To configure post elements, navigate to Elevated › Instagram Feed, open your feed in edit mode, and proceed to Step 4 (Post Elements). Under the Posts panel, you can set the Image Aspect Ratio. You can also toggle thumbnail metadata elements like Likes Count, Comments Count, Text, and Autoplay Video to ON or OFF, define custom post-click actions, and customize your lightbox modal elements.
Navigate to Elevated › Instagram Feed inside your WordPress dashboard sidebar. Click the My Feeds tab, locate your target feed from the list, and click the Edit button to launch the wizard.
At the top of the wizard, click step 4 (Post Elements) to load your configuration panel.
Under the Posts panel in the left-hand column, configure your baseline thumbnail parameters:
Locate the Post Click Action dropdown to choose what occurs when a visitor clicks an image in your feed:
If you selected Open in Modal under the Post Click Action setting, click the Modal Elements accordion header below to expand its configuration switches. Toggle the following settings to ON or OFF to customize what displays inside your lightbox popup window:
Click Next to save your post settings and proceed to Step 5 (Layout) and complete the wizard.
The aspect ratio changes do not update on the public website
This indicates that your browser, host, or optimization plugin is serving cached styles. To fix this, move to the last step inside the wizard to save your settings. Then, navigate to the Settings tab at the top of your dashboard and click the red Clear Cache button under the Clear Cached Media configuration setting to force your public pages to rebuild.
Video and Reel posts do not play automatically on mobile screens
Modern mobile web browsers strictly block media containing audio from autoplaying without user interaction. Ensure that your video files are silent or that the Autoplay Video toggle is set to ON inside Step 4, which forces silent playback to comply with mobile browser policies.
The modal lightbox displays incorrect colors or unreadable text
The layout configuration in Step 4 controls only which elements display inside the lightbox popup window. If the text inside your modal is difficult to read or has incorrect color values, navigate to Step 6 (Styles) of your feed setup and expand the Popup accordion panel to customize your overlay, text, link, and button colors.
