{"id":15086,"date":"2022-07-15T11:57:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=15086"},"modified":"2022-07-15T11:57:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:57:38","slug":"what-are-twitter-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-twitter-cards","title":{"rendered":"What Are Twitter Cards?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f977ae5bb52\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f977ae5bb52\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f977ae5bb52\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-twitter-cards\/#What_Are_Twitter_Cards\" title=\"What Are Twitter Cards?\">What Are Twitter Cards?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-twitter-cards\/#Summary_card\" title=\"Summary card\">Summary card<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-twitter-cards\/#Player_card\" title=\"Player card\">Player card<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-twitter-cards\/#App_card\" title=\"App card\">App card<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-are-twitter-cards\/#Gallery_card\" title=\"Gallery card\">Gallery card<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Are_Twitter_Cards\"><\/span>What Are Twitter Cards?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>If you want to create a Twitter card, you&#8217;ll need to have some special tags to make it work. Twitter searches for these special tags in the content, and when they&#8217;re not found, it falls back on the equivalent tag from the other social site. The same mechanism is used by other social sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, to avoid duplicating information. Twitter-specific tags, however, do not apply to Open Graph.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary_card\"><\/span>Summary card<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can embed a video or an image in your Summary card on Twitter, but the dimensions are different. In order to make a Summary card look good, the image must be between 300&#215;157 pixels and 4096&#215;4096 pixels, and its aspect ratio should be at least 2:1. It can be up to 5MB in size. To upload a video, you must have an HTML code, and the dimensions must be between 300&#215;157 pixels and 520&#215;400 pixels.<\/p>\n<p>Creating a Twitter summary card is fairly simple. To begin, create a template that follows the Twitter style guide and add your video. After this, you&#8217;ll want to add some meta tags. You can also use the Twitter card code to plug in additional information. You&#8217;ll need to be whitelisted before you can upload your video. This is very simple, but is worth it if you want to use Twitter cards on your site.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Player_card\"><\/span>Player card<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Player Card on Twitter is a way to share media on the social networking website. Depending on the content, a Twitter card can display video, audio, apps, and links to websites. The player also displays a thumbnail image of the content. When a user clicks on the thumbnail, a player will appear and play the media. The player can be expanded by clicking on it. A user can also click the play icon to start the media.<\/p>\n<p>One example of how the Player Card is useful is the promotion of a digital series. In the new series, &#8216;LOdysseedeCartier,&#8217; the Maison dives into the style and influences of its founders. The brand makes use of an old-style video clip and a clean, black-and-white snippet to highlight their content. The player card is an easy way to highlight their content and engage viewers.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"App_card\"><\/span>App card<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Twitter App Card is a great way to promote your newly released app, and is an excellent tool for driving app downloads. It displays a prominent image and summary information about the app, as well as a link to download the app. You can use the App Card to promote your blog content, as well, and drive engagement. Read on to learn more about the benefits of Twitter&#8217;s App Card. But first, let&#8217;s review how Twitter works.<\/p>\n<p>The Twitter App Card is an excellent resource for businesses who have downloadable apps, and allows users to click on a link to download the app directly from a tweet. These cards display in the newsfeed of Google, which makes it easy for visitors to learn about your products and services. To create an App Card, you&#8217;ll need to embed the meta tag code in your header before the \/header tag. Once you&#8217;ve added the code, you&#8217;re ready to begin promoting your app on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gallery_card\"><\/span>Gallery card<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A gallery card is a great way to showcase multiple photos in a single tweet. This is particularly useful if you&#8217;re running a photo-heavy website or simply want to show off your best photos. Unlike the normal &#8220;Photo Card,&#8221; which shows just one large photo, a Gallery Card displays up to 4 images. These images are automatically grabbed from the post&#8217;s URL and are displayed in the tweet&#8217;s card. They can be attached, featured, or even linked. Moreover, they can be enabled on old posts as well.<\/p>\n<p>The size of each image is very important. If you want to create a photo card on Twitter, you should make sure that it is 280px wide by 150px tall. Aside from this, the dimensions of each image must be within Twitter&#8217;s minimum recommended size. If your images are too large, Twitter will automatically crop them to fit the space, so make sure you upload images of a high-resolution. You should also make sure that your images are under 1MB.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rRhuQcZdc-k\" width=\"486\" height=\"272\" style=\"margin:0px auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Are Twitter Cards? 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