Instagram#
Follow these steps to configure Instagram for Social Feeds.
Your Facebook/Instagram App does not require review and approval by Facebook/Instagram to use Social Feeds.
In order to fetch from Instagram, you must ensure the following:
- Your Instagram account is set to "Business" and not "Creator".
- Your Instagram account is linked to a Facebook page.
Connecting to Instagram#
Step 1: Register a Facebook App#
- Go to the Meta for Developers page.
- Click the Create App button.
- Select None as the App Type, and fill in the rest of the details to create the app.
- Once created, in the left-hand sidebar, click the Add Product button.
- Under Instagram Basic Display click the Set Up button.
- Click the Create New App button.
- Enter the name of your new Facebook app, and click the Click Create App button.
- For the Valid OAuth Redirect URIs setting, enter the value from the Redirect URI field in Social Feeds.
- For the Deauthorize Callback URL and Data Deletion Request Callback URL settings, enter your website URL.
- Navigate to App Roles → Roles in the left-hand sidebar.
- Under the Instagram Testers section, click the Add Instagram Testers button.
- Provide your Instagram source’s username(s).
- Click the Submit button to send the invitation.
- Go to Instagram and login to the source you just invited.
- Navigate to (Profile Icon) → Edit Profile → Apps and Websites.
- Under the Tester Invites tab, accept the invitation.
- Navigate to *Settings → Basic.
- Copy the App ID from Facebook and paste in the Client ID field in Social Feeds.
- Copy the App Secret from Facebook and paste in the Client Secret field in Social Feeds.
Step 2: Connect to Instagram#
- In the Social Feeds feed settings, click the Connect button and login to Instagram/Facebook.
Step 3: Select your Instagram Business Account#
- Select the Instagram Business Account that is linked to your Facebook page, to pull content from.
- Click the Save button for the account.
Available Content#
Instagram provides the following types of content as posts.
- Profile Posts (Posts from your Instagram profile)
- Hashtags (Posts containing hashtags)
- Tagged Posts (Posts you have been tagged in)