{"id":13049,"date":"2024-01-07T20:59:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T20:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.help.dailyfy.co\/categories\/planning-and-publication\/start-by-publishing\/how-do-i-publish-an-instagram-story\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:43:25","slug":"how-do-i-publish-an-instagram-story","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/en\/categories\/planning-and-publication\/start-by-publishing\/how-do-i-publish-an-instagram-story\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I publish an Instagram story?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13049\" class=\"elementor elementor-13049 elementor-10652\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb9bc49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb9bc49\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b5a8e5\" data-id=\"6b5a8e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f90aef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f90aef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Instagram stories are a great way to regularly reactivate your community and relay your posts.<\/p>\n<p>Stories on Instagram are only active for 24 hours. After that, you can always show it to your community through Headline Stories. <\/p>\n<p>With Dailyfy, you can easily publish and schedule a story for your Insta and FBK account.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b571150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"b571150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-alert{padding:15px;border-left:5px solid transparent;position:relative;text-align:left}.elementor-alert .elementor-alert-title{display:block;font-weight:700}.elementor-alert .elementor-alert-description{font-size:13px}.elementor-alert button.elementor-alert-dismiss{position:absolute;right:var(--dismiss-icon-horizontal-position,10px);top:var(--dismiss-icon-vertical-position,10px);padding:3px;font-size:var(--dismiss-icon-size,20px);line-height:1;background:transparent;color:var(--dismiss-icon-normal-color,inherit);border:none;cursor:pointer;transition-duration:var(--dismiss-icon-hover-transition-duration,.3s)}.elementor-alert button.elementor-alert-dismiss:hover{color:var(--dismiss-icon-hover-color,inherit)}.elementor-alert button.elementor-alert-dismiss svg{width:var(--dismiss-icon-size,20px);height:var(--dismiss-icon-size,20px);fill:var(--dismiss-icon-normal-color,currentColor);transition-duration:var(--dismiss-icon-hover-transition-duration,.3s)}.elementor-alert button.elementor-alert-dismiss svg:hover{fill:var(--dismiss-icon-hover-color,currentColor)}.elementor-alert.elementor-alert-info{color:#31708f;background-color:#d9edf7;border-color:#bcdff1}.elementor-alert.elementor-alert-success{color:#3c763d;background-color:#dff0d8;border-color:#cae6be}.elementor-alert.elementor-alert-warning{color:#8a6d3b;background-color:#fcf8e3;border-color:#f9f0c3}.elementor-alert.elementor-alert-danger{color:#a94442;background-color:#f2dede;border-color:#e8c4c4}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-alert{padding:10px}.elementor-alert button.elementor-alert-dismiss{right:7px;top:7px}}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert elementor-alert-info\" role=\"alert\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Important<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\"><p>Due to Instagram API limitations, users cannot add text, stickers, music, locations and other features. To publish stories, you must have a professional Instagram account, not a personal one. <\/p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"elementor-alert-dismiss\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Dismiss this alert.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b96dad2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b96dad2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02f20a5\" data-id=\"02f20a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4041115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4041115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Before preparing your story<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d6e3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3d6e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Due to Instagram&#8217;s API limitation, we are limited to these restrictions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They can only be published in one medium at a time. You can&#8217;t post a video and a photo in the same story. <\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Adding text effects or stickers to stories is not available<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Stories must comply with Instagram&#8217;s community guidelines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>The video used must be shorter than 90 sec.<\/li>\n<li>You can&#8217;t use polls or questions on videos.<\/li>\n<li>You can&#8217;t use links  <\/li>\n<li>You can&#8217;t use hashtags  <\/li>\n<li>You can&#8217;t use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instagram&#8217;s recommended formats for stories :<\/p>\n<p>It must always respect a 09:16 ratio with a minimum width of 500px.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Recommended image size<\/strong><\/span> : 1080 x 1920<\/p>\n<p>For videos, the maximum length is 90 seconds and the accepted video file types are .MP4, .MOV or .GIF.<\/p>\n<p>File size must be less than 100MB<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0c2b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c0c2b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Creating an Instagram story with Dailyfy<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-449a194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"449a194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can create Instagram stories from the composition page or from the Feed in the &#8220;story&#8221; section.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268614d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"268614d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the dialer<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8cfe3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8cfe3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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