Description
Meks Easy Photo Feed (formerly Instagram) Widget WordPress plugin is made to help you display good looking Instagram photos with a few clicks of the button. Several smart options are provided to fine-tune the widget appearance in order to match your personal taste as well as match any WordPress theme style out of the box.
Features
- Pull Instagram images by username
- Multiple usernames
- Choose number of Instagram photos to pull
- Choose in how many columns you would like to display your Instagram photos
- Specify spacing between Instagram images
- Fine-tune widget container size to pull the most optimized Instagram image size and match the current theme layout
- Automatically display the «Follow me» link
- Built-in caching (via transients) for optimized performance
- Shortcode [meks_easy_photo_feed title=»Your Feed Title» username=»your_username» container_size=2000 columns=6 photo_space=5 photos_number=12 link_text=»your_username»]
- Instagram authorization required since Instagram «Basic Permission» API is now Legacy API
Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget plugin is created by Meks
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Installation
- Upload plugin .zip file to plugins via WordPress admin panel or upload unzipped folder to your wp-content/plugins/ folder
- Activate the plugin through the «Plugins» menu in WordPress
- Go to Appearance -> Widgets to add widget and manage its options
FAQ
For any questions, error reports and suggestions please visit https://mekshq.com/contact
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Contributors & Developers
“Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.2.8
- Patched a minor security issue
1.2.7
- Improved: API version changed
1.2.6
- Fixed: A couple of issues related to Instagram API version changes
1.2.5
- Improved: Caching — always cache all 12 photos (maximum)
1.2.4
- Improved: Prevent XSS (possible security issue in rare cases and only if users are logged in)
1.2.2
- Added: Admin notification for meks plugins
1.2.1
- Added: Shortcode — Display Instagram Photo Feed anywhere with shortcode
- Improved: Improved Business API authorization flow and error handling
1.2
- Added: Full migration to Instagram Basic Display API since «Basic Permission» API is now Legacy API
1.1.2
- Fixed: Settings page link not properly displayed
1.1.1
- Fixed: Authorization flow not working properly for footer section in Meks themes
1.1
- Added: Authorization settings page (for websites/IPs which are not allowed to request images from Instagram directly)
1.0.7
- Improved: Workaround for websites on shared hosting/IP blocked by Instagram server which are unable to retrieve the images
- Modified: Removed options for lower refresh intervals to avoid possible IP blockings( now minimum refresh interval is 12 hours )
1.0.6
- Added: Option to select up to 12 columns (useful for horizontal widgetized areas)
- Modified: Plugin name changed to Meks Easy Photo Feed due to Instagram trademark policy rules
1.0.5
- Added: Option to change widget refresh time
1.0.4
- Fixed: Pulling images by username stopped working due to Instagram API changes
- Improved: A slight code refactoring
1.0.3
- Fixed: Pulling images by username recently stopped working due to Instagram API changes
1.0.2
- Minor styling issues fixed
1.0.1
- Pulling images by hashtag is slightly modified under the hood due to Instagram API changes
1.0
- Initial release