> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Instagram posts > The posts your Instagram Feed sections show: brought in from Instagram or added by hand, with your favorites featured. Show your Instagram posts on your site, and pick the favorites a section shows. Every Instagram Feed section draws from one list, **Instagram Posts**. Once Instagram is connected, your latest posts arrive on their own. You can also add posts by hand. **Who can do this:** Contributors, Editors, Admins and Owners can add and change posts. Publishing them needs an Editor, an Admin or an Owner. Sample posts and connecting Instagram are for Admins and Owners. ## Before you start * To bring posts in from Instagram, an Admin or Owner connects your account once. See [Instagram](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/connections/instagram.md). * To show posts on a page, add an **Instagram Feed** section. See [Instagram Feed](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/sections/instagram-feed.md). ## Open the list Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) and choose **Instagram Posts** under **Manage**. You can also press G, then G. The list shows your posts newest first. For each one you see its **Post** (its title), **Type**, **Date** and whether it's **Featured**. A post from Instagram takes the first line of its caption as its title. ![The Manage Instagram Posts window with 12 synced posts (photos, a reel and a carousel), the Post, Type, Date and Featured columns.](https://mintcdn.com/fetchski-attract-api/MsE85fjBwOCKqNGh/images/cms/guides/content/instagram-posts/guides-content-instagram-posts-manager-light.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=MsE85fjBwOCKqNGh\&q=85\&s=1cb3b61a999cbd66d68b9d2c4acc4800) Your latest Instagram posts, ready for your sections. ## How posts arrive from Instagram Once an Admin or Owner connects Instagram and saves the **Instagram** card, Attract brings your posts in right away. After that, it checks Instagram for new posts on a schedule. This scheduled update from Instagram is called a sync on screen. A notice says "Instagram connected — imported N post(s)." The **Instagram** card sets how often the sync runs. * **Your latest posts come in.** Each sync brings in your most recent posts, up to the card's **Posts to sync** (12 to start). They're published on their own. * **Older posts stay.** A post that's no longer among your latest isn't removed. It stays in the list until you archive it. * **Instagram's version wins.** The next sync replaces the caption, link, date, picture, likes and comments of a post from Instagram with Instagram's. Your **Featured** choice stays. * **Archive a post to keep it off your site.** A post you archive stays archived: syncs leave it alone. A post you delete forever comes back on the next sync while it's still among your latest posts, so archive rather than delete. To keep posts off one page only, use **Featured posts only** in the section. ## Feature your favorites **1. Open the post and turn on Featured on the Basics tab** **2. Choose Update (or Publish)** **3. In the Instagram Feed section on your page, turn on Featured posts only on the Feed tab** Posts from Instagram are never featured on their own. Featuring stays your choice. ## Add a post by hand You can show posts without connecting Instagram, such as a few favorites you pick yourself. A post you add here is an entry for your website only. It doesn't post anything to Instagram or change your Instagram account. **1. Start a new post** In the list, choose **New Instagram Post**. The editor opens on the **Basics** tab. **2. Fill in the basics** * **Title**: a name for the list. * **Caption**: the post's text. Sections can show it under the picture. * **Media type**: **Image**, **Video** or **Carousel (album)**. It sets the small badge in the tile's corner. A post you add by hand shows one picture. **Carousel (album)** adds the album badge, but you can't add the album's other pictures. * **Reel**: turn on for a reel, to show a reel badge. * **Featured**: see above. ![The Instagram post editor on the Basics tab: Title "Puppy class graduation", Caption "Six new graduates this week!", Media type Image, Reel off, Featured on; the tabs Basics.](https://mintcdn.com/fetchski-attract-api/MsE85fjBwOCKqNGh/images/cms/guides/content/instagram-posts/guides-content-instagram-posts-basics-light.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=MsE85fjBwOCKqNGh\&q=85\&s=e7bff4eb51312da3970453bb555c16a2) A post added by hand. **3. Add the picture and link** On the **Media** tab: * **Image**: choose the post's picture from your media library. * **Video**: for a video post, choose the clip from your Videos library. The image is its cover. * **Post link**: the post's web address on Instagram, for visitors who want to see it there. * **Posted date**: when you posted it. The list and sections sort by this date. **4. Save it** To finish later, open **More save options** (the arrow next to the main button) and choose **Save Draft**. When it's ready, choose **Publish**. Contributors choose **Submit** instead, and an Editor publishes it. ## Likes and comments The **Likes & Comments** tab shows the likes and comments of a post from Instagram. Attract fills these in, so you can't edit them. Comments come in only when **Fetch post comments** is on in the **Instagram** card. Comments you've hidden on Instagram are listed under **Hidden comments**. They're kept for your reference and never shown on your site. ## Try it with sample posts Admins and Owners can fill a new site with 8 sample posts, to see the Instagram Feed section before Instagram is connected. **1. Open Instagram Posts in the command palette** **2. Choose Seed Demo Posts** You'll see "Seeded 8 demo posts." The samples are published straight away, so any Instagram Feed section already on a live page shows them to visitors at once. Every sample's caption starts with "DEMO POST:", so no one mistakes it for a real one. They're deleted on their own the first time a real post is published, by hand or by a sync. To remove them sooner, archive them. See [Archive, restore and delete](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/content/archive-restore-delete.md). ## Good to know * **Videos and cookie consent.** A video from Instagram can play from Instagram itself or from your own media library, depending on the **Instagram** card's settings. Videos that play from Instagram wait until a visitor accepts functional cookies. Until then they show the still picture. See [Instagram](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/connections/instagram.md). * **Why is a video still playing from Instagram?** Attract can copy a video from Instagram into your own Videos library, so it plays from your site. **Video re-host** on the post's **Media** tab says whether that worked. "Too large for the size cap — still hot-linked" means the video was too big to copy, so it still plays from Instagram. An Admin can raise **Largest video to re-host** on the **Instagram** card. ## What happens next A published post appears in every Instagram Feed section whose settings it matches, newest first, up to the section's **Maximum posts** (8 to start). Visitors never see drafts. ## Troubleshooting > [accordion] A post doesn't show on the page > > * Is it published? Drafts show only while you edit. > * Is **Featured posts only** on in the section? Then only featured posts show. > * The section shows the newest posts first, up to **Maximum posts**. Raise it to show more. > * A post added by hand needs an **Image**. > [accordion] My changes to a post were undone > > The post came from Instagram, and each sync puts Instagram's caption, link and picture back. Change the post on Instagram itself. Only **Featured** is yours to change here. > [accordion] Instagram sync failed: … > > The sync couldn't bring in your posts. The message gives Instagram's reason. > > Often your site's permission to read your Instagram account has run out: this happens when nothing syncs for about 60 days. An Admin or Owner fixes it by creating a fresh access token in your Meta app and using **Replace** on **Long-lived access token** in the **Instagram** card. See [Instagram](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/connections/instagram.md). > [accordion] Could not seed demo Instagram posts. > > The samples couldn't be added. Reload the page and try again. If it keeps happening, contact Fetchski Support. ## Related > [card] [Instagram Feed](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/sections/instagram-feed.md) > > show your posts on a page as a carousel, grid or photo wall. > [card] [Instagram](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/connections/instagram.md) > > connect your account and choose how often posts arrive. > [card] [Archive, restore and delete](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/content/archive-restore-delete.md) > > retire posts you no longer want. > [card] [Content you reuse](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/guides/content/index.md) > > how lists and sections work together. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.