> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.raddivus.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Post your own images

> Schedule or publish an image you already have to Instagram: a saved ad, a Generator or Copier image, or an upload. Free on Professional and VIP.

The post composer puts an image you already have on Instagram, without generating anything new. Pick the image, write the caption, choose the Instagram account, then save it as a draft, schedule it, or publish it now.

**Plans:** Professional and VIP. **Cost:** free, no credits.

<Note>
  Publishing to Instagram is rolling out account by account while our Meta app
  approval completes. If **Schedule** or **Publish now** is not yet enabled on
  your account, contact support and we will switch it on for you.
</Note>

## Before you start

* Connect an Instagram Business or Creator account to the brand. See [Connect Instagram](/connections/connect-instagram). You can write and save a draft without one, but scheduling and publishing need a connected account.

## Open the composer

You can start from any of these places:

* **IG Content:** the **From my images** or **Upload** buttons beside the tabs.
* **Generator or Copier:** open an image and click **Create Instagram post**.
* **Saved ads:** the send icon on any saved ad.

## Create the post

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose the image">
    Click **Choose image**. The window has five tabs:

    * **Saved**: your saved ads. Filter by brand or search folder names.
    * **Generated** and **Copier**: images you made with those tools. Filter by brand.
    * **Upload**: a JPEG, PNG or WebP up to 20 MB.
    * **Ad Library**: other businesses' ads, shown for inspiration. You can look at them but not post them.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Crop it if Instagram needs you to">
    Instagram only accepts images between portrait 4:5 and landscape 1.91:1. If your image is taller or wider than that, a crop window opens with 4:5, 1:1 and 1.91:1 shapes. For an image already on a post, click **Crop image** in the warning above the form.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write the caption">
    Counters under the caption show where you are against Instagram's limits: 2,200 characters, 30 hashtags and 20 mentions. The preview on the right shows the post with your caption.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the Instagram account">
    Choose which connected Instagram account the post goes to.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save, schedule or publish">
    * **Save draft** keeps it for later.
    * **Schedule** posts it at the date, time and time zone you pick.
    * **Publish now** asks you to confirm the account, then posts it straight away.
  </Step>
</Steps>

A scheduled post can be taken off the schedule with **Unschedule**. It stays as a draft.

## Shared with your team

Drafts and scheduled posts belong to your account, not to the person who made them. Everyone on your team sees and can edit, schedule or remove them, and they stay with the account when someone leaves.

## Scheduled posts

**Preview email.** Five minutes before a scheduled post goes out, the person who scheduled it gets an email with a preview and a **Cancel** link. If that person has left the team, the account owner gets it instead. The post publishes on time unless someone cancels it.

**Any teammate's connection works.** A post publishes through the Instagram account connected to its brand by anyone on your team, so it still goes out when the person who wrote it is away. A post set to a specific Instagram account only ever publishes to that account.

**Disconnecting Instagram.** If you disconnect the Instagram account a brand publishes through, and nobody else on the team has that brand connected, the brand's scheduled posts are marked as needing a reconnect instead of being skipped quietly. The posts, captions and images are kept. Reconnect the account before the scheduled time and they go out as planned.

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Schedule and Publish now are disabled">
    The post needs an image, a caption within Instagram's limits, and a
    connected Instagram account that does not need reconnecting. Publishing
    also requires the Professional or VIP plan.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The account needs reconnecting">
    Open **Settings → Connections** and reconnect the account. A scheduled post
    stays scheduled while you do.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Instagram didn't confirm the last attempt">
    Sometimes Instagram does not say whether a post went out. Raddivus will not
    post it again on its own. Check the account on Instagram first: if the post
    is not there, click **Schedule** or **Publish now** and confirm it is not on
    Instagram.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>