MODX Revolution: latest posts from Instagram
- SORRY, IT'S OUT OF MAINTENANCEThis snippet allows us to get the latest posts from any non-private Instagram account.
N.B.! Please take into account, 12 latest posts can be returned only as it's limited by Instagram.
| Property | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| &accountName | Instagram account name | |
| &limit | Set the limit on the maximum number of items that will be displayed | 6 |
| &showVideo | Do we need to show the video as well? Available options: 1, 0 | 0 |
| &innerTpl | Inner chunk name | Instagram-Inner |
| &outerTpl | Outer chunk name | Instagram-Outer |
| &errorTpl | Error chunk name | Instagram-Error |
| &cacheEnabled | Do we need to cache the data from Instagram? Available options: 1, 0 | 1 |
| &cacheExpTime | Set the cache expiry time in seconds | 3600 |
Installation
Please download the package "InstagramLatestPosts" via MODX Package Manager or from MODX Extras and install it
OR
Follow the steps below
- Create the snippet called InstagramLatestPosts and copy the snippet code there
- Create three chunks with the following names
- Instagram-Outer
- Instagram-Inner
- Instagram-Error
- [optional] You can modify the chunk names above; if you do that please specify these names in the snippet parameters
- Copy the corresponding HTML code to the chunks above
- [optional] You can modify the chunk code as well; if you do that please use the following placeholders:
- Instagram-Outer
| Placeholder | Description |
|---|---|
| [[+accountUrl]] | The link to the Instagram profile |
| [[+items]] | The items returned from Instagram |
- Instagram-Inner
| Placeholder | Description |
|---|---|
| [[+link]] | The direct link to the corresponding post |
| [[+type]] | Type of the item; it can have two values only: image, video |
| [[+url]] | URL of the image or video depending on what you want to show |
| [[+user.profile_picture]] | URL of the user avatar |
| [[+user.username]] | Instagram account name |
| [[+user.full_name]] | Full name of account |
| [[+caption]] | Post caption |
| [[+likes]] | Post likes count |
| [[+comments]] | Post comments count |
| [[+poster]] | A poster image for video |
- Instagram-Error
| Placeholder | Description |
|---|---|
| [[+error]] | The error explaining the issue |
- Place the snippet call in MODX where it's needed
[[!InstagramLatestPosts? &accountName=`nike`]]
- Modify the properties if you like as shown below
Usage
[[!InstagramLatestPosts?
&accountName=`nike`
&limit=`10`
&showVideo=`1`
&innerTpl=`MyInnerTemplate`
&outerTpl=`MyOuterTemplate`
&cacheEnabled=`1`
&cacheExpTime=`1800`
]]
Contributing
If you have any idea or bug fix, feel free to fork the code and submit your pull request back to me. I will be happy to include your awesome changes in the code!
Donations
The donations are not required - just a few "thank you" words from you would be really great to get as well :) Though if you like this MODX Extra and you would like me to release the updates more often, feel free to send any amount through PayPal.
Thanks to all supporters :)