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

**URL:** https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/facebook-open-graph-scraper-returning-403-facebookexternalhit-any-workaround-on-free-hosting/120121
**Category:** Hosting Support
**Created:** [August 12, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/facebook-open-graph-scraper-returning-403-facebookexternalhit-any-workaround-on-free-hosting/120121 "2026-08-12T18:27:13Z")
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### Author: ![oikonomos.rs](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/oikonomos.rs/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@oikonomos.rs](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/oikonomos.rs)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/facebook-open-graph-scraper-returning-403-facebookexternalhit-any-workaround-on-free-hosting/120121/1 "2026-08-12T18:27:13Z")

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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](https://www.infinityfree.com/premium/)?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

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### Author: ![dan3008](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/dan3008/32/53336_2.png) [@dan3008](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/dan3008)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/facebook-open-graph-scraper-returning-403-facebookexternalhit-any-workaround-on-free-hosting/120121/2 "2026-08-12T21:15:49Z")

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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.

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### Author: ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/facebook-open-graph-scraper-returning-403-facebookexternalhit-any-workaround-on-free-hosting/120121/3 "2026-08-19T21:16:30Z")

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