Schedule Instagram Stories.
Pick a photo or a clip, mention the people in it, and send it at the hour your followers open Instagram — so your story is up in the morning without you.
Your first post is free. No credit card.
The numbers
What Instagram accepts for this format. The composer shows every one of these before you press Schedule.
- Frame
- 9:16, fitted for you
- Clip length
- Up to 60 seconds, set by Instagram
- Caption
- None — the picture is the story
- A day
- 100 posts, set by Instagram
A photo or a clip
One picture or one video becomes a story. The preview shows the 9:16 frame exactly.
Cropped to the story frame
A wide photo is fitted to the story frame for you. What you see is what goes out.
Mention people
Mention the people in the story and Instagram places the sticker for you.
A receipt for every story
When it is live you get a link to it. You never wonder if it went out.
The story frame, before you post.
Choose a photo or a clip. xpost fits it to the story frame and shows exactly what Instagram will show. A story carries no caption, so the picture is the whole story.
How a story goes out
- 01
Pick one photo or one clip
A wide picture is cropped to the story frame for you. The preview is exactly what goes up.
- 02
Mention who is in it
Type a handle and Instagram places the mention sticker. Text, links and other stickers can only be added in the Instagram app.
- 03
Up at the hour you set
It goes out on the minute and you get a link while the story is live. Stories report no reach, so the receipt is the record.
What a story can carry
What xpost can publish to Instagram today. The composer checks every one of these before you press Schedule.
| What | In xpost |
|---|---|
| Post types | Story, from one photo or one video |
| Pictures and video | 1 photo or 1 video, fitted to the 9:16 story frame |
| Caption length | None. Instagram shows no caption on a story |
| First comment | Not a thing on this format |
| Tagging | Mentions of people, placed as stickers by Instagram |
| Also | A link to the live story when it is published |
| Daily limit | 100 posts a day per account, set by Instagram |
More on Instagram
One page per format, with the limits that apply to it.
Questions people ask
Yes, a photo or a video story. Pick the time and it goes out on the minute; you get a link when it is live.
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