{"id":13224,"date":"2025-02-05T09:24:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T09:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.help.dailyfy.co\/categories\/planning-and-publication\/publication-errors\/reel-instagram-video-format\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T14:57:33","slug":"reel-instagram-video-format","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/en\/categories\/planning-and-publication\/publication-errors\/reel-instagram-video-format\/","title":{"rendered":"Reel Instagram video format"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13224\" class=\"elementor elementor-13224 elementor-12962\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ebdc1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ebdc1b\" 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-804acf3\" data-id=\"804acf3\" 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-4ed1767 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ed1767\" 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>When you <strong class=\"font-semibold\">post<\/strong> a Reel video on Instagram, there are a few things you need to remember, otherwise your video may not be published&#8230; \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p>Normally, Dailyfy informs you of errors before you <strong class=\"font-semibold\">program<\/strong> your post, but sometimes it&#8217;s possible that your video won&#8217;t be <strong class=\"font-semibold\">published<\/strong> because of a format error. 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