How Do I Connect an Instagram Account without a Facebook Page?

Learn how to connect Instagram Personal accounts or Business and Creator accounts without a Facebook page

Updated over a week ago

Connect your Instagram Personal account and any Business or Creator accounts without a Facebook page to Loomly in a few simple steps.

Benefits of Connecting a Personal Account (or an account without a Facebook Page)

This method of connecting an account is helpful if you would like to plan content for a Personal accounts or any other Instagram accounts that are not associated with a Facebook page. You can then publish the Instagram post manually with the help of push notifications and reminders!

When it's time to publish a post to Instagram, Loomly sends you a push notification letting you access your post in Loomly, automatically saves the copy of your post to your clipboard and opens it with Instagram, so that you only need to paste that copy in one tap and publish your post. Loomly can also send you email reminders if that's more convenient for you.

Limitations of Connecting a Personal Account

There are some limitations when connecting a Personal Account (or an account without a Facebook Page)

  • No automatic publishing

  • No access to Analytics, Interactions, or Grid Preview

How to Connect a Personal Account (or an account without a Facebook Page)

1. Go to the Social Accounts tab of Calendar Settings, then click "Connect" for Instagram

2. Click the "click here instead" link from the Connect to Instagram popup that appears.
Note: Do not press Connect as this will request you to connect through Facebook.

3. Enter the username of the Instagram account

4. Click "Connect Account"

Once connected, you will see the username with a message stating that Direct Publishing, Interactions & Analytics are not supported for Instagram Personal Accounts: please connect an Instagram Business Account to enable these features.

How to Publish Manually with the Help of Reminders

When it's time to publish a post to Instagram, Loomly sends you a push notification letting you access your post in Loomly, automatically saves the copy of your post to your clipboard and opens it with Instagram, so that you only need to paste that copy in one tap and publish your post. Loomly sends you email reminders if that's more convenient for you.

Please be sure to sign in to the Instagram app so you can publish to the account.

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