Also Post to Instagram Story
Automatically post the same media to your Instagram Story when your feed post or reel publishes.
Want your feed posts and reels to also appear in your Story? posterly can automatically publish the same media to your Instagram Story right after the main post goes live — no manual reposting needed.
How to use it
- Open the composer and select your Instagram account with media attached
- In the Instagram Post Type selector, pick either Feed Post or Reel
- Toggle on Also post to Story (the switch right below the post type buttons)
- Schedule or publish as normal
When the main post publishes successfully, posterly will create a second Story using the same image or video.
Supported post types
| Post type | Also post to Story |
|---|---|
| Feed (image) | Yes |
| Reel (video) | Yes |
| Carousel | No — Instagram's API does not support carousel Stories |
| Story | Hidden — already a Story |
| Story Series | Hidden — already a Story |
Important: this isn't the native "Share to Story"
This is not the same as tapping "Add post to your story" inside the Instagram app. Instagram's Graph API does not expose that feature to third-party tools. Instead, posterly publishes the same media as a separate, independent Story.
What this means:
- The Story will not show a "tap to see original post" card linking back to the feed post
- No stickers, text overlays, polls, links, or interactive elements (Instagram's API doesn't support any of these on API-published Stories)
- The Story expires after 24 hours (standard Instagram behavior)
Media sizing tips
- Reels: Already 9:16 vertical — Stories will display perfectly
- Feed posts with square images (1:1): Will display with black bars above and below on Stories
- Feed posts with landscape images: Will look cramped on Stories — not recommended
For the cleanest experience, use 9:16 vertical media when enabling this toggle for a feed post.
If the Story fails
Story publishing runs as a best-effort step after your main post succeeds. If the Story fails (rare — typically due to an Instagram API hiccup or processing timeout on video), your main feed post or reel will still be marked as published. The Story failure is logged but won't affect your scheduled post's status.