SDAweb Social Galleri Feed connects to the Instagram Graph API via a Facebook Page Access Token and displays your posts in a customizable grid gallery with lightbox. Built for speed — feeds load instantly on cached pages with zero network requests.

Features

Layout & Design
* Multiple layouts — Grid, masonry, and highlight modes
* Responsive columns — Separate settings for desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile
* Profile header — Avatar, username, follower count, bio, and follow button
* Hover effects — Overlay on image hover with gradient
* Color pickers — Customize likes icon, comments icon, and date text colors

Lightbox
* Fullscreen lightbox — Carousel navigation with keyboard and swipe support
* Swipe-up-to-close — Mobile-native gesture
* Engagement stats — Likes, comments, media type badge, and relative date

Content & Filtering
* Multiple feeds — Use feed_id attribute for independent feeds on different pages
* Hashtag filtering — Include or exclude posts by hashtag
* Media type filter — Filter by image, video, or carousel
* Load more — Paginated loading with customizable button

Performance
* Instant loading — Server-side inline JSON, zero network requests on cache hit
* REST API endpoint with legacy AJAX fallback
* Stale-while-revalidate — Expired cache served instantly while refreshing
* WP-Cron background refresh — Cache stays warm automatically
* Smart fetch limit — Only requests what’s needed from the API
* Lazy loading and incremental grid rendering
* Per-IP rate limiting

Localization
* All 30+ frontend strings configurable in admin (Norwegian defaults)
* Relative timestamps and month names customizable

Security
* Bearer token authentication — API token sent via Authorization header
* CSRF protection — check_admin_referer() on all admin actions
* XSS prevention — textContent used instead of innerHTML, all output escaped
* Clean uninstall — Removes all options, transients, and cron jobs

Accessibility
* Full keyboard navigation in lightbox and gallery
* ARIA labels and screen reader support
* Respects prefers-reduced-motion

Shortcode

[sdawsoga_gallery]

Shortcode Attributes

• feed_id — Unique ID for independent gallery instances
• limit — Number of posts to display (default: 9)
• columns — Number of columns (default: 3)
• layout — grid, masonry, or highlight
• aspect_ratio — square, portrait, instagram, or original
• padding — Gap between images in pixels
• show_header — Show/hide profile header (true/false)
• show_loadmore — Show/hide load more button (true/false)
• hover_effect — Enable/disable hover overlay (true/false)
• filter_type — all, image, video, or carousel
• hashtag — Only show posts containing this hashtag
• exclude_hashtags — Comma-separated hashtags to exclude

Requirements

• A Facebook Page connected to an Instagram Business or Creator account
• A valid Facebook Page Access Token with instagram_basic permission
• PHP 7.4+ and WordPress 5.8+

Third-Party Services

This plugin connects to the Instagram Graph API (via Facebook) to retrieve your Instagram posts, profile information, and engagement metrics.

• Service: Instagram Graph API / Facebook Graph API
• Website: https://developers.facebook.com/
• Terms of Use: https://developers.facebook.com/terms/
• Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/

When data is sent: When the plugin refreshes the feed cache (via WP-Cron background refresh or manual cache clear in the admin panel). With default settings, this happens approximately once per hour.

What data is sent: Your Facebook Page Access Token and Instagram Business Account ID are sent to Facebook’s servers to authenticate and retrieve your posts.

No visitor data is collected or transmitted. The plugin does not track site visitors or send any visitor information to external services.