Twitter card: summary vs summary_large_image

Question

I read these 2 doc pages: summary and summary-card-with-large-image, but I don't really see the difference.

Example:

<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" />   <!-- or summary_large_image -->
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Small Island Developing States Photo Submission" />
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5510/14338202952_93595258ff_z.jpg" />

What is the actual difference betwen both at the end? The rendering looks identical:

Andy Piper · Answer 1 · 2017-11-30T19:24:51.550

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You're quite right and I'll make a note to update these documentation pages. A summary card usually has a small image on the left of the text in the timeline - this variance in the docs may be the result of using embedded Tweets. Both examples in the documentation show what I'd expect a summary card with large image to render as.

edited Nov 30 '17 at 19:24

answered Nov 30 '17 at 19:10

Andy Piper

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Thanks. `A summary card usually has a small image on the left of the text in the timeline` can you post a screenshot? – Basj Nov 30 '17 at 19:20
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Added an example from my test account on iOS – Andy Piper Nov 30 '17 at 19:25
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Why has their documentation still not been updated @AndyPiper? It is still showing as the poster mentioned with the screenshots – user1380540 Jan 29 '18 at 17:28
Unfortunately this has been low on our backlog, but we will get it resolved as soon as we can. Thanks and apologies. – Andy Piper Jan 29 '18 at 19:27
@AndyPiper, Hi Andy, I wonder if we should have both summary card and summary card with large image? or how to selectively include? Thanks. – Jun Feb 21 '18 at 02:28
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@Jun it is not possible for one page to have both sets of markup. – Andy Piper Feb 21 '18 at 02:29
Hey @AndyPiper almost one year and still hasn't been fixed =3, if u need help to get it done I can send you my resume. – VdeVentura Sep 27 '18 at 16:59
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@andypiper Hello from August 2019, and this issue still isn't fixed. – jamescridland Aug 10 '19 at 11:42
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2021 and I've had to find clarification here too – sbaildon Sep 18 '21 at 22:04
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2022 and counting... – Jacek Gorgoń Apr 19 '22 at 09:43
Summary Large Image requires a specific 2:1 image ratio. If the smaller images are not showing then it is likely there is an issue with the image size or access to the image URL. – Andy Piper Sep 07 '22 at 15:12

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '17 at 19:51

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As suggested by @AndyPiper, this is probably a documentation problem. Here is the result of a content="summary", screenshot from Twitter in Chrome browser (desktop):

answered Nov 30 '17 at 19:51

Basj

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Twitter card: summary vs summary_large_image

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