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Instagram feed not showing on WordPress? Scan your page.
Paste the public page where your feed should appear. Get a specific finding and a first step toward fixing it.
Three broken feeds, three different answers
Each is a scan of a safe test page, run with the same diagnostic engine your own scan uses.
Not sure which plugin you have?
You don't need to know which plugin powers your feed
Someone else may have installed it, or you set it up long ago. You don't need the name: when the page shows a supported plugin, the result adapts to it.
A closer look at one scanScanned page
Found on this page
Spotlight
Here the scan identified Spotlight 1.7.5 and an account type shown alongside the feed: Personal. A Personal account can't supply a full feed, so the first step on this result is switching the account to Business or Creator.
- Plugin
- Spotlight
- Version on page
- 1.7.5
- Account type
- Personal
See all 14 recognized plugins
Spotlight, Smash Balloon, WPZOOM, 10Web, Social Feed Gallery, Feed Them Social, EmbedSocial, Elfsight Instagram Feed, Social Slider, Inavii, Widgets for Social Photo Feed, SnapWidget, LightWidget, and Behold.
What the scan can confirm depends on the plugin and on what the page makes visible, so some results are more specific than others.
What the scan looks for on your page
Feed plugins leave signs on the page. The scan reads them and turns them into findings you can act on.
Your public pagePage scan
Instagram feed
Account type: Personal
Clues on the page
The feed plugin's name, and its version when it's shown
Rendered posts, or an empty container where posts should be
A feed error message on the page, such as an expired token notice
An account type the page shows, such as Personal or Business
Your result: Personal account confirmed
Feed settings
ConnectionPrivate account setting
TokenNot printed publicly
Scheduled updateRuns behind the page
CachePrivate plugin state
Public page
Not visible to the scan
When the cause sits behind your login
Some causes only appear inside your WordPress admin or Instagram account, which the scan cannot read. Your result names the settings to check next.
Common questions
Straight answers before you scan.
Do I need to log in or connect anything?
No. The scan reads only the public page URL you paste. It never asks for your WordPress or Instagram login, and there is nothing to install.
What happens to the page I scan?
The scan fetches the page, checks it, and does not save the page content or any Instagram profile. Standard server logs may record the request, as they do for any website visit.
Why couldn't the scan read my page?
Usually the page is private or behind a login, the address is unreachable, or the page is larger than the 2 MB the scan reads. Check that you are pasting the exact public URL where visitors should see the feed, then try again.
What if the scan can't find the cause?
Then the result says so, gives you the most likely checks in order, and lets you copy a summary to send to your plugin's support team. Some causes, like a stopped scheduled task, do not show on a public page.
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