How to connect your Instagram account

3 requirements to publish to Instagram with Vubli

1. A Professional Instagram account (not personal)
2. A Facebook Page (be an admin or editor to a page)
3. Your Instagram account linked to your Facebook Page

I know it sounds strange that you need a Facebook Page to get this working but that is how Meta have set things up.

Here are some more details for each of the above requirements:

1. A Professional Instagram account (not personal)

You can easily convert your Personal Instagram account to a Business or Creator (Professional) account.

Changing over your Instagram account from Personal to Professional won't affect your day-to-day use of your account.

See here for more information on the benefits of switching to an Instagram business profile.

To switch over follow the steps bellow (and refer to image below):

1. Click on "More"
2. Click on "Settings:
3. Click on "Account type and tools"
4. Click on "Switch to professional account"

Here are some more details from Instagram if you would like to learn more:

learn how to convert your Personal account to a Business account here

2. A Facebook Page

If you don't already have a Facebook page (or one that you are an admin or editor of), you can easily set up a Facebook page from your inside your Facebook account. You don't actually have to use the Facebook page for anything else, you can just use it as a placeholder to get this working.

You can add a page here (log into your facebook account first):

https://www.facebook.com/pages/?category=your_pages

3: Your Instagram account linked to your Facebook Page

Go to your Meta Business Suite https://business.facebook.com/latest/home

1. Click on the dropdown at the top left to choose your page.
2. Click on "Connect Instagram" as highlighted in the circle on the image below.
3. Follow the popup steps (allow popup if blocked by your browser).

More details here:

Add an Instagram account to your business portfolio in Business Manager

How to connect your Instagram account inside Vubli

Step 1: Click on the connect button

You can do this either on the connections page or on the canvas.

Canvas:

Or Connections page:

Step 2: Click the "Continue as..." button in the next screen

That's it, you're done!

Your Facebook and Instagram accounts are now connected and you can start publishing. If you have multiple instagram accounts connected to the same business manager you will be able to choose which one from the dropdown here: