Available: Supported
Publish
Compose once for every network in the publishing hub, with a live Instagram preview and its limits checked before you post.
Business and Creator accounts
Manage Instagram with Ripple
Schedule feed posts, Reels, Stories and carousels, answer comments and DMs, and track account insights. All through Instagram's official API, next to your other networks.
What you can do
Everything Ripple does on Instagram
Each feature below reflects what Instagram's API allows today. Where it does not, we say so.
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Available: Supported
Scheduling
Ripple publishes at the chosen time, from 1 minute to 75 days ahead. Scheduled posts show on the shared calendar, where you can drag them to a new time.
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Available: Supported
Inbox
Comments, mentions and direct messages in the unified inbox: reply, hide, delete, assign and add notes.
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Available: Supported
Analytics
Account and media insights, with daily snapshots for trends over time. Best times to post come from your own past posts once there is enough data.
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Available: Supported
Approvals
Posts from members to brands that need approval wait for an owner or admin, who can approve, request changes or reject.
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Available: Supported
Evergreen queues
Recycle your best posts on weekly time slots, with no repeats within the period you choose.
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Available: Supported
Bulk CSV import
Schedule up to 500 posts at once from a spreadsheet, checked in a preview before anything is imported.
Instagram details
On Instagram, you can
Connect with Instagram
- Publish and schedule posts, reels, stories and carousels
- Reply to, hide and delete comments; direct messages in the inbox
- Account and media insights
Connect via Facebook Page
- Publish and schedule posts
- View your feed, stories and mentions
- Reply to, hide and delete comments
- Account and media insights, hashtag search and business discovery
What you can post to Instagram
- Caption of up to 2,200 characters
- Up to 20 images per post (2 or more make a carousel)
- Video up to 300 MB (published as a Reel)
- Every post needs an image or a video
- Links are not clickable in captions on this network
The publishing hub checks these limits as you type and shows a Instagram preview before anything is posted.
How to connect
Connect Instagram in three steps
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Sign in to Ripple
Use your DuoDev account and create or pick an organisation.
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Open Connections
An owner or admin chooses Instagram and the way to connect.
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Approve on Instagram
You sign in on Instagram's own page and approve the permissions. Ripple never sees your password.
Connect with Instagram
Sign in with Instagram. For professional accounts without a Facebook Page.
You need
- An Instagram professional account (Business or Creator); no Facebook Page needed.
- You sign in with Instagram.
- Depends on Meta approving Ripple's app (App Review).
Hashtag search, business discovery and the tagged-posts list are not available.
Connect via Facebook Page
Sign in with Facebook. For accounts linked to a Facebook Page; adds hashtag search and business discovery.
You need
- An Instagram professional account (Business or Creator) linked to a Facebook Page you manage.
- You sign in with Facebook.
- Depends on Meta approving Ripple's app (App Review).
Access tokens are encrypted at rest and scoped to your organisation. Disconnecting asks Instagram to revoke access where it supports that.
FAQ
Instagram questions
Yes. Ripple publishes at the chosen time, from 1 minute to 75 days ahead. Scheduled posts show on the shared calendar, where you can drag them to a new time.
Caption of up to 2,200 characters. Up to 20 images per post (2 or more make a carousel). Video up to 300 MB (published as a Reel). Every post needs an image or a video. Links are not clickable in captions on this network.
An owner or admin of your Ripple organisation connects the account through Instagram's official sign-in. Connect with Instagram: An Instagram professional account (Business or Creator); no Facebook Page needed. You sign in with Instagram. Depends on Meta approving Ripple's app (App Review). Connect via Facebook Page: An Instagram professional account (Business or Creator) linked to a Facebook Page you manage. You sign in with Facebook. Depends on Meta approving Ripple's app (App Review).
Connect with Instagram: Sign in with Instagram. For professional accounts without a Facebook Page. Hashtag search, business discovery and the tagged-posts list are not available. Connect via Facebook Page: Sign in with Facebook. For accounts linked to a Facebook Page; adds hashtag search and business discovery.
Yes. Comments, mentions and direct messages in the unified inbox: reply, hide, delete, assign and add notes.
Account and media insights, with daily snapshots for trends over time. Best times to post come from your own past posts once there is enough data.
Yes. Schedule up to 500 posts at once from a spreadsheet, checked in a preview before anything is imported.
No. You sign in on Instagram's own page and approve the permissions there. Ripple stores only the access tokens Instagram issues, encrypted at rest, and you can disconnect at any time.
Related integrations
Use it alongside
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Publish and schedule Page posts, answer comments and Messenger conversations, and follow Page insights.
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Publish text, image, video and carousel posts, answer replies and mentions, and read insights.
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Upload videos with a scheduled release, moderate comments and follow channel analytics.