Install
This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.
Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:
wp plugin install https://github.com/wearesideways/sw-classic-ig-plugin/archive/refs/heads/master.zipOn Packagist as sidewaysnyc/sw-classic-ig:
composer require sidewaysnyc/sw-classic-igNo built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
SW Classic Instagram Plugin
Custom Wordpress plugin to import Instagram posts to WP posts (This is a replacement for the dsgnwrks-instagram-importer plugin).
Configuration Vars
You must define following keys to be able to connect with the FB Graph API:
define('SW_IG_FB_APP_ID', 'XXXX');
define('SW_IG_FB_APP_SECRET', 'XXXXX');
Plugin Settings
You can set different settings by project, you must define them on your local-config.php (or wp-config.php) file:
- Post Type Name:
define('SW_IG_POST_TYPE', 'instagram') - Default Post Status:
define('SW_IG_POST_STATUS', 'publish') - On/Off to remove hashtags from title (dsgnwrks remove from post_title, post_content, post_excerpt):
define('SW_IG_REMOVE_HASHTAGS', false)
Features
- Plugin settings page to login and sync feed.
- Login with FB Business Accounts (must have an Instagram Page Linked)
- Can login multiple accounts and each account can have many pages/ig_pages linked to it.
- Import the last 20 Instagram posts as WP Posts.
- It has validations to prevent duplicated entries compared with the current records on the database.
- The import is manually.
- Custom settings depending on the project
- Set custom posts type name
- Set default status post
- Set on/off remove hashtags on IG posts title
- Setting to enable or disable WP Cron Job for daily automatic imports
- This will import from all the configured accounts
- In WP multisites, there will be a configuration page by each subsite
Releases
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v3.1.0
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