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Get Access Token

Create Access Token

First, you must create an access token to display your Instagram feed on your page.

Create Account & App:

Make sure you have a Facebook developer account. If you don’t have a developer account please create a new one.

Also, you have to create an app from the developer account

I will go to the search bar and search for ‘Facebook Developer.’ I will click on the first link that appears in the results below.

Social Feed Block- Search Bar
Social Feed Block- Search Bar

Menu Bar: If the link opens, we will get the menu bar. From there, we will click on ‘My Apps’.

Social Feed Block- My Apps Button
Social Feed Block- My Apps Button

Create App: Get the list of all apps. I will create a new app by clicking the ‘Create App’ button.

Social Feed Block- Create App
Social Feed Block- Create App

Business Portfolio: I will click the ‘Next’ button.

Social Feed Block- Business Portfolio Next Button
Social Feed Block- Business Portfolio Next Button

Use cases: Click ‘Other’ and then ‘Next’.

Social Feed Block- Use Cases
Social Feed Block- Use Cases

Select app type: Click Consumer and then ‘Next’

Social Feed Block- Consumer
Social Feed Block- Consumer

App Details: Input the app name and email, then select ‘Create’.

Social Feed Block-App Details
Social Feed Block-App Details

Instagram Basic Display: I will add the Instagram Basic Display product to our app. Click the ‘Set Up’ button.

Social Feed Block- Products Setup
Social Feed Block- Product Setup

Create a new app: Create a new app by clicking the ‘Create New App’ button.

Social Feed Block- Create New App
Social Feed Block- Create a New App

Display Name: Enter a display name for the app and click ‘Create App’.

Social Feed Block- App Display Name
Social Feed Block- App Display Name

Add or Remove Instagram Testers: Navigate to the menu, select ‘Instagram Basic Display,’ then click ‘Basic Display,’ and finally hit the ‘Add or Remove Instagram Testers’ button.

Social Feed Block- Add Tester
Social Feed Block- Add Tester

Add People: Click the ‘Add People’ button to add people.

Social Feed Block- Add People
Social Feed Block- Add People

Instagram Username added: Click “Instagram Tester,” then enter a valid Instagram username and click “Add”

Social Feed Block- Instagram Username Add
Social Feed Block- Instagram Username Add

Account Pending: The Instagram account has been successfully added, but the account is pending. We need to approve the app from the Instagram account.

Social Feed Block- Successfully Added Instagram Username
Social Feed Block- Successfully Added Instagram Username

Now Goto Your Instagram Profile

More -> Settings: Log in to the Instagram account and click “More” under the profile to open a popup. From there, select “Settings.”

Social Feed Block- Instagram Settings
Social Feed Block- Instagram Settings

Website permission -> Apps and Websites: Scroll down and click the “Website Permissions” button, then click “Apps and Websites”.

Social Feed Block- Website Permissions
Social Feed Block- Website Permissions

Tester-accept: Upon selecting “Tester Invites” in the tab bar, I will then proceed to click the “Accept” button.

Social Feed Block- Tester User Accept
Social Feed Block- Tester User Accept

Now Goto Your Facebook Developer Account

Navigate to the Facebook Developer account, select “Instagram Basic Display” from the menu, go to “Basic Display,” scroll down, and click “Generate Token” in the “Generate User Token” section. Click “Continue as [UserName]” in the popup that appears.

Social Feed Block- Continue As User Button
Social Feed Block- Continue As User Button

Allow: Click the “Allow” button.

Social Feed Block- Allow
Social Feed Block- Allow

Copy Access Token: Check the “I Understand” checkbox, copy the access token, and click “Done”

Social Feed Block- Copy Access Token
Social Feed Block- Copy Access Token

Paste Access Token: Please paste your access token

Social Feed Block- Paste Access Token
Social Feed Block- Paste Access Token

Add Social Feed Block:

In your Gutenberg editor, find the Instagram Feed block and insert, just like others block.

Social Feed Block- Add Block
Social Feed Block- Add Block

Settings/Options:

Select the block, you will see the settings option in the right sidebar. There are the settings.

Social Feed Block- Sidebar Settings
Social Feed Block- Sidebar Settings

Instagram Settings:

You have to enter the access token that you have generated.

Also you can set the time for cache the data.

Social Feed Block- Instagram Settings
Social Feed Block- Instagram Settings

Feed Settings:

Here you can set the number of item visible.

And also can show/hide profile, upload profile image, show/hide follow button, enable/disable link, set link opening tab, show/hide caption and load more

Social Feed Block- Feed Settings
Social Feed Block- Feed Settings

Layout Settings:

In Layout settings, you can set the column number for difference devices. Define gap between column and row.

Social Feed Block- Layout Settings
Social Feed Block- Layout Settings

Feed Style:

Switch to Style Tab and you can see the Feed Style Options.

You can change the background, padding and border of the Feed.

Social Feed Block- Feed Style
Social Feed Block- Feed Style

Image & Caption Style:

In Image style you can change different effect in hover.

And in Caption style you can change style/type, background overlay, typography and color of caption.

Social Feed Block- Image Caption Style
Social Feed Block- Image Caption Style

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