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Integration of Instagram with VKontakte opens up a number of advantages for active users of these Internet services. This tool allows you to save time and effort on publishing identical posts on two social networks. Due to the fact that the services do not work very smoothly, some errors may occur during the process of importing publications from Instagram to VK. Read on to find out why Instagram doesn’t share photos with VKontakte, and what you can do to fix the problem.
What is VK and Instagram synchronization?
Synchronization between Instagram and VKontakte implies a certain connection between accounts on these two social networks, in which photos from Instagram are automatically posted to VK.
That is, when you publish a post on Instagram, it is automatically posted on Vkontakte as well. In addition, after integrating VK with Instagram, a link to your linked Instagram account will appear on your main VKontakte page.
It is worth noting that previously it was possible to link an Instagram and VKontakte account both through Instagram and through VKontakte, but at the moment the linked VKontakte account has disappeared from Instagram and it will no longer be possible to solve the task through Instagram.
Summing up
Linking accounts of two social networks in 2021 is easy. This provides the user with many conveniences. All a person needs to do is perform certain manipulations on his Instagram profile, and everything will be reflected in someone else. There is no need to select and import images in your accounts twice. The only thing that is required from the user is to configure the sites on which the picture is displayed. All portals allow the account user and group subscribers to not only add and watch content, but also rate it.
Why is there no linked VKontakte account on Instagram?
Experienced Instagram users might remember the presence of VKontakte in the Instagram settings in the Linked Accounts section among other social networks.
So, from a certain moment this line in this section of Instagram settings was no longer there, so now you need to integrate the two social networks from Vkontakte.
I won’t judge the reasons for what happened—that’s what the Instagram developers decided, and they know better.
Let's figure out how to connect VK and Instagram.
Why is my posts not reposted to my VK?
Many people now run several social networks. The most common tandem is VKontakte and Insta. Previously, it was possible to set up import so that posts were either automatically transferred to VK, or if a special hashtag was used. However, the photo network has now closed this loophole. Therefore, maintaining several pages requires a little more time. However, there is an alternative. These are various planners such as SMMplanner and Postingram, which allow you to create a schedule of posts at least a couple of months in advance. They work, of course, not as reposters, but as intermediaries - they simply publish to both social networks at a given time. So, if you can’t repost on Instagram, use a third-party tool.
Reposting on social networks is a pretty convenient thing. However, it is not obvious in all services. Therefore, many do not even know that now you can share other people’s stories in your own. True, problems may arise with this. Firstly, this is, of course, an old version of the application. For this reason, you often cannot use all the new features. And secondly, the person himself does not allow other people to do this.
How to link Instagram to Vkontakte
To solve this problem, go to your VKontakte account and click on the Edit button:
We get to the menu for editing personal information, where we need to go to the Contacts tab:
At the very bottom of this tab we find the link Integration with other services and click on it:
Next to the Instagram icon, click on the link to configure import:
After which the system redirects us to the Instagram authorization window, where we enter the login and password for our Instagram account, which needs to be linked to Vkontakte, in the appropriate fields:
Now in the Contacts tab of the personal information editing menu, information about the linked Instagram account has appeared, click on the gear to the right of this information:
And in the window that appears, select where exactly posts from Instagram will be placed on VK:
In addition, after integrating VK with Instagram, a link to the linked Instagram account will appear on the main page of your VKontakte account:
Now other VKontakte users will be able to see that you have your own profile on Instagram, and will be able to go to it by simply clicking on a link from your page.
In addition, the connection between Instagram and VKontakte will allow the system to offer you potential friends based on information about contacts in the associated social network.
Everything is clear with this too, let’s now see how to make a link in VK to Instagram.
Solution
There are two reasons why you may not be able to add a picture from Instagram to your VK wall:
- import is configured incorrectly;
- The connection between social media profiles is broken. networks.
First, let's look at the setup. There can only be one mistake here - incorrectly specifying the import form. To change it, open the contact settings in your VK profile and click on the gear next to your Instagram account.
If you want to see posts on the wall, select the appropriate option. When selecting the “Do not import” button (so that not all photos are sent to VK, but only certain ones), indicate the hashtag #vkpost in the description of the post on Instagram.
