How to embed Instagram stories on your website for FREE?
I will show you how to customize and embed Instagram stories on your website for free and why you need to do it.
Updated November 08, 2022
If you haven't heard of Instagram stories yet, it's a feature on Instagram that allows you to catch up on the past 24 hours of your favorite star, content creator, business, and your friends. Instagram Stories has been one of the most popular features to gain new subscribers and grow your follower count. And if this isn't intriguing enough, it's also possible to add your Instagram stories directly onto your website for free! In this blog post, I will show you how to embed Instagram stories on your website for free.
You will use your Instagram stories, website, and a free Instagram stories widget to complete this task. This will answer the question: How do I embed Instagram stories on my website?
CONTENTS
- Quick guide
- Complete guide
- Video guide
- Live demo
- Testimonials
- Examples
- Embed on website builder
- Embed now
- Support
- Related widgets
- Conclusion
- Please share!
Quick guide: Embed Instagram stories on your website for free
To embed Instagram stories on website for free, follow the steps below.
- Sign up FREE or login to SociableKIT.
- Create and customize your Instagram stories widget.
- Copy the Instagram stories widget embed code.
- Login to your website admin panel and create or edit a page.
- Paste the embed code where you want the Instagram stories widget to appear.
- Save and view your page. Done!
That's easy! Embedding Instagram stories widget on your website will take only 2 minutes. If you need a more detailed guide, scroll down to follow our complete guide or watch our video guide.
Complete guide
Follow our complete guide below to embed Instagram stories on your website for free. The guide is divided into two parts to make it easier to follow.
Create and customize your Instagram stories widget
The first part is creating your Instagram stories widget using the SociableKIT dashboard. Customize the look and feel to match your brand. Follow the steps below.
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Sign up FREE to SociableKIT. You will be automatically logged in after you enter your email and click the signup button. You can login here if you already have an account. Once you sign up, you will start your 7-day premium trial. After 7 days, you can activate the free plan if you don't need our premium features.
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Select "Instagram stories" on the dropdown. SociableKIT offers several social media feeds widgets. You might need to search it using the highlighted area below. Once found, you can then select it.
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Customize your feed. Click the "NEXT" button to show the customization options of your social feed. You can change the layout, colors, font, and more to match your brand. Click the Save changes button.
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Copy the embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right corner. Select your website builder. On the popup, copy the JavaScript embed code.
- Paste the embed code and save your website page. Please follow the second part below to add Instagram stories widget to your website.
Enter your Instagram username.
Add Instagram stories widget to your website
The second part is adding your Instagram stories widget to your website. After you customize your Instagram stories widget and copied the embed code, it is time to add it to your website. Follow the steps below.
- Copy your free Instagram stories widget embed code. Make sure you followed the first part above. It detailed how to you can create and customize your widget to get your free embed code.
- Create a new web page or edit your existing web page where you want the widget to appear.
- Open your webpage. You might use a code editor, a rich text editor, or a code block.
- Paste the embed code you copied from SociableKIT earlier.
- Save and publish your web page.
- View your web page with the widget. Done!
Are you using a specific content management system or website builders like Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, or Shopify? You may refer to specific steps on this page's "Embed on website builder" section. You may also contact our support to assist you or point you to the specific tutorial.
Video Guide: Embed Instagram stories on your website for free
Watch our YouTube video below to learn how to embed Instagram stories on your website for free.
Live demo
Below, you can see a live demo of our Instagram stories widget. You can click on different layouts such as Masonry layout, Grid, and Carousel if available.
Testimonials
Thousands of creators and business owners have already embedded Instagram stories on their website using SociableKIT. They love our service! Here's what they tell us.
"Great features! Very responsive support, and amazing quick turn around on enhancement request."
"An amazing set of plug-in solutions for a large number of social media web site integrations. I would lie if I said I've tried them all, but the ones I'm using are just stellar. The support is also superb. Not only are they helping you with all the little problems you might encounter, but they also listen to requests for new features. Requested features are then - more often than not - swiftly implemented. I wish all companies had support like theirs. I really can't recommend Sociablekit enough! 👍"
"A fantastic set of plugins that truly helps navigate the ever changing world of social media and keeping our various platforms connected. The support team is fantastic and they have really been responsive to our needs."
