The structure of Socialwidget (Media Source, Gallery and Widget)
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Effortlessly display your Instagram content on your store and boost customer engagement with Socialwidget’s newly updated structure.
Starting from March 2021, Socialwