Basically, the result reported that there was multiple OG URL’s specified. So what I had to do is actually look at the website’s page source code. Upon reviewing the source code, indeed there were duplicate OG tags. \u00a0To check your website’s page source code, just right click and select “view page source”.<\/p>\n

So the issue was within WordPress. To narrow it down, have a look at the source code and determine whether it’s generated by the plugin or the theme. I am using the Yoast SEO plugin which by default generates the OG tags and upon further inspection the theme (single.php) page had this code:<\/p>\n

So upon deleting this section of the code and retesting using the Facebook debug tool, the problem was fixed – LinkedIn displayed the thumbnail and the description.<\/p>\n

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