Site URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/visual-link-preview/
Paste a URL into a post or page and get a visual representation of the link. See example WP plugin, screenshot and description. Functionality available in Wordpress and native to Ghost.org and other platforms such as LinkedIn, FB, Twitter, Slack, etc.
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From https://wordpress.org/plugins/visual-link-preview/:
Easily create a Facebook-like link preview for any link on your website. You can choose the image and text to display and create your very own custom template. The default template can be styled from the settings to match your website.
Some examples of what you could use this for:
A call to action for your affiliate links
Promote WooCommerce products on your website
List sources for your article
A weekly posty of interesting websites you’ve found
Link to related posts on your own website
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It does not require any database lookups, which means even having many of these blocks on a page should not affect performance.