Some time ago we reviewed and tested the available modules for the integration of Instagram into a Drupal website. Doing so we tested the following modules:
- Instagram Feeds (Drupal 10/9/8, Drupal 7)
- Media Entity Instagram (Drupal 10/9)
- Drupagram (Drupal 7)
- Instagram Social Feed (Drupal 7)
While installing and configuring the 3. Drupagram and 4. Instagram Social Feed module we encountered some difficulties. Apparently these modules do not work properly "out of the box". Hence we recommend you not to use them. The installation and configuration of the 1. Instagram Feeds and the 2. Instagram Block module on the other hand went very smooth. They apparently both work perfectly "out of the box".
Recommended Drupal modules for the integration of Instagram
1. Instagram Feeds (Drupal 9/8, Drupal 7)
If you are looking for a more advanced integration, then Instagram Feeds module is the right choice. As the name indicates it creates a feed with whom the images and lots of meta data is fetched from Instagram and stored in your website/database. This brings the great advantage that you can now create pages and blocks using views. As you know this brings you maximum flexibility: Using views you can virtually create anything you wish! Though it is unsupported now, it still works nicely for Drupal 7 websites.
This is a Feature module. It allows you to create Instagram feeds for your site that will download images from Instagram using filtering by hashtags and / or usernames. You can use default module presets, so the absolutely ready for use features will be available.
2. Media Entity Instagram (Drupal 10, Drupal 9)
This module uses Instagrams oembed API to fetch the instagram html and all the metadata. After enabling the module, you can create a new Media Type choosing "Instagram" on the provider dropdown. A source field will be automatically created and configured on the Media Type if this is the first Instagram type on the site. If you need to have additional types, you can choose to reuse an existing field as source, or create one field per type. Source fields for the Instagram Media Type need to be plain text or link fields.
This module provides Instagram integration for Media (i.e. media type provider plugin).
3. Drupagram (Drupal 7)
In this implementation the module will interact with the Instagram API and be able to fetch media items. Advanced methods like relationships between Instagram users and such will be added later on.
Drupagram is the missing Drupal + Instagram integration module.
4. Instagram Social Feed (Drupal 7)
Drupal module to pull data from Instagram based on user or hashtag. Includes moderator settings, integrates with Drupal cron, and provides a block to display the latest photos. Many services offer embedded HTML or Javascript snippets you can paste into blocks that will display feed content, but this module gives you control over how that content is themed, and also provides SEO benefits because it is directly served inside the page when search engines crawl your site.
This module can provide you detailed control and configuration over embedding social feeds from Instagram in your site.
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