PlugUpp Dynamic OG Image Generator: Automatic Screenshot OG Images

Every page and post gets a share image without anyone designing one. PlugUpp Dynamic OG Image Generator takes a real browser screenshot of each page and uses it as the og:image, so when someone shares your link, social platforms show exactly what the page looks like. Most SEO plugins can only set a static image; this fills in every page nobody got round to.

Captures run in the background via WP-Cron. The plugin submits each job to the PlugUpp screenshot service, which renders at the 1200×630 Open Graph size and delivers the result back to your site. The cached image is injected as og:image, overriding your SEO plugin’s output wherever a screenshot is available.

You can also pick Featured image, Featured image with a screenshot fallback, or a Custom image from your Media Library, per content type and per individual post. Auto-screenshot is the standard choice; pick something else when you would rather use an image you already have.

And it is not just posts and pages: the Site-wide Pages section covers the pages that have no post at all – your homepage, archive pages, category and tag pages, and author pages. These pages have no featured image by definition, so a screenshot is often the only real image they can carry. Homepage coverage is free; archive, taxonomy and author pages come with Premium.

Upgrade to Premium for custom post type and WooCommerce coverage, per-page capture overrides, country routing, retina captures, Media Library integration, and higher monthly screenshot quotas. One licence covers a single site up to unlimited sites. See plans and pricing

What you get on the free plan

• Real-screenshot og:image – actual browser captures at the standard 1200×630 Open Graph size, not templates and not featured-image fallbacks
• Per-post Image Source picker – choose Auto-screenshot, Featured image, Featured or screenshot, Custom image, or Off, from the block editor sidebar on each post
• Per-content-type Source defaults – set the default behaviour for Posts and Pages independently from the Settings page
• Homepage og:image – your front page gets a real screenshot og:image too, something most SEO plugins have struggled with for years
• SEO plugin aware – works alongside Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO. The plugin replaces only the og:image and twitter:image tags; titles, descriptions, structured data, and sitemaps stay with your SEO plugin
• Page-builder content detection – edits made in Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, BeTheme, Oxygen, Themify, and Breakdance trigger the same auto-regen as a Block Editor save
• Bulk actions – set the Image Source for any selection of posts from the standard Posts and Pages list screens, including alongside any list filter (category, tag, Page Generator Pro, and similar)
• Automatic refresh schedule – cached screenshots refresh on a configurable interval (30 days by default), with a background sweep that cleans up cached images you no longer need after a 14-day grace
• Cache management – view cache size, clear all screenshots, or queue a full regeneration from the Dashboard
• Quota awareness – clear in-admin counters and status messages when your monthly allowance is approaching or has reached its cap

What Premium adds

• Site-wide coverage – screenshot og:images for archive pages, category and tag pages, and author pages, with a live page count shown before you enable each group and a per-group custom image option
• Custom post types and WooCommerce products – extend Image Source defaults and auto-screenshot capture to any public CPT, including WooCommerce products
• Per-page capture overrides – viewport width, capture delay, hide selectors, scroll-into-view, click-before-capture, dark mode, and country routing on individual posts from the block editor sidebar
• Custom capture URL – point a post’s screenshot at a different https URL, even on another domain. Ideal for portfolio or case-study posts where the page worth showing is the client site itself
• Country routing – capture each page as it renders from a chosen region for IP-localised content
• Retina captures – 2x or 3x device scale factor for sharper share previews
• Media Library integration – save each capture as a Media Library attachment, optionally set it as the post’s Featured Image, and delete the previous capture on regenerate
• Higher monthly screenshot allowance – for larger or busier sites
• Multi-site licensing – one licence covers 1, 3, 5, or unlimited sites (Personal, Pro, Business, Agency)
• Email support

See the full plan comparison and pricing.

External services

This plugin connects to three external services. Two are operated by PlugUpp.

PlugUpp Screenshot Service

The plugin sends screenshot job requests to the PlugUpp Screenshot Service at https://screenshots.plugupp.com, which captures browser screenshots of your pages and returns them for use as Open Graph images.

• When data is sent: when a page or post is first published, when an enabled page is updated and the “Regenerate on post update” setting is on, when you click “Regenerate Now” in the block editor, on the configurable refresh schedule (default 30 days), and when the Dashboard is loaded (to populate the server status line and the screenshot usage figures).
• What data is sent: the public URL of the page to be captured, your PlugUpp licence key, your site’s Freemius site identifier, the URL the service should send the result to (a REST endpoint on your site), and the capture configuration (viewport width, image quality, country routing, etc.).
• What is received back: the captured screenshot image, which is downloaded by your site and stored locally as a WebP file in your uploads directory.
• Terms of service: https://plugupp.com/terms-of-service/
• Privacy policy: https://plugupp.com/privacy-policy/
• Legal notice: https://plugupp.com/legal-notice/

PlugUpp settings usage (optional)

If you allow it, the plugin sends PlugUpp a summary of which settings you change and which plugin screens you open, with no content, addresses or names, to https://usage.plugupp.com. It helps us simplify the plugin. It is part of the PlugUpp opt-in you can decline, and you can turn it off at any time on the plugin’s Logs tab.

• When data is sent: only if you opted in to the plugin’s Freemius connection, where “Settings usage” is listed, and “Share settings usage” on the plugin’s Logs tab is on (it is on after you opt in, and you can turn it off there at any time). Once a week, and once within a day of saving the plugin’s settings. Never when a visitor views your site. Turning it off, or opting out of the connection, stops sending and sends one request to delete what was stored for this install.
• What data is sent: the plugin’s name, version and plan (free or premium), the WordPress and PHP versions, a random install ID made on your site, which settings differ from their defaults (for a setting with a fixed set of options, the option chosen; for text and lists, only that it changed and how many items it holds), how often each settings group and tab was opened, and when the setup steps were completed, counted from when the plugin first ran.
• What is never sent: your site address, email addresses, names, page or post content, passwords or keys, or any Freemius identifier. The service does not store your IP address.
• Terms of service: https://plugupp.com/terms-of-service/
• Privacy policy: https://plugupp.com/privacy-policy/
• Legal notice: https://plugupp.com/legal-notice/

Freemius

The plugin uses the Freemius platform for licence activation, plan changes, plugin updates (for paid plans), and as the Merchant of Record for purchases.

• When data is sent: on first plugin activation as part of the user-consented opt-in flow, on licence activation or deactivation, on plugin update checks (paid plans), and on uninstall (for optional feedback). Sending the initial opt-in data is the user’s choice – declining the opt-in still lets the plugin work, but skips telemetry.
• What data is sent: standard Freemius opt-in data including site URL, administrator email address, WordPress version, PHP version, plugin version, and active theme name.
• Terms of service: https://freemius.com/terms/
• Privacy policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/