Question 1

What is a Twitter Card?

Accepted Answer

A Twitter Card is a meta tag protocol that attaches rich media (image, video, app) to tweets that link to your content. When someone shares your URL, the tweet displays a large image preview instead of just plain text.

Question 2

Which Twitter Card type should I use?

Accepted Answer

Use summary_large_image for blog posts, articles and most content (best engagement). Use summary for smaller cards. Use player for video/audio. Use app for mobile apps. Twitter/X recommends summary_large_image for most use cases.

Question 3

What size should the Twitter Card image be?

Accepted Answer

Use 1200x675 pixels (16:9) for summary_large_image or 1200x630 (1.91:1). Maximum 5MB. JPG, PNG, WEBP and GIF are supported. The minimum size is 300x157.

Question 4

Do I need a Twitter developer account?

Accepted Answer

No. You only need the meta tags on your page. Twitter's crawler will pick them up automatically. To preview your card, use the Twitter Card Validator after deploying.