{"id":325,"date":"2025-07-30T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/?post_type=docs&p=325"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:18:21","password":"","slug":"general-setup-of-instagram-feed","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/knowledgebase\/general-setup-of-instagram-feed\/","title":{"rendered":"General setup of Instagram Feed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Instagram Feed can display a static feed with up to 12 from the latest images from a username or hashtag. The Instagram Feed can also show a static embed image on site. All settings of the Instagram you can find in the Instagram Feed<\/strong> menu. In case you did not see this menu the module is not running and you should enable it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Instagram Feed may not appear in the plugin’s menu if the module is not activated. If that’s the case, go to ‘Activate\/Deactivate Features<\/a>‘ and enable the ‘Instagram Feed<\/strong>‘ under the Social Features<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Connected Accounts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Connecting a new account<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Starting March 2021 Instagram does not allow any more access to the API without authorization. To be able to use the feed you need to put a token key for each of the accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When you press the connect account button you will see a new screen opening. Put your token key inside that screen and press the validate button. If everything is OK you will see a green message at the bottom right corner along with your username and user id showing in the fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you plan to use the profile bio feature don\u2019t forget to fill out the details below for the account \u2013 display name, bio, and profile picture (square image size recommended).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Access to the Instagram data requires a valid token key. You can use an app to generate your own developer key or a tool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to create Facebook Application and generate a token key for an Instagram account<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram ready to use token generator with a click (external tool)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Connected Accounts Options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Modify \u2013 you can open again the edit screen and change account settings. We don\u2019t recommend changing the username or user id that are automatically generated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Update images \u2013 it will call an immediate update of the stored images from the profile<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Refresh token \u2013 it will extend the time of your token key.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Remove \u2013 remove the account and stored images in the database<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Basic Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Open items<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the default setup is to open links as a pop-up element on site. You can change it to a direct link. The difference is that pop-up will show the details on your site (keep the user). The link will open the Instagram site and you may lose the visitor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Enable widget\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 this will add a sidebar widget for showing Instagram feed. You can do this with a shortcode too.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Always load styles\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 the feature will load related styles only when the feature is added on site. In combination with other optimizations, this can produce a strange visual behavior (late-appearing styles). If so enable this option.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Default cache expiration time (hours)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 change how frequent the information will update. Default is 6 hours. You can set a numeric value (example: 12).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Don\u2019t show on mobile<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 hide the feed when a mobile device is running.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • An additional cache of feed data<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 add a secondary level of the image cache. If the current update fails it will load the data from the cache instead of showing a blank field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Overview The Instagram Feed can display a static feed with up to 12 from the latest images from a username or hashtag. The Instagram Feed can also show a static embed image on site. All settings of the Instagram you can find in the Instagram Feed menu. In case you did not see this menu the module […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_analytify_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[15],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-325","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-instagram-feed"],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":516,"total_views":"141","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"appscreo","author_nicename":"appscreo","author_url":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/author\/appscreo\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Instagram Feed","term_url":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/docs-category\/instagram-feed\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.socialsharingplugin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}