Instagram is a social media platform that provides a better way to display photos and short clips even without a instagram private account viewer. It highlights what is going on in a person’s life or how a business is doing to update followers to keep them coming back to the account. However, Instagram alone is not sufficient enough to help an account grow in followers.
An idea one can try is integrating Instagram with WordPress to provide a better experience for the followers as their combination gives good aesthetics and functional widgets that takes a virtual experience into a different level.
The following are ways to integrate WordPress with Instagram:
Show Instagram feed within WordPress postsSteps:
Activate Instagram Follower Widget plugin
Go to the dashboard
Click the Instagram Feed Widget
Click and select Settings
Sign in with Instagram for detection of Access Taken
Click the corresponding button
Save Changes
Select the Feeds tab
Click Add New. In this step, you can choose the styles for the feed
Use your preference for the rest of the settings
Once editor loads, the Add Instagram Feed appears right next to Add Media button
Click Add Instagram Feed
Select brand new feed
Click Insert
Check new feed by clicking Preview
Show Instagram Feed within WordPress widgets
Steps:
Use the activated Instagram Feed Widget
Go to Appearance/Widgets on WordPress dashboard
Drag Instagram WD Widget to your preferred location
Select a feed from the drop-down list
Click Save and view how the widget looks on the sidebar
Hashtag use for automatic display of specific Instagram photos within WordPress
Three essential things you should have:
IFTTT (If This Then That) account which connects to chains of actions called recipes which connect multiple apps to run automated tasks
Instagram account
WordPress install
Steps:
Sign up and sign in to IFTTT account
Add Instagram and WordPress as channels
Select a recipe to automate hashtags for the display of specific photos then set it up
Implementation of Zapier Instagram Integrations.
Steps:
Sign up to Zapier
Link Instagram and WordPress accounts by clicking drop-down list located at the top right side of the screen while logged in
Select the Connected Accounts option
Link Instagram and WordPress accounts and return to Zapier homepage
Explore existing “zaps” that appears when you are logged in
Select Instagram from the main menu
Scroll down to the Popular Zaps for Instagram
Look for Add new tagged media on Instagram to WordPress integration
Click Use this zap
Go to configuration wizard to set up a hashtag to be used and on which page image should appear
Instagram together with WordPress provides a better experience for everyone, so whether it just for promoting the account or a business, they go hand in hand in making it possible to rise above the competition. A level up is needed since we are now trending on the online field.