"I have to hand it to a company that goes above and beyond with their customer service... your team is a notch above anything I've experienced. Great software, great support - what else can you ask for?"
"This was a great way to easily embed Google Reviews into my client's Wix site. I had trouble at first because the business has no physical address listed, but the support team helped me out and everything is running smoothly so far. I recommend!"
"It actually works, is very easy to implement, super powerful, looks great, and the price is right."
"Amazing customer service! I really love how quick the widget works. It looks beautiful! Glad I was able to find it."
Instagram stories on Website Examples
Gartenlaube Instagram Stories
Gartenlaube is a brand that has been an integral part of Heilbronn's nightlife for four decades for dancing, partying, and having fun. They use the SociableKIT Instagram Stories widget to promote their varied music program, which offers variety for everyone and ranges from the late 70s to current titles from today's charts on their website.
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Embed Instagram stories widget on your website builder
Are you using a specific website builder or content management system (CMS)? SociableKIT can work with any website builder. The following sections will show you how to use the Instagram stories widget code on commonly used website builders.
Embed Instagram stories on your Squarespace website
To embed Instagram stories on your Squarespace website, follow the steps below.- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Instagram stories widget. Create a Instagram stories widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Squarespace website.
- Copy the Instagram stories widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Squarespace. You must have a "Business" account in Squarespace to use the widget. The "code block" needed cannot be found if you only have a "Personal" account.
- Create a new blank page or edit your existing page. Identify which page you want the widget to appear. You can create a new page on Squarespace, or you can edit your existing page where you want the widget to appear.
- Add a Code Block. On your Squarespace page, click the 'Edit' button. Find the 'Code' block and click it.
- Paste the embed code from SociableKIT. On the 'Content' of the 'Code' block, paste the JavaScript embed code you have copied from your widget.
- Save the changes on the 'Code block'. After pasting your widget's embed code. Click the 'Save' button on the left part of the page.
- View your page. Refresh your Squarespace page and check your SociableKIT widget. Done!
Embed Instagram stories on Squarespace complete guide
Embed Instagram stories on your WordPress website
To embed Instagram stories on your WordPress website, follow the steps below.- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Instagram stories widget. Create a Instagram stories widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your WordPress website.
- Copy the Instagram stories widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to your WordPress site.
- Create a new WordPress page or edit your existing page.
- On the body of your page, click the plus icon and click Custom HTML.
- Paste the code in the text area.
- To preview, click the preview tab.
- Click the Publish or Update button of your WordPress page.
- Click view page. Done!
Embed Instagram stories on WordPress complete guide
Embed Instagram stories on your Weebly website
To embed Instagram stories on your Weebly website, follow the steps below.- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Instagram stories widget. Create a Instagram stories widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Weebly website.
- Copy the Instagram stories widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Weebly.
- Create a new page or edit your existing page.
- On the top menu, click "Build".
- On the sidebar, drag "Embed Code" option on your page.
- Click to set custom HTML. Click "Edit HTML".
- Paste the code you copied from SociableKIT.
- In the upper right corner, click the “Publish” button.
- Click the link to your site. Done!
Embed Instagram stories on Weebly complete guide
Embed Instagram stories on your Wix website
To embed Instagram stories on your Wix website, follow the steps below.- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Instagram stories widget. Create a Instagram stories widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Wix website.
- Copy the Instagram stories widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Wix.
- Create a new page or edit your existing page.
- On the left, click "Add". Click "More".
- Drag "Embed a site" on your page. Resize the container.
- Click "Enter Website Address".
- Paste the link you copied from SociableKIT.
- Click "Publish" on the upper right.
- Click "View site". Done!
Embed Instagram stories on Wix complete guide
Embed Instagram stories on your Webflow website
To embed Instagram stories on your Webflow website, follow the steps below.- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Instagram stories widget. Create a Instagram stories widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Webflow website.
