Ko-fi Social Preview Image Size — Make Your Ko-fi Link Look Great When Shared

You share your Ko-fi link in a tweet, a Discord message, or a LinkedIn post — and the preview card looks wrong. Wrong image, missing title, or just a blank grey box. For creators who live on supporter traffic, a broken link preview is a real problem.

Ko-fi automatically generates Open Graph meta tags for every creator page. The image that appears in your social preview comes from your Ko-fi header image, and its dimensions matter a lot. Here is what you need to know about Ko-fi social preview image sizing and how to verify your link looks right before you share.

What Controls Your Ko-fi Social Preview

When someone shares your Ko-fi page link, social platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Discord fetch the page and read a set of HTML meta tags called Open Graph tags. These tags define exactly what image, title, and description appear in the preview card.

Ko-fi automatically generates these tags from your page settings:

• og:title — pulled from your Ko-fi page name
• og:description — pulled from your supporter message or bio
• og:image — generated from your Ko-fi header or profile image
• og:url — your Ko-fi page URL

You cannot edit these tags directly on Ko-fi. To influence them, you update the underlying content: your page name, bio text, and most importantly your header image. The header image is what Ko-fi uses as the og:image, so getting the dimensions right is the primary lever you have.

Ko-fi Social Preview Image Dimensions

The universal standard for Open Graph images is 1200x630 pixels at a 1.91:1 ratio. This is what Facebook, LinkedIn, and most platforms render at full width in the feed. Ko-fi recommends a header image of 1600x400 pixels for the banner display on your page — but that 4:1 ratio is wider than the standard OG image ratio.

Here is what happens when the ratio does not match:

• Wider than 1.91:1 — platforms crop the left and right sides. Your header may look fine on Ko-fi but get cropped to a narrow horizontal strip in social cards.
• Taller than 1.91:1 — platforms crop the top and bottom, often cutting out the most important part of your image.
• Smaller than 200x200 — Facebook refuses to show any image at all.

The practical solution: design your Ko-fi header image at 1200x630 if social sharing is a priority. It will not fill the full Ko-fi header banner as elegantly, but the centered portion will look great in every social card. Or create two versions — one optimized for the banner (wide), one for sharing (1200x630) — and reference the sharing version in your page settings if Ko-fi allows it.

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How to Check Your Ko-fi Preview Before Sharing

To verify your Ko-fi link preview, use the free Open Graph Checker. It reads the HTML from your Ko-fi page and shows a rendered preview of exactly what Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter will display.

Steps to check your Ko-fi OG tags

1. Open your Ko-fi creator page in a browser
2. Press Ctrl+U (Windows) or Cmd+U (Mac) to view the page source
3. Press Ctrl+A to select all, then Ctrl+C to copy
4. Open the Open Graph Checker
5. Paste the HTML into the tool and click Check Tags

The checker will show you each tag it found, flag any that are missing or problematic, and render actual preview cards showing your Facebook/LinkedIn card and your Twitter card. You will see exactly what your supporters see before they click.

The URL input tab also works for most public Ko-fi pages — try entering your Ko-fi URL directly if you want a faster check.

Why Your Ko-fi Preview Might Not Show Correctly

Beyond image dimensions, a few other things can break your Ko-fi social preview.

Cached old preview

If you recently updated your Ko-fi header image, platforms may be showing a cached version of the old preview. Facebook and LinkedIn both cache OG tags aggressively. The fix is to use the platform's cache-clearing tools: Facebook's Sharing Debugger (developers.facebook.com/tools/debug) or LinkedIn's Post Inspector to force a re-scrape.

Missing or blank og:description

If your Ko-fi bio is empty, the og:description tag may be empty too. Social platforms will either show nothing below the title or pull random text from the page. Fill in your Ko-fi page description to populate this tag.

Ko-fi profile image vs header image

Ko-fi uses different images for different purposes. The profile picture (your avatar) is square; the header banner is wide. Ko-fi typically uses the header banner as the og:image. If you only have a profile picture set and no header, the preview image may be your small avatar — which looks tiny in social cards.

Twitter vs LinkedIn Ko-fi Preview Differences

The same Ko-fi link can look different across platforms because each has its own rendering rules.

Twitter/X supports two card formats. The default is summary — a small square image on the left. If Ko-fi sets twitter:card to summary_large_image, you get a full-width banner instead. The large image format is far more eye-catching in feeds. Check the checker output to see which format your Ko-fi page uses.

LinkedIn shows a standard card with a landscape image when the og:image passes the size requirements. LinkedIn is particularly strict — images under 1200x627 pixels may not display at full width.

Discord and Slack use og:image directly. They tend to display whatever image is set without additional cropping, so a properly sized 1200x630 image will display cleanly.

Check each platform individually using the social preview checker for all platforms if you want to verify across multiple targets at once.

Frequently Asked Questions

What size should my Ko-fi social preview image be?

1200x630 pixels at a 1.91:1 aspect ratio is the universal standard. Ko-fi recommends a 1600x400 header banner for the page layout, but this wider ratio may get cropped in social previews. Design your image with the critical content centered so it survives cropping on both formats.

Can I change my Ko-fi OG tags directly?

Ko-fi generates OG tags automatically from your page content. You cannot add custom meta tags to a Ko-fi page. To influence what appears in previews, update your page name, bio description, and header image — those feed directly into the og:title, og:description, and og:image tags.

Why does my Ko-fi preview look fine on one platform but broken on another?

Each platform has different image size requirements and cache timelines. LinkedIn requires at least 1200x627 for a large card. Twitter has different formats for summary vs large image cards. Use the Open Graph Checker to see the rendered preview for both Facebook/LinkedIn and Twitter specifically.