Previously, we learned how to display Facebook page posts feed on your website using PHP.
Today, our tutorial will explore integrating Instagram into your website by displaying your Instagram feed using PHP. This can be a great way to showcase your content and keep your website visitors engaged with your brand.
Using PHP, we can easily connect to the Instagram API and retrieve your latest posts, allowing them to be displayed on your website. Any new content you upload to Instagram will automatically appear on your website, saving you the hassle of manually updating your website every time you post something new.
Following this tutorial can bring your Instagram content to your website, providing your audience with a seamless browsing experience and keeping them updated with your latest content. So, let’s dive in and start displaying your Instagram feed on your website using PHP!
Display Instagram feed on website using PHP
We will use the official Instagram Basic Display API. This API allows users to read basic profile information, photos, videos, and albums of the connected account.
Here are the steps to display the Instagram feed on a website using PHP.
- Retrieve long-lived access token.
- Use our PHP code to display your Instagram feed.
- Use our CSS code to make the display look good.
- View our output.
Retrieve your long-lived access token
The long-lived access token is like a key that you will use to retrieve your Instagram photos and videos programmatically. You will use this token on our PHP code later.
- Create a Facebook developer account. Create your Facebook developer account here. Then, you also need to create a Facebook application here.
- Configure Instagram’s basic display API. Instagram’s documentation is good enough, and I don’t want to repeat the exact same instructions here. Follow the guide here.
- Get your long-lived access token. By default, Instagram API will give you a short-lived access token that is valid only for 24 hours. If you get your long-lived access token, it will be valid for 60 days. Learn how to get a valid long-lived access token here.
Use our PHP code to display your Instagram feed
Once you get your long-lived access token, use it as the value of the $token variable below. The code below will allow you to display the list of posts
<?php
// query the user media
$fields = "id,caption,media_type,media_url,permalink,thumbnail_url,timestamp,username";
$token = "your_long_lived_user_access_token";
$limit = 10;
$json_feed_url="https://graph.instagram.com/me/media?fields={$fields}&access_token={$token}&limit={$limit}";
$json_feed = @file_get_contents($json_feed_url);
$contents = json_decode($json_feed, true, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
echo "<div class='ig_feed_container'>";
foreach($contents["data"] as $post){
$username = isset($post["username"]) ? $post["username"] : "";
$caption = isset($post["caption"]) ? $post["caption"] : "";
$media_url = isset($post["media_url"]) ? $post["media_url"] : "";
$permalink = isset($post["permalink"]) ? $post["permalink"] : "";
$media_type = isset($post["media_type"]) ? $post["media_type"] : "";
echo "
<div class='ig_post_container'>
<div>";
if($media_type=="VIDEO"){
echo "<video controls style='width:100%; display: block !important;'>
<source src='{$media_url}' type='video/mp4'>
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>";
}
else{
echo "<img src='{$media_url}' />";
}
echo "</div>
<div class='ig_post_details'>
<div>
<strong>@{$username}</strong> {$caption}
</div>
<div class='ig_view_link'>
<a href='{$permalink}' target='_blank'>View on Instagram</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
";
}
echo "</div>"
?>
Use our CSS code to make the display look good
Here’s the CSS code I used with the code above.
.ig_feed_container{
width:100%; margin:0 auto; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.ig_post_container{
border: 2px solid #f1f1f1; margin-bottom:25px; margin-left:3%; width:20%; height:550px; float:left;
}
.ig_post_container img{
width:100%;
}
.ig_post_container .ig_post_details{
padding:15px;
}
.ig_post_container .ig_view_link{
margin-top:10px;
}
View our output
The output will look like the following.
We will also cover using a website plugin to achieve the same output. This is best for people who do not want to code. Continue reading below.
Display Instagram feed using a website plugin
If you do not want to code, use a “no-code” approach. You can use website plugins like SociableKIT. Follow this tutorial: embed your Instagram feed on your website. You can use its free plan if you do not need the premium features.
Step-by-step guide
Follow the steps below to display your Instagram feed using a website plugin.
- Sign up for SociableKIT. You will be logged in automatically after you enter your email address.
- Create a new solution. Select “Instagram feed” on the drop-down. Enter your Instagram username.
- Click the Next button. It will show the customization options like layouts, colors, and more. Click the Save changes button.
- Copy embed code. On the upper right, click the “Embed on website” button. Copy the embed code.
- Paste on your website. Create a new page or edit an existing page on your website. Paste the embed code where you want the Instagram feed to appear.
Using SociableKIT, you can also display Instagram reels, Instagram hashtag feed, Instagram stories, and more on your website.
Output
Your Instagram feed using SociableKIT can look like the following.
What’s Next?
Today we have learned how to show your Facebook page events on your website. Did you know that you can also display a Twitter feed on your website?
Let us go to the next tutorial: How to display a Twitter feed on website?
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