Remember that if import is installed correctly on VKontakte, it is not necessary to “order” a publication when creating a post on Instagram - the photo will be sent to the wall in VK in any case.
The only difference is that there will be no Instagram icon next to the time of publication if the corresponding checkbox in the application is not checked. Disconnection between accounts occurs when the password in one of them is changed. In this case, authorization is lost and automatic publications stop. The problem is fixed as follows:
- If your Instagram password has changed, go to the VK import settings, disconnect the application profile by clicking the cross next to it, and add it again. Make sure the settings are correct.
- If your VKontakte password or login has changed, you can reconfigure the import in two ways:
- From your computer, open the website, go to your profile settings, then click on the gear next to your avatar and select “Authorized applications.” Click “Revoke access”;
- in the mobile client, go to the profile settings, the “Linked accounts” section, the “VKontakte” item and select “Cancel connection”. The account is then re-joined.
Another potential problem is having a private Instagram profile. In this case, automatic import will not be possible. To make it available to other users, go to your account settings (in the Instagram mobile app) and turn off the “Private account” option.
If nothing helps to set up the import, the problem is not with you, but with the VK servers - it is known how often the social network has experienced problems lately. In this case, all you have to do is wait and try to publish the photo later.
Why did the list of available contacts disappear?
A huge number of users are accustomed to the fact that when they go to the “Interesting People” section, a list of recommendations appears in front of them, containing friends from Facebook, phone book contacts and other pages. This could be observed until the beginning of September 2021, since after the fourth day people began to massively complain about the lack of contacts.
Judging by the calls to technical support, the problem is not related to people’s phones. This is most likely some kind of global failure on Instagram’s servers, or the introduction of a deliberate restriction. The second option seems more realistic because for several years now some users have complained about their privacy being violated. It is possible that certain legislative structures threatened the Instagram administration, which is why they had to cut out the contacts section from the mobile application. But what should ordinary people who are so accustomed to this function do?
Contact Support
The support service responds to persistent Insta clients. In one second you can get an answer, but an unsatisfactory one. Therefore, to solve problems with merging contacts, it is recommended to wait for the next system update. Then check the registered user marks in memory.
Everything could have gone awry due to technical processes. Therefore, after an hour and a half, you can try to organize the procedure all over again. If a white display is shown instead of a contacts directory, it makes sense to pay attention to the quality of the connection, and not to the software account.
Usually, the failure to launch Insta correctly is due to interference with the operation of the smartphone, regardless of its OS. Sometimes not only operators and developers are to blame for the incorrect functioning of Instagram. The problem lies in the device itself. To find the exact factor, you should find out how other subsections work. If they have the same problems with contacts as with this global network, then the solution lies in creating a complete smartphone cleaning. There is a possibility that viruses have been introduced into the Insta web server. In this case, be sure to click on the antivirus program.
There may be a short-term interference associated with insta content that a man or woman posts on the web. There is a possibility that your account was blocked when sending messages of a prohibited nature and taking other illegal steps on the portal. If he didn’t post anything bad, then it is recommended to contact technical support. She will help resolve the issue.
Completely reinstall the Instagram app if your contacts are not showing
We can also recommend completely reinstalling the Instagram application, which will prevent accidental crashes in the program. Go to the applications section on your phone and delete it in the standard way.
After that, reboot your phone, download and install the latest version of Instagram (Android, iOS) on it.
Install the latest version of the Instagram application
All you have to do is launch the application and activate synchronization.
Next, check if the error where Instagram does not display contacts of people from the memory of your mobile device has been fixed.
This is useful to know: why can’t I follow a person on Instagram.
Linking Instagram with VK
Many people have encountered this problem of synchronizing Instagram with Contact. And this is done quite simply.
Instructions on how to link two accounts:
- Open your page on VK
. - Go to "Editing" - Contacts. Then in the list of options you need to find "Linked Accounts".
- A section will appear «Import from Instagram" – enter data from the social network.
This operation will help link Instagram and Contact on the computer version. All user posts are automatically imported by Vkontakte, leaving the signature “repost Instagram” and a link to the account at the bottom.
