Twitter Card meta tags are present

Twitter/X reads its own twitter:* meta tags in preference to Open Graph before falling back to OG. Explicit twitter:card set to summary_large_image yields the full-width image card that dominates the feed; falling back to OG works but denies you the ability to use a different image or headline on Twitter than on Facebook — a frequent want when your Twitter audience responds to different framing than your LinkedIn audience. Missing both OG and Twitter tags produces a bare URL with no preview, which performs measurably worse on the algorithm.

If you already have Open Graph tags, Twitter will use them — add explicit twitter metadata only when you want to override headline, description, or image specifically for Twitter/X. Always pair summary_large_image with an actual image.

// app/layout.tsx
export const metadata = {
  twitter: {
    card: 'summary_large_image',
    title: 'YourSite',
    description: 'Description',
    images: ['https://yoursite.com/og-image.png'],
  },
}

Add twitter.site: '@yourhandle' if you have a brand Twitter account — it links the card to your profile.