Schedule Instagram posts without opening Instagram
Schedule Reels, carousels, Stories, and image posts to Instagram. Control share-to-feed, trial reels, and audio name. Preview how they look before going live.
An Instagram scheduler lets you plan and auto-publish Reels, carousels, Stories, and image posts without opening the Instagram app. PublishQ supports Instagram-specific settings like share-to-feed, trial reels, and audio naming — with a live preview showing exactly how your post will appear before publishing.
Supported content: Reels, carousels, Stories, images
Last updated: May 2026
How it works
Connect your Instagram account
Link your Instagram Business or Creator account via Facebook OAuth. PublishQ gets permission to publish on your behalf.
Create your post
Upload images or video for Reels, carousels, or Stories. Write your caption and configure share-to-feed, audio, and trial reel settings.
Schedule or publish
Pick a date and time, or publish immediately. PublishQ handles format detection and publishes your content.
Connect your Instagram account
Link your Instagram Business or Creator account via Facebook OAuth. PublishQ gets permission to publish on your behalf.
Create your post
Upload images or video for Reels, carousels, or Stories. Write your caption and configure share-to-feed, audio, and trial reel settings.
Schedule or publish
Pick a date and time, or publish immediately. PublishQ handles format detection and publishes your content.
What you can do with Instagram on PublishQ
Reels, carousels, and Stories
Schedule Reels (auto-detected from video), carousels with up to 10 mixed items, and Stories that disappear after 24 hours.
Trial reels
Show your Reel to non-followers first and auto-promote it to your followers if it performs well.
Audio attribution
Set the audio name for Reels directly from PublishQ.
Post overrides
Customize the caption, hashtags, and mentions for Instagram while posting different content to other platforms.
Cross-platform publishing
Post to Instagram and publish to YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky at the same time.
API access
Schedule Instagram posts programmatically via the PublishQ REST API.
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Post Previewer
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AI-Generated Shorts in 30 seconds
Turn an idea into a ready-to-post short video. Pick a template, let AI handle the rest, and schedule it — all without leaving PublishQ.
Write Once, Post Everywhere
Preview how your post looks on each platform, customize the text per account if needed, then publish or schedule to all of them at once.
All Your Media in One Place
Upload images and videos once, then reuse them across any post. No more digging through your camera roll or re-uploading the same file to every platform.
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Free
Social Accounts: 3
Scheduled Posts: 10
Team Members: 2
Workspaces: 2
Media Library
API Access
AI Text Generations: 5
Coming soonAI Image Generations: 5
Coming soonAI Video Generations: 1
Coming soonMCP Access
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Starter
Social Accounts: 10
Scheduled Posts: unlimited
Team Members: unlimited
Workspaces: unlimited
Media Library: 100GB
API Access
AI Text Generations: 100
Coming soonAI Image Generations: 100
Coming soonAI Video Generations: 10
Coming soonMCP Access
Coming soonCLI Access
Coming soonAnalytics
Coming soonApproval Workflows
Coming soonBulk Scheduling
Coming soonFirst Comment Scheduling
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Professional
Social Accounts: 25
Scheduled Posts: unlimited
Team Members: unlimited
Workspaces: unlimited
Media Library: 200GB
API Access
AI Text Generations: 500
Coming soonAI Image Generations: 500
Coming soonAI Video Generations: 50
Coming soonMCP Access
Coming soonCLI Access
Coming soonAnalytics
Coming soonApproval Workflows
Coming soonBulk Scheduling
Coming soonFirst Comment Scheduling
Coming soon
Business
Social Accounts: unlimited
Scheduled Posts: unlimited
Team Members: unlimited
Workspaces: unlimited
Media Library: unlimited
API Access
AI Text Generations: unlimited
Coming soonAI Image Generations: unlimited
Coming soonAI Video Generations: unlimited
Coming soonMCP Access
Coming soonCLI Access
Coming soonAnalytics
Coming soonApproval Workflows
Coming soonBulk Scheduling
Coming soonFirst Comment Scheduling
Coming soon
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Hi, I'm Alexandro 👋
I left my Software Engineer role at Amazon to build tools that solve real problems — the kind big companies ignore because they read spreadsheets instead of using their own products.
I was spending over an hour daily just scheduling 2 shorts across 3 platforms — logging in, reformatting, uploading one by one. That felt broken. So I built PublishQ. Now I create 4 shorts in 3 minutes and schedule them to 4 platforms in under 30 seconds.
PublishQ is bootstrapped. No investors, no vanity metrics. I build what actually helps you — because I use it every day myself.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about scheduling Instagram posts with PublishQ
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