Technical SEO Important

Large Image Preview Directive

priority_high Why it matters

The max-image-preview:large robots directive is mandatory for Discover eligibility and controls how large rich image previews appear across Google Search.

search What we check

Whether the page opts into Google's max-image-preview:large robots directive. The directive is required for Google Discover eligibility and controls how rich image previews render across Google Search.

build How to fix

  1. 1 Add <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:large"> to the page <head>, alongside any existing index/follow values.
  2. 2 Pair with an og:image at least 1200 pixels wide so Discover and Search can render the full-size preview.
  3. 3 If you serve robots directives via X-Robots-Tag HTTP header, include max-image-preview:large there too.

Does your site pass this check?

This is 1 of 99 checks we run. Find out in under 30 seconds.