About
Show Instagram photos with the hashtags you choose, like a live photo wall for your event, brand or campaign. Pick top or recent posts, set the columns and captions, and show likes and comments. Like Instagram Photo, it works through a Facebook page linked to an Instagram Business account.
Get Started
Instagram content comes through Facebook (both are Meta), so you need: to be an administrator of a Facebook page, an Instagram Business account, and the two linked. Facebook requires this; we can’t make it simpler. Set it up with Instagram Photo first: its Page list shows which pages work.
Add hashtag photos to a slide
- In the editor, open the slide and click Social, then Instagram Hashtag
- Click Log in with Facebook on the right, log in, and pick your pages. If your page doesn’t show up later, pick all pages: a known Facebook bug
- Click Next, turn on the options, and click Done
Choose the hashtags
- Click the plugin and pick your page under Select Page
- Enter up to 5 Hashtags
- Choose Top media (most popular) or Recent media (last 24 hours)
Choose how it looks
- Set the Columns, Border width and Border Color
- Show likes and comment count, and set Caption lines (0 hides captions) and Caption background
Options
Click the plugin on the slide to see these in the settings on the right.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Alignment and Cropping | Fit to canvas, align left, center, right, top, middle or bottom, and lock |
| Select Page | Your Facebook page linked to Instagram |
| Hashtags | Up to 5 hashtags to search |
| Media type | Top media (most popular) or Recent media (last 24 hours) |
| Captions above photo | Shows the caption on the photo |
| Show likes | The number of likes in the caption |
| Show comment count | The number of comments in the caption |
| Columns | How many columns of photos |
| Font zoom | Bigger or smaller text |
| Caption lines | The most lines of caption before “…”. 0 hides captions |
| Caption background | The caption color. Default: white at 0.5 transparency |
| Border width | A border around each photo; black or white works best |
| Border Color | The border color |
| Update interval | How often the photos change |
| Positioning | Place it pixel by pixel |
| Sizing | Set its size in pixels |
| Log out from Facebook | Logs out |
FAQ
It says "Search limit exceeded". Why?
Instagram allows 30 different hashtags per 7 days. Wait a few days for the limit to reset.
How many photos does it show?
50 posts with your hashtags.
Are videos shown?
No. Posts with a video are skipped.
Hashtag search doesn't work. What do I do?
A Facebook bug hits when our app only has access to some pages. Go to Business integrations in Facebook, remove Play Digital Signage, click Log out from Facebook in the plugin, and log in again giving access to all pages (bug report).
I can see my page but can't select it. Why?
It isn’t linked to an Instagram account. Convert your Instagram account to a Business account and link it to the Facebook page. You need to own or manage both.
