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1. Get The Plugin (Instafeed.js)
Instafeed.js is a crazy simple way to grab an Instagram feed and pop it into your website. You can download the Instafeed.js file for free here at this link and save the .js file where you can find it later.
2. Create Client ID via Instagram
You’ll want to log into your Instagram account and go to this link http://instagram.com/developer/clients/manage/ to find the page where you will be able to register a new client. We will want to create a new “client” for this feed project. NOTE: Before being able to create a new client, you may need to confirm your phone number on Instagram.
3. Name Client ID via Instagram
Give your Client ID an Application Name, a Description, as well as Website and Redirect URI, fill out the CAPTCHA and hit the “Register” button to create that new Client ID. We’re not going to go over exactly what the authentication process via oAuth and the rediect_uri is here in this tutorial, but if you have questions Instagram has some information you can check out as well as running a couple Google searches.
4. Writing some HTML
The Instafeed.js script looks for a div with the id “instafeed”. We’re going to add that a div to our code and give it that id. See my screenshot to see the code I placed and to see where I placed it.
[code type=”markup” title=”Add div”]
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5. Link to the JavaScript File
Jump up to the header portion of your HTML document and add this one line of code to link to wherever you have saved your Instafeed.js file.
[code type=”markup” title=”Link to JavaScript”][/code] 
6. Start Adding JavaScript
I’m going to start by creating another open and closing script tag here below my call to grab the JavaScript file. [code type=”markup” title=”Adding JavaScript”]// [/code]
7. Create a New Variable
We’re going place this code within our script tag that we just created. We want to create a new variable which will contain the parameters of our Instagram feed which is displayed on our website (The tag which we’re targeting, the size or resolution of the images, ordering, number of images, and a bunch more. We have options here.) You can check out the code below.
[code type=”javascript” title=”Add the variable”]var feed = new Instafeed ({
});[/code]
8. Choose Our Tag
Now we’ll specify that we want to grab images that are tagged with a specific tag and then choose which tag we want to target. Here I am targeting a tag I created in Summer of 2013 for a film project entitled “Philly Is Ugly” that I was working on at the time. We’ll be targeting ‘phillyisugly’ (#phillyisugly).
[code type=”javascript” title=”Get tagged images”]var feed = new Instafeed ({
get: ‘tagged’,
tagName: ‘phillyisugly’,
});[/code]
9. Add the Client ID to Make It Work
To make this feed work, simply paste in your Client ID to ensure proper authentication and we have to add a little line of code outside of our variable to tell this function to RUN! Check out the code below to see exactly what I wrote. Test your file in your browser and you will see a populated bunch of images from Instagram.
[code type=”javascript” title=”Add Client ID & Run!”]var feed = new Instafeed ({
get: ‘tagged’,
tagName: ‘phillyisugly’,
clientId: ’78a4558a72544a10a4c625e21fe755bb’
});
feed.run();
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10. Making Changes to Feed
With a few simple adjustments you can quickly change the images that are fed into your site. Obviously you can simply change the tag that is loaded, but you also can grab the latest popular images on Instagram at that moment by adjusting the code as I have.
[code type=”javascript” title=”Get popular images”]var feed = new Instafeed ({
get: ‘popular’,
clientId: ’78a4558a72544a10a4c625e21fe755bb’
});
feed.run();
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11. Limit Images and Linking
I’m going to go back to loading my “phillyIsUgly” tag and we’re going to take a look at loading more than just our initial 16 images. We want to load 32 images and also let’s look at removing the link to the Instagram image. NOTE: You can load up to 60 images at one time via Instagram.
[code type=”javascript” title=”Links & Limits”]var feed = new Instafeed ({
get: ‘tagged’,
tagName: ‘phillyisugly’,
limit: ’32’,
links: ‘false’,
clientId: ’78a4558a72544a10a4c625e21fe755bb’
});
feed.run();
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12. CSS Finishing Touches
Using a little CSS, I am able to add some spacing between my images here as well as a simple opacity shift when the user hovers over any image. NOTE: You may want to have the link to the Instagram image if you’re creating some kind of interaction when the user rolls over one of the images.
[code type=”css” title=”CSS code & styling”]
#instafeed img {
padding:5px;
opacity:0.8;
filter:alpha(opacity=80);
}
#instafeed img:hover {
opacity:1;
filter:alpha(opacity=100);
}
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13. That’s It!
There you have it, a simple way to pipe an Instagram feed into your website. Be sure to explore all the features on the Instafeed.js page and really check out the power they’ve packed into this quick and easy script. Thanks, Instafeed team!
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