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How to add a custom Carrd social image

Use your OG Pilot designs as the rich preview image that appears when your Carrd page is shared on social media. Follow these quick steps to replace the default screenshot with something on-brand.

What you need

Before you start

  • An active OG Pilot subscription so you can generate and download the social image variation for your page.
  • A Carrd site with a Pro Lite plan or higher (share images require it).
  • Access to the Carrd editor for the site you want to update.

Time to complete

About 2 minutes

Carrd may take up to 24 hours to refresh the preview if the page was already shared. We cover cache reset tips below.

Follow these Carrd steps

These steps mirror Carrd's official instructions with a little extra guidance so you can plug in the image you generated with OG Pilot.

1

Open the Publish menu

In Carrd, click Publish in the top-right corner of the editor when you are ready to update your page.

2

Go to the Media tab

Inside the publish flow, switch to the Media tab to see the Share Image controls.

3

Upload your new social image

Click Change, choose the OG Pilot image you want to use, and confirm the selection.

4

Crop and resize if needed

Use Carrd's crop tool to make sure the preview is framed well, then click Accept to save.

5

Publish the changes

Click Publish Changes to push the new share image live to your Carrd site.

You are done! The selected share image will appear on social platforms the next time your link is shared.

Speed up social preview refreshes

Social networks cache previews aggressively. After publishing, use these tools to make sure your new image shows up everywhere:

Why does this matter?

If your Carrd site was shared before the update, platforms often show the old screenshot until their cache expires. Triggering a re-scrape forces them to fetch your new OG Pilot design immediately.

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Pro tip

Host the downloaded OG Pilot image on your own domain or CDN if you prefer full control. Just upload the hosted URL to Carrd using the same steps above.