The EmbedSocial platform supports WordPress and in the tutorial below we will show you how to easily embed your Instagram Stories in WordPress.
The EmbedStories platform provides two options to display your social media on a WordPress website.
With a javascript code
With a shortcode
Option 1: Embed javascript code
The first and the easiest option is to embed the default javascript code.
After you generate your social media feeds in your EmbedStories account, you will need to copy the provided code from Widgets as shown below.
Once you have the code go to WordPress.
Choose the page where you want to add the stories to
Click the + button in the new editor
Choose Shortcode or Custom HTML
Thst's it! Make sure to click Save once you're done.
Option 2. Embed shortcode
To display stories on WordPress websites with the help of shortcodes, first you will need to Install the official EmbedSocial WordPress plugin
To install and activate the EmbedSocial plugin follow the steps below.
Log in to your WordPress admin, navigate to Plugins
Click the button Add new
Type EmbedSocial in the search field
Once the result is displayed just click Install now and then click Activate
Again, get the WordPress shortcode from your Widgets
Once you have the code go back to your WordPress Page and paste the shortcode into the Shortcode block as highlighted below.
That's it!
Make sure you click Save once you're done.
And here's a preview of how you Instagram stories widget will look like on your WordPress page.
If you have any questions or need more help, please feel free to reach out and chat with us or send us an email at support@embedsocial.com
Also, If you feel like you need a demo of our product, with our EmbedSocial account managers, please click the Calendly link, and schedule one!
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