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Instagram Integration Extension
User Manual
Instagram Connect Extension for Magento 2 by MageComp integrates your Instagram to
showcase Instagram images on the home page, product page, and CMS pages.
Table of Content
1. Extension Installation Guide
2. Configuration
3. Updating Images
4. Approved Images Manager
5. Instagram Images on Frontend
6. Deactivation of Extension in Case of Emergency
7. FAQs
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1. Extension Installation Guide
Go to My downloadable products. The file that you download normally is a zip file.
Use FTP client (such as Filezilla, WinSCP, cuteFtp) to upload or copy all folders in the zip package
to your Magneto site root folder. This will not overwrite any existing files, just add new files to
the folder structure.
Open Command line in folder root of Magento and run following command respectively:
o php bin/magento setup:upgrade
o php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
o php bin/magento indexer:reindex
o php bin/magento cache:flush
Navigate to Stores/Configuration, if you can see the extension tab, it is installed properly.
If you need professional help regarding Magento Extension Installation, Feel free to contact us
any time.
2. Configuration
Once you have successfully installed the extension, go to Stores Configuration to
configure the extension for use. Here you can find various settings for the extension.
Instagram Connect: The option to enable or disable extension.
Show images on home page: Set YES to show images on homepage
No. of images to show on homepage: Enter the number of images you want to show on
homepage, leave empty for unlimited images
Show images on product page: Set YES to show images on product page
No. of images to show on product page: Enter the number of images you want to show
on product page.
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In More View Section: Set YES to show Instagram images in more view section of
product page
In Product Detail Section: Set YES to show Instagram images in product detail section of
product page
Update Images By: Select option to update Instagram images based on hashtags or
username.
Hashtags: Enter comma separated hashtags using which you want to fetch Instagram
images in your Magento 2 store.
No. of Images to Show on Instagram Page: Enter the number of images you want to
show on Instagram page, leave empty for unlimited images.
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3. Updating Images:
Once you have successfully configured the extension, go to Instagram Integration
New Images. Here you can find a button “Update Images List”. Click it to fetch new
Instagram images and videos based on the settings you selected while configuration.
Once the images are fetched, you can approve or delete them as per your requirement.
You can see all the approved images at Instagram Integration Approved Images. You
can even delete them by clicking on each.
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4. Approved Images Manager:
Once you have selected the images that you want to display in frontend Instagram and
product page, now you can move further and set custom image information and link.
On click of Edit button, the admin can set image information that he or she wants to display
image description on hover of frontend Instagram image. The admin can also set link
redirection if needed.
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5. Instagram Images on Frontend:
Once you configured the extension, you can see approved Instagram image feed on
Magento 2 store frontend.
Instagram Images on Product page
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Instagram Images on Separate page
6. Deactivation of Extension in Case of Emergency
Go to app etc config.php and find ' Magecomp_Instagram' => 1, and replace 1
with 0.
If something goes wrong, please contact us at [email protected]
7. FAQs:
What if I get “Access denied” error after installation of the extension?
Whenever you get Access denied error while clicking on the extension tab after
installation, log out admin panel and re-login.
How can I display the Instagram images in other CMS pages?
The extension facilitates to display Instagram images on frontend in any CMS page
simply by pasting the below code in content part of CMS page.
{{block class="Magecomp\Instagrampro\Block\Homepage"
template="Magecomp_Instagrampro::instagrampro/homepage.phtml"}}
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