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How to post a carousel to Instagram

Add two to ten pictures to one Instagram image post in Munshi. Drag them into order, then schedule it. It takes about three minutes.

Before you start

  • Instagram connected to the workspace, as a Business or Creator account. The Instagram page says how to connect it.
  • The pictures, as JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF files.

  1. Start an image post

    Click New at the top of the sidebar, then pick Image post. On Instagram, an image post with more than one picture is a carousel.

    The What are we making dialog with the Image post card outlined in red.

  2. Send it to Instagram

    Click Instagram to add it. A new post starts with one network already picked. If the carousel is only for Instagram, click that one to take it off.

    The composer's network row with Instagram ticked and LinkedIn switched off.

  3. Write the caption

    Type the caption in the Caption box. A carousel has one caption for all its pictures. Instagram takes up to 2,200 characters.

    The Caption box with a two-sentence caption typed in.

  4. Add the pictures

    Click Upload images and pick all the pictures at once, or drop them on the box. They land in a row, each numbered with its place in the carousel.

    The Images row holding four uploaded pictures numbered 1 to 4, with a plus tile to add more.

  5. Drag them into order

    Drag a picture onto the place you want it. The numbers follow, and the carousel opens on picture 1.

    The Images row after the fourth picture was dragged to the front, where it is now numbered 1.

  6. Check the Instagram tab

    Open the Instagram tab. It shows the pictures in order, the caption count and Post type. Keep Post, because that type sends several pictures as one carousel.

    The Instagram tab with Post type set to Post and the four pictures shown, in their new order, as shared media.

  7. Pick the time

    Under When, pick Schedule and set the date and time. Munshi reads the time in your workspace's time zone.

    The When row with Schedule selected and a date and time filled in.

  8. Schedule it

    Click Schedule post. If the Instagram version breaks a rule, such as more than 10 pictures, Munshi says which rule. Nothing is scheduled until you fix it.

    The Schedule post button at the bottom right of the composer, outlined in red.

  9. Find it in the queue

    Munshi takes you to Social. Open the Scheduled tab to see the carousel with its time. Edit opens it again, and Unschedule takes it back to drafts.

    The Scheduled tab of the Social page listing the carousel for Instagram with its time.

Where you are now

The carousel is booked for Instagram, with its pictures in the order you set. It waits in the Scheduled queue and on the Calendar until its time, then goes out on its own.

If something goes wrong

“Instagram takes up to 10 media items. Remove 2.”

Remove the extra pictures with the cross on their thumbnails in the All platforms tab. The post holds more than ten, and the mark on the Instagram tab clears once it fits.

“Instagram needs a photo or video.”

Add the pictures in the All platforms tab. Wait for the numbered row to appear before you schedule. No picture made it into the post.

A picture is refused with “an image post takes JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF images.”

Export the picture as JPG or PNG and upload it again. An image post cannot carry its current format.

The carousel was scheduled in the wrong order

Open Scheduled on the Social page and click Edit. Drag the pictures into order in the All platforms tab. Then click Save (keep schedule), and Munshi books it again at the same time.

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