Instagram grid maker

1. Upload one image, or paste it. It never leaves your browser.
2. Pick the shape of each post. 3:4 (1080 x 1440) matches the profile grid, so each post shows whole there. 4:5 (1080 x 1350) and 1:1 (1080 x 1080) also work but lose a little at the edges on the grid.
3. Pick the rows. Your profile is always three posts across, so 1 row is 3 posts, 2 rows are 6 and 3 rows are 9.
4. Move the image left and right, or up and down, until the part you want sits inside the grid.
5. Download all the posts as a ZIP, or one by one on a phone, and post them in number order.

Instagram puts your newest post at the top left of your profile and pushes the rest along. So the tile you post last must be the top-left one, and the tile you post first is the bottom-right one. The tool numbers the tiles that way: post 1 first, then 2, and so on.

• Post the whole set in one go, with nothing else in between, so every tile lands in its place.
• Unpin pinned posts first. Pinned posts sit above the grid and push your tiles out of line.
• A set always lines up as long as it is a multiple of three, whatever you posted before, because the newest posts always fill the top rows.

Instagram shows posts at up to 1080 pixels wide and keeps any shape from 1.91:1 to 3:4 without cropping, so 1080 x 1440 is the tallest post. A smaller image still works, but each tile is enlarged and can look soft; the tool tells you when that happens.

The profile grid shows every post as a 3:4 rectangle. A 4:5 or square post is trimmed to fit on the grid but appears in full in the feed, so for a grid that joins up exactly, 3:4 is the safest shape.

Your followers never see the grid in their feed. They see one tile at a time, with no context. A grid works best when each tile also makes sense alone:

• Keep faces, products and text inside one tile. A product cut across two posts looks broken in the feed.
• Use a background that runs across tiles, such as a color, a texture or a landscape, and put one product or message on each tile.
• Announce something big with a 3-post row: a new collection, a sale or a launch across the top of your profile.
• Mind the gaps. Instagram leaves a thin line between posts, so fine details on the cut lines get lost. The preview draws those lines.