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Instagram API changes 2018: get ready for new Instagram Graph API

by goberoi on 2/6/18, 12:07 AM with 2 comments

• by kcsm on 2/6/18, 5:33 PM

  The article mentions : These are the Instagram plugins you can rely on: Instagram Feed – the best plugin to create galleries and portfolios with pictures from Instagram;

  If you read the deprecation notice, this will not be possible anymore after December, 11, 2018.

• by goberoi on 2/6/18, 12:20 AM

  tl;dr: Instagram is significantly tightening up access to their platform. The existing API is being deprecated in favor of a heavier permissions based system, and functionality available to all today, will be restricted to medium-to-large businesses down the road.

  This is relevant to the HN community: builders who have enjoyed access to Instagram will now be severely restricted, which will limit future applications.

  Finally: this is probably not a huge surprise. LinkedIn did this a couple of years ago, and of course Facebook has been tightening up access for years.