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 Other and click the Next button.
- Select Business and click the Next button.
- Fill in the App Name and App Contact Email. The Business Portfolio is optional.
Step 2: Setup Instagram Graph API#
- Once created, in the left-hand sidebar, click the Add Product button.
- Under Instagram Graph API click the Set Up button.
Step 3: Setup Facebook Login for Business#
- In the left-hand sidebar, click the Add Product button.
- Under Facebook Login for Business click the Set Up button.
- Navigate to the Facebook Login for Business section in the left-hand sidebar, click Settings.
- For the Valid OAuth Redirect URIs setting, enter the value from the Redirect URI field in Social Feeds.
- Click the Save Changes button.
- Navigate to App Settings → Basic item in the left-hand sidebar.
- Enter your domain name to the App Domains field.
- Enter your Privacy Policy URL and Terms of Service URL.
- Click the Save Changes button.
Step 4: Connect to Instagram#
- In the Social Feeds feed settings, click the Connect button and login to Instagram/Facebook.
Step 5: 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)