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bytes.over-x-limit

Image is over 5 MB. Level: Warning.

When it is raised

Raised when the image is larger than 5,000,000 bytes. The size comes from the Content-Length header, because the API stops downloading after 2,500,000 bytes; if the response has no Content-Length, no size check is made.

What it does to a shared link

Facebook documents 8 MB as the maximum og:image size and WhatsApp documents 600 KB for a link-preview image, so this image is many times over the WhatsApp ceiling and may also be over Facebook's.

How to fix it

  1. Resize the image to 1200×630 px.
  2. Save photographs as JPEG at a lower quality setting, and flat graphics as PNG with a reduced palette.
  3. Aim for under 600,000 bytes, and point og:image at the smaller file.
<meta property="og:image" content="https://example.com/card.jpg">

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