Facebook Open Graph / Scraper returning 403 (facebookexternalhit) — Any workaround on Free Hosting

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Website URL

oikonomos.rs

Error Message

Hi everyone,

I added all the correct Open Graph meta tags (og:image, og:title, og:description) to my site, but when I share the link on Facebook, no image or description appears.

The Facebook Sharing Debugger shows a 403 Forbidden HTTP response code when trying to scrape the site (User-Agent: facebookexternalhit).

I understand this is caused by the automated security system / AES bot protection on the free servers. Has anyone found a workaround to allow Facebook scrapers to pull metadata without upgrading to Premium hosting?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

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Welcome to the forum

Unfortunaitly as far as I know, there isn’t a work around for this. I know people have tried multiple different options, but I’ve not seen one that works yet.