How To Schedule Instagram Posts, Reels, and Stories With SocialPilot?

Instagram’s API update now allows SocialPilot users to schedule posts, reels, and stories directly for business accounts. This means you can create and schedule content without relying on mobile reminders. For personal profiles, however, users must use mobile reminders to publish posts and stories.

In this article, we will guide you through the steps to connect your Instagram account and schedule content for both business and personal accounts.

1. Scheduling Posts for Instagram Business Accounts

Here is how you can schedule posts for your Instagram Business accounts:

Go to Create Post.
Switch to the Instagram tab on the composer and select Post from the Post/ Story/ Reel toggle.

Upload your content and compose your post where you can add up to 10 images or one video. You can upload the images or video from either the local device or from the cloud storage accounts of Google Drive, Dropbox, or Box. Customize your content by adding captions, hashtags, image tags, location tags, and first comment. Click here to understand how to create custom posts for Instagram.
Select the Instagram accounts and then schedule the Post with one of the scheduling options given below the description field.

Now your post or reel will automatically be published on Instagram via direct publishing without any additional steps in between.

2. Scheduling Reels and Stories for Instagram Business Accounts

Go to Create Post.
Switch to the Instagram tab on the composer and select Post from the Post/ Story/ Reel toggle.
Upload your content and customize it with the options available for each type of post. Refer to this article to learn more about customizing your Instagram content. You can add an audio title, tags, and a custom Reel cover to your Reel.
Now select the two publishing options: Direct publishing and Mobile Reminder. You can choose either one to publish a Reel and Story from an Instagram public profile.

Select the Instagram accounts and then schedule the Post with one of the scheduling options given below the description field.

3. Scheduling Posts, Reels, and Stories for Personal Instagram Profiles

The process of scheduling a post, Reel, or Story is the same for personal Instagram Profiles. However, all publishing is done through mobile reminders only. Instagram does not allow direct publishing on personal profiles to third-party tools.

How To Schedule Instagram Posts With Mobile Reminders?

Access your dashboard and select your Instagram personal account.
Go to the Accounts section and click on Posts in the sidebar menu.
Select Create Post enter text, and upload images or videos.
Choose Mobile Reminder as the publishing option.
Set the date and time for the reminder.

SocialPilot will notify you on your mobile device to publish the content manually.

How To Schedule Instagram Stories and Reels With Mobile Reminders?

Follow the Same Steps as for Posts.
Select Story or Reels from the post type options.
Choose the media for Stories or Reels.
Schedule the mobile reminder for your preferred time.

To see the type of posts you can schedule from your Instagram business and personal account, click here.