Inspect URL metadata before you share
Link cards are built from meta tags. This page fetches the public HTML and shows the fields messengers will use.
Paste any link to preview its title, description, favicon, and social preview tags before you share.
Server fetches public URLs only — no file upload
Inspect a link
Fetch Open Graph and meta tags from a public URL.
OG & Twitter tags
See og:title, og:description, og:image, and canonical URL in one view.
Share safely
Preview what recipients will see before posting to social or email.
No file upload
We fetch the public HTML only — you never upload files to inspect a link.
Why a share card can disagree with the page you see
When you paste a link into a chat app, email client, or social composer, the preview is not a screenshot of your browser tab. The app requests the public HTML and reads Open Graph tags, Twitter card tags, and a few classic meta fields. If those tags are stale, empty, or point at the wrong asset, your audience sees a different headline and thumbnail than the live page you just approved.
That mismatch is common after a CMS redesign, a campaign landing page that reuses an old template, or a blog post that never set og:image. The inspector exists so you can catch those problems before the link is broadcast to thousands of people who will never open view-source themselves.
Vidzilla requests the address you paste the way a crawler would. It returns the title, description, and image fields it found, plus related tags when they are present. You do not upload a document; you only paste a URL you are allowed to fetch.
What fields matter for a usable card
og:title and og:description decide the text people skim before they tap. og:image decides the picture. Secondary tags such as og:url, og:type, and twitter:card influence how some networks lay out the preview, but a missing image or a one-pixel tracking remnant is the failure visitors notice first.
Absolute image URLs work more reliably than relative paths. If the page publishes /images/hero.jpg without a host, some fetchers resolve it incorrectly. Prefer a full https address for campaign creatives.
- Title length that reads cleanly in a narrow mobile card beats a long marketing sentence that truncates mid-word.
- Description text should stand alone without assuming the reader already opened the page.
- Image dimensions should be large enough for a high-density phone; tiny logos look like errors.
- Canonical tags can redirect the card to a different URL’s metadata — inspect both the vanity path and the canonical target.
Pages that return empty or partial results
Login walls, paywalls, and bot blocks often return HTML that contains no usable Open Graph tags for an anonymous fetch. That is the same outcome many social crawlers see. If the inspector shows empty fields, open the URL in a private window while signed out and compare.
Some modern sites inject meta tags only after JavaScript runs. A server-side fetch may miss those tags even though a human browser eventually shows them. When that happens, confirm with the network’s own debugger or a view-source after a full load, then fix the server-rendered tags so crawlers see them without executing scripts.
Campaign and launch habits that prevent surprises
Before a product launch email, inspect the exact production URL you will paste, not only the staging host. Staging and production often diverge in title templates and CDN image paths.
UTM parameters usually do not change Open Graph tags, but some sites serve different HTML to bots or to regional edges. Inspect the canonical landing URL and any localized path you will use in a regional campaign.
After you fix tags in the CMS, large networks can cache the old card for a while. Re-run the inspector after publish, and keep a screenshot of the intended card so marketing knows which creative is correct when a cache lag shows the previous version.
How this tool fits next to other Vidzilla pages
URL metadata inspection is not a video download. It does not save media files. It answers a different question: what will strangers see when they encounter this link as a preview.
If you need a printable snapshot of the page itself, use the webpage-to-PDF tool. If you need a scannable code that opens the same address, use the QR page. Keep those jobs separate so you do not confuse a card preview with a file save.
Free use, quota, and permission
Lookups count toward the shared Vidzilla tools daily quota the same way other server-assisted tools do. Free use does not require an account for ordinary checks.
Only inspect pages you are allowed to fetch. Do not use the tool to probe internal systems, private dashboards, or hosts you lack permission to access. Empty results on private pages are expected.
Reading the output without overreacting
An empty image field is not always a broken site. Some publishers intentionally omit cards. Treat the output as evidence of what a crawler received, then decide whether that is acceptable for your post.
When two title tags appear in the HTML, note which one the inspector selected and which one browsers display in the tab. Resolve duplicates on pages you control so every surface tells the same story.
Questions about URL metadata
Do I upload a file to inspect a link?
No. Paste a public URL. Vidzilla fetches the HTML and returns the meta fields it finds. Nothing from your disk is uploaded for this check.
Why is the preview image missing in the result?
The page may omit og:image, block anonymous fetches, serve a relative image path that fails resolution, or inject tags only after JavaScript. Fix absolute tags on pages you control, or choose a different public URL to share.
Does inspecting a URL use my daily tools quota?
Yes. Metadata lookups count toward the shared Vidzilla tools quota. Ordinary campaign checks fit normal free use; heavy automated scanning is not what the page is for.
Can I inspect a page that requires login?
Signed-in-only pages usually return login HTML or empty tags to an anonymous fetch. Use a public URL that matches what strangers will see when they receive your link.
Will fixing tags update old social posts immediately?
Not always. Large networks cache cards. Re-inspect after publish and allow their cache to refresh. New posts after the fix show the corrected card sooner than edits to old posts.
Is this the same as downloading a video from the URL?
No. This page only reports metadata for share cards. To save a video file from a public watch page, use a Vidzilla video downloader tool and paste the watch address there instead.