (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 6.3 |
| WordPress version tested: | 7.0 |
| Plugin version: | 1.3.7 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 25-03-2026 |
| Last updated: | 25-03-2026 |
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| Total downloads: | 51 |
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OpenGraph Fallback Embed adds a custom Gutenberg block and an auto-embed fallback that renders rich link cards using OpenGraph metadata from any URL.
Features:
- OpenGraph Embed block — Paste any URL to embed it as a styled card showing the page’s title, description, image, and site name.
- Auto-embed fallback — When WordPress can’t find an oEmbed provider for a URL pasted on its own line, this plugin automatically fetches the page’s OpenGraph tags and renders a card instead of a plain link.
- Graceful degradation — Falls back to Twitter Card meta tags, then to HTML
<title>and<meta name="description">when OpenGraph tags are missing. - Transient caching — Fetched metadata is cached for 7 days to minimise external requests.
Development
The source code for this plugin, including unminified JavaScript and CSS, is available on GitHub:
OpenGraph Fallback Embed on GitHub
The plugin uses @wordpress/scripts for building. Source files are in the src/ directory. See the repository README for build instructions.
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