Schedule and Post to social media
AutoReel can post your videos to Instagram and Facebook for you.
Step by Step Video Walkthrough (4 minutes)
Connect your accounts once, then post right away or set a time for later.
Find it in the sidebar under Social media manager to get started.
Requirements
Note: For security and privacy reasons, Facebook and Instagram impose certain requirements to enable social sharing.
Check and confirm the below requirements are met before proceeding.
Instagram Account must be a Business or Creator account (both are free)
Instagram does not let outside apps post from personal accounts
A Facebook Page you are an admin of
You can only post to a Facebook page rather than personal timeline.
Switching Instagram to a professional account is free and takes about two minutes. You keep your followers and your posts.
Someone else runs your Facebook Page? Ask them to give you Facebook access with full control. Partial control is not enough. Send them this resource: How do I give someone access to my Facebook Page?
Connect your accounts
Do this one time to connect your social media accounts.
Open Social media manager from the sidebar.
Click Connect account in the top right.
A secure window opens. Log in and pick your account.
You land back on AutoReel and see the account marked Connected.
Connect Instagram, a Facebook Page, or both.
Post a video
Find a finished video in your listings.
Click Share > Post on socials.
Then fill out the post details:
Pick your accounts. All connected accounts are checked already. Click a card to turn one off.
Write your caption. Type it, or click Generate with AI and edit what you get. The counter shows how many characters you have left. It turns red if you go over.
Pick your timing.
Post now sends it right away. This is the default.
Post later shows a date and time picker. Set the day and time, then click Schedule post.
You land on the Social media manager page so you can watch it go out.
Track your posts
Navigate to Social Media Manager from your sidebar to see a table which shows every post and it's status. You can use the filters to switch between All, Scheduled, Posted, and Failed.
Each row shows the video, the account, the scheduled time, and a status.
Scheduled
Waiting for its time. Nothing to do.
Publishing
Going out now.
Posted
It is live. Click View to see it.
Retrying
Something went wrong. AutoReel is trying again.
Needs attention
It got stuck. Take a look.
Failed
It did not go out. Click Retry.
Canceled
You called it off. You can reschedule it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Wrong Facebook Page name
Disconnect, connect again, pick the right Page
Your Instagram account does not show up
It is still a personal account, or it is not connected to a Page. Fix both in Before you start
Schedule button does nothing
Pick at least one account, and set a date and time
Caption will not save
It is too long. Trim it until the counter turns back to normal
Post says Failed
Click Retry. If it fails again, reconnect the account and reschedule
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