---
title: "EasySignage Instagram App"
description: "Learn how to integrate Instagram with EasySignage for stunning visual displays. Discover step-by-step guidance to showcase your Instagram feed on your digital signage!"
url: https://easysignage.com/help/apps/digital-signage-instagram/
---

# Instagram App

The Instagram app shows the latest posts from your Instagram account on your screens: photos, videos and reels. New posts appear by themselves.

**Account requirement:** Instagram only allows Business and Creator accounts to connect. Personal accounts are not supported. If your account is personal, convert it in Instagram first, and check Instagram's current policies before you switch.

## Add Instagram to a Playlist

1.  Open the playlist, then click the layer. See [Playlist Media Management](https://easysignage.com/help/playlists/digital-signage-media/) .
2.  If the layer is empty, the content apps open. If it already has media, click **Add New**.
3.  Click **Social Media**, then **Instagram**.

![Instagram in Social Media](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/apps/instagram/instagram-apps.webp)

4.  Under **Accounts**, click **Add/Refresh account**.

![Instagram settings](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/apps/instagram/instagram-window.webp)

5.  Sign in with your Instagram Business or Creator account.

![Instagram sign-in](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/apps/instagram/log-in-instagram.webp)

6.  Click **Allow** to give the app access to your profile and media.

![Instagram access request](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/apps/instagram/grant-instagram-access.webp)

7.  Back in the CMS, choose the account in **Choose an Instagram account**, then set the [display settings](#display-settings) .
8.  Click **Save**.
9.  Click **Publish changes of this playlist**, and assign the playlist to your screens.

## Display Settings

| Setting | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Theme** | How each post is framed on screen. Click the theme button to choose one. See [Themes](#themes) . |
| **Allowed file type** | **All**, **Images** or **Videos**. |
| **Media count** | How many of your latest posts to show, from 1 to 50 (10 by default). New posts replace the oldest ones at each sync. |
| **Volume control** | Tick **Mute** to play video posts without sound. See [Muting video sound](#muting-video-sound) . |

## Themes

A theme controls how each post fits in your layer. Posts come in many shapes (square, portrait, landscape), so the theme decides what happens when a post’s shape doesn’t match the layer.

Each example shows the same post in a landscape layer (left) and a portrait layer (right).

### Media Only

The post is shown as it was published, with nothing added. If its shape doesn’t match the layer, it is stretched to fill the space. Best when the layer already matches the shape of your posts.

![Media Only theme](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/apps/instagram/instagram-theme0.webp)

### Insta Panel

The post is shown in full next to a panel with your profile picture, account name, caption and a “Scan to follow us” QR code. Nothing covers the post. In portrait layers the panel moves below the post. This is the default theme. Best when you want to grow your following.

![Insta Panel theme](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/apps/instagram/instagram-theme1.webp)

**Insta Panel (no QR code)** is the same, without the QR code.

### Full screen (cropped)

The post fills the whole layer. If its shape doesn’t match, the edges are trimmed so the post is never distorted. Best for the biggest visual impact when some cropping is fine.

![Full screen (cropped) theme](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/apps/instagram/instagram-theme3.webp)

### Fit with blurred background

The whole post is always shown, centred and never cropped. Empty space around it is filled with a soft, blurred copy of the post instead of black bars. Best when the whole post must stay visible.

![Fit with blurred background theme](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/apps/instagram/instagram-theme4.webp)

### Media focus (no caption)

Like **Insta Panel (no QR code)**, without the caption: a slim strip shows only your profile picture and account name, so the post gets most of the space.

**Tip:** Changing the theme refreshes your posts at the next sync; you don't need to remove and add the app again. It may take a few minutes after publishing for the new look to appear on screen.

## Muting Video Sound

Video posts and reels play with their original sound. To play them silently, tick **Mute** under **Volume control**. Videos keep their full length; image posts have no sound. The change takes effect the next time you publish the playlist.

## Remove the App’s Access to Instagram

1.  Open Instagram on the web.
2.  Click **More** at the bottom of the left bar, then **Settings**.
3.  Under **Your app and media**, click **Website permissions**, then **Apps and websites**.
4.  On the **Active** tab, click **Remove** next to **Digital Signage-IG**.

![Removing the app in Instagram](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/apps/instagram/revoke-access.webp)

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