How do I add a link into an automated tweet?
I have put in text, and a photo. I want a link from the photo to my website.
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How do I add a link into an automated tweet
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Best answer by christina.d
Hi
Gotcha! Thanks for clarifying that. Hyperlinking images and words isn’t currently possible on Twitter. It’s a limitation on their end unrelated to Zapier.
That said, if you’d like to upload a specific image with a link, Twitter will post the uploaded image with the link in the body of the tweet.
Twitter can also show a “preview” of a site if a link is in the body of the tweet (this is assuming a photo has not been uploaded in the tweet)! This may be what you’re used to seeing as it looks a bit like the image shown here.
In order for this to work though it would require meta tags to be current on your site. There’s a question in Twitter’s developer forum regarding this and the documentation on how to set it up for your site if you’re comfortable navigating that! Here’s a bit more of a friendlier read on how Twitter cards work too.
I hope some of this helps!
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+14- Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
Hi
Links can be included in the Tweet content.
- Beginner
Thanks. So, just paste the link into the text would do the job, I guess.
What if I want the link to be triggered by a specific word in the text? or by clicking on the image?
+9- Architect
Hey
What if I want the link to be triggered by a specific word in the text? or by clicking on the image?
If you have an example of your desired outcome, that would be super helpful. Also, it doesn’t look like your attached image in your last reply came across. Mind trying again? Thanks!
- Beginner
Here’s the image again.
The desired outcome is an automated tweet with an image and a link to my website from the image. Or a link to my website from some text in the tweet. So the text would be “Avant Garde Science” and the url would be www.avantgardescience.com
+9- Architect
Also, your attached image still isn’t loading on this end, my friend. 
- Beginner
Thanks. There is. What I am after is having the image so you can click on it and that takes you to my website.
+9- Zapier Staff
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Hi
Gotcha! Thanks for clarifying that. Hyperlinking images and words isn’t currently possible on Twitter. It’s a limitation on their end unrelated to Zapier.
That said, if you’d like to upload a specific image with a link, Twitter will post the uploaded image with the link in the body of the tweet.
Twitter can also show a “preview” of a site if a link is in the body of the tweet (this is assuming a photo has not been uploaded in the tweet)! This may be what you’re used to seeing as it looks a bit like the image shown here.
In order for this to work though it would require meta tags to be current on your site. There’s a question in Twitter’s developer forum regarding this and the documentation on how to set it up for your site if you’re comfortable navigating that! Here’s a bit more of a friendlier read on how Twitter cards work too.
I hope some of this helps!
- Beginner
Hi Christina. Thank you so much for all this. It is a big help in finding out how things work. I have set up a tweet using cards. Works really well. I found a wordpress plugin that does all the heaving lifting!
Still not exactly what I am looking for though. When I upload a specific image, is there a way to have that image be the trigger for the link. I want the image to be a picture of my book and the link to amazon to buy it.
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