Connect Facebook and Instagram
Connecting your Facebook page lets SimplifyLocal turn your finished jobs into posts there. Posts also go to Instagram when an Instagram business account is linked to that page.
Where to connect
Section titled “Where to connect”Go to Settings → Connections and open the Facebook & Instagram card. Only an admin can connect or disconnect it.
- Press Connect your Facebook page. Facebook asks you to sign in.
- Facebook asks which of your pages to share with SimplifyLocal. Tick the page for this business. If you use the same Facebook account for more than one business on SimplifyLocal, tick the pages for all of them.
- If you shared more than one page, SimplifyLocal asks you to Pick your Facebook page. Posts about your jobs go to the one you pick. Press Use this page.
The card then shows Connected, the page name, and the Instagram account linked to it (or “No Instagram account linked to this page”).
A page can be connected to one business on SimplifyLocal at a time. A page already used by another business shows as “Already connected to another business on SimplifyLocal”.
What we ask Facebook for, and why
Section titled “What we ask Facebook for, and why”| Permission Facebook shows you | Why we need it |
|---|---|
| See the pages you manage | So you can pick the page for your business. |
| Read the page’s recent posts | So a post we suggest is not a repeat of one you already made. |
| Create posts on the page | To publish the posts you approve. |
| See the Instagram account linked to the page | To show its username on the card and post there too. |
| Create posts on that Instagram account | To publish the same post to Instagram. |
Keep each of these turned on when Facebook asks. If you turn off posting, the card asks you to Connect again. If you turn off Instagram, the card says “We can’t see this page’s Instagram account” and only Facebook posting works.
Instagram and links
Section titled “Instagram and links”Instagram posts can’t carry links, so ours say “more at the link in our bio.” The card shows your website address with a Copy web address button; paste it into your Instagram bio so people can find your work.
Who can change the page
Section titled “Who can change the page”Only the person who signed in to Facebook can pick or change the page, because Facebook tied the access to their account. Anyone else on the team sees a note saying so, with the option to connect their own Facebook account instead. If that person leaves the team or is no longer an admin, nobody can change the page: press Disconnect, then connect again with your own account.
If the card says Reconnect
Section titled “If the card says Reconnect”Facebook stopped letting us post to this page. That happens after a password change, when the app is removed on Facebook, or when this page wasn’t ticked the last time you connected. Press Reconnect and tick the page again.
Disconnecting
Section titled “Disconnecting”Press Disconnect on the card. What is removed, and what stays, is listed in Disconnect and data deletion.