{"id":20461,"date":"2022-07-18T05:58:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T05:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=20461"},"modified":"2022-07-18T05:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T05:58:29","slug":"how-to-post-from-facebook-to-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-post-from-facebook-to-instagram","title":{"rendered":"How to Post From Facebook to Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9ae5ac2d38\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9ae5ac2d38\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9ae5ac2d38\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-post-from-facebook-to-instagram\/#How_to_Post_From_Facebook_to_Instagram\" title=\"How to Post From Facebook to Instagram\">How to Post From Facebook to Instagram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-post-from-facebook-to-instagram\/#Cross-posting_functionality_is_only_available_for_Facebook_pages\" title=\"Cross-posting functionality is only available for Facebook pages\">Cross-posting functionality is only available for Facebook pages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-post-from-facebook-to-instagram\/#Its_possible_to_cross-post_from_your_computer\" title=\"It&#8217;s possible to cross-post from your computer\">It&#8217;s possible to cross-post from your computer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-post-from-facebook-to-instagram\/#Its_possible_to_change_your_Facebook_password\" title=\"It&#8217;s possible to change your Facebook password\">It&#8217;s possible to change your Facebook password<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Post_From_Facebook_to_Instagram\"><\/span>How to Post From Facebook to Instagram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-height:253px; height:auto; max-width:35% width:auto; margin:0px 10px;\" alt=\"Why cant I post from Facebook to Instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/emS5QpJ.jpg\" align=\"left\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wanted to cross-post from Facebook to Instagram, but can&#8217;t seem to figure it out, you&#8217;re not alone. Cross-posting only works for Facebook pages, and Instagram doesn&#8217;t allow you to cross-post directly from your computer. But don&#8217;t worry; there are ways to get around that. These include changing your password, or finding a way to post from your computer.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cross-posting_functionality_is_only_available_for_Facebook_pages\"><\/span>Cross-posting functionality is only available for Facebook pages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to cross-post a video from your Facebook page to your Twitter profile, you must first add your pages to the platform. Once you&#8217;ve done that, you will see a notification that says how many videos you can cross-post. When you click on &#8220;Create Post with this video,&#8221; you can customize the video to fit your Page&#8217;s needs. Cross-posting video from Facebook to Twitter can be very useful for increasing your page&#8217;s overall reach.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to cross-post from Facebook to Instagram, you must first enable cross-posting on your Facebook page. This feature is available to business accounts only, and not personal accounts. Unfortunately, you can&#8217;t cross-post to Instagram if you have two-factor authentication enabled. You can disable two-factor authentication on your Instagram account before you enable the feature, but you will need to publish both posts &#8220;now&#8221; so that both posts show up live on the other platform.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook is gradually rolling out new ways to cross-post content to your other social media channels, and this allows you to share content with more people. For example, social media expert Matt Navarra highlighted new sharing prompts. These prompts may appear on your Facebook page&#8217;s desktop version, but they might also appear on your Instagram account if you publish a text-only post. The best way to use cross-posting to increase your reach is to share your content with your followers on all platforms you can.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_possible_to_cross-post_from_your_computer\"><\/span>It&#8217;s possible to cross-post from your computer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you use Facebook to make a post, you might want to cross-post it to Instagram, too. It&#8217;s possible, but you&#8217;ll have to do it in two steps, one for Facebook and another for Instagram. First, you need to log into both services. Facebook should allow cross-posting from your computer, but you&#8217;ll need to turn off two-factor authentication on both websites before you can use this feature.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible to cross-post from Facebook to Instagram, too, thanks to Facebook&#8217;s integration with the social media platform. While Instagram is predominantly a mobile app, there are several third-party tools that can post content to the platform from a desktop. You can also schedule posts to be published later using these tools. However, you should keep in mind that Instagram API limits the amount of content you can cross-post via third-party tools. To use cross-posting from Facebook to Instagram, you must have a Facebook business page linked to your account.<\/p>\n<p>First, you&#8217;ll need to post to Facebook. Once you&#8217;ve created an image post on Facebook, click &#8220;write a post&#8221; on Facebook. You&#8217;ll need to have an image in your Facebook post before you can cross-post to Instagram. To cross-post from your computer to Instagram, you&#8217;ll need to link both accounts. You can then schedule your posts to be published on both platforms at once with a social media scheduling tool.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_possible_to_change_your_Facebook_password\"><\/span>It&#8217;s possible to change your Facebook password<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve linked your Instagram account to your Facebook account and want to change the password, you can follow a few simple steps. First, log into the Facebook app and choose &#8220;Link Facebook.&#8221; After you sign in, click the blue Login button and choose the &#8220;Log In With&#8221; option. When you first sign in, Instagram gives you a random username and password. This is normal, but it&#8217;s not the best option. You can change these two items to something else after you login to the Facebook account.<\/p>\n<p>After logging in to Facebook, follow the directions to change your password. You can do this on desktop or mobile. Once you&#8217;re in the login screen, click the three horizontal lines to access the settings menu. If you&#8217;re on the mobile app, click &#8220;Settings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Log out of your Facebook account. First, go to the Instagram app and tap the profile section. Tap the settings option. Scroll down and tap &#8220;Log Out.&#8221; Alternatively, you can log into Facebook and select Log Out. 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