- Copy the Instagram stories widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Webflow.
- Create a new page or edit your existing page.
- On the left, click "Add Element".
- Drag "Embed" to your page.
- Paste the JavaScript code you copied from SociableKIT.
- On the upper right, click "Publish" > "Publish to Selected Domains".
- View your page. Done!
Embed Instagram stories on Webflow complete guide
Embed Instagram stories on your Shopify website
To embed Instagram stories on your Shopify website, follow the steps below.- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Instagram stories widget. Create a Instagram stories widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Shopify website.
- Copy the Instagram stories widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Shopify.
- On the left side, click Online Store.
- Click Pages. Add a new page or edit your existing page.
- On the Page details, click Show HTML icon (<>).
- Paste the embed code and click the Save button.
- Click the View page button. Done!
Embed Instagram stories on Shopify complete guide
Embed Instagram stories on your HTML website
To embed Instagram stories on your HTML website, follow the steps below.- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Instagram stories widget. Create a Instagram stories widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your HTML website.
- Copy the Instagram stories widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Open your HTML file.
- You can create a new HTML page or edit your existing HTML page.
- Paste the Javascript code you copied from SociableKIT. Paste it where you want the widget to appear.
- Save your HTML page.
- You may now upload your HTML page to your web hosting.
Embed Instagram stories on HTML complete guide
Embed Instagram stories on your Google Sites website
To embed Instagram stories on your Google Sites website, follow the steps below.- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Instagram stories widget. Create a Instagram stories widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Google Sites website.
- Copy the Instagram stories widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Google sites. You must have at least a 'Business Starter' plan to create and customize your Google sites.
- Create or edit an existing website. Click the + 'Blank' button on the 'Start a new site' section to create or find your existing website under the 'Recent sites' section.
- Create a new blank page or edit your existing page. Identify which page you want the widget to appear. On the right sidebar, you will see an 'Embed' button. Click the 'Embed' button.
- Add the widget. A popup 'Embed from the web' will open up. Select the 'Embed code' tab on the popup.
- Paste the embed code from SociableKIT. On the 'Embed code' tab, you will see 'HTML code goes here' text. Paste the embed code from your SociableKIT widget.
- Save the widget. Once you have pasted your embed code, click the 'Next' button.
- Preview of your SociableKIT widget. After clicking the Next button, a preview of your embed code will be displayed. Click the 'Insert' button to insert the widget to your Google sites page.
- Edit the widget. Once the widget has been inserted, you will have the option to resize the widget. After resizing the widget to your preferences, click the 'Publish' button on the upper right corner of the page.
- Publish your page. After publishing the site, click the down 'Arrow' button beside the 'Publish' button.
- View your page. A dropdown of buttons will be displayed, click the 'View published site' button. Done!
Embed Instagram stories on Google Sites complete guide
Embed Instagram stories on your Sharepoint website
To embed Instagram stories on your Sharepoint website, follow the steps below.- Sign up free to SociableKIT. Sign up for a free account on SociableKIT or login if you already have an account.
- Create and customize your Instagram stories widget. Create a Instagram stories widget and customize the colors, fonts, and other elements to match your Sharepoint website.
- Copy the Instagram stories widget embed code. Click the "Embed on website" button on the upper right and copy the embed code.
- Login to Sharepoint.
- Create a new blank page or edit existing Sharepoint page.
- On the upper right corner, click the 'Edit' button.
- Hover on your page and click the + icon.
- Find the 'Embed' or <> icon.
- Paste the embed code from SociableKIT.
- Click the 'Publish' or 'Republish' button.
- Upload your page online. Done!
Embed Instagram stories on Sharepoint complete guide
Did not see your website builder? You can find Instagram stories + any website builder tutorials here or ask our support team if SociableKIT can integrate with your website builder.
This Instagram Stories feed is part of our Instagram feed widget categories.
Conclusion
Instagram did a great job with their stories. With it, you can add unique photos and videos and make your followers interact with them. This type of social media content is becoming more popular, so it's no wonder businesses, content creators and many more want to share their product and services through Instagram stories on their websites and blogs.
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