A scenario prompt for the text layered on an Open Graph share image, distinct from the page title, tuned for how it actually gets cropped and truncated per platform.
Works with Claude / GPT1,300 uses★ 4.6
The prompt
media-social-share-image-overlay-copy
We're publishing a post titled "12 WordPress Security Plugins Worth Installing in
2026" and need overlay text for the social share image (1200x630), which will get
used when this link is shared on LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and Facebook.
[replace with your own post title and any brand template constraints, e.g. logo
placement, safe zone margins]
The overlay text should not just repeat the page title verbatim; the title is
already visible in the link preview text next to the image on most platforms, so
the image copy should add something the title doesn't (a number, a hook, a
contrast) rather than duplicate it.
Give me:
1. Overlay text, 6 words or fewer, that works as a standalone hook if someone sees
only the image (some apps crop the preview text before the title shows).
2. A note on which platform is most likely to crop this image tightest and what
part of the copy needs to survive that crop (usually the top third gets cut on
mobile feed previews).
3. A check: does the overlay copy read fine against a busy background photo, or
does it need a solid color block or gradient behind it? Tell me which, based on
[describe your background image].
The overlay text and the page’s actual title tag are doing two different jobs: one is the thing search engines and link previews show as text, the other is the thing a scrolling thumb sees for half a second. Writing them identically wastes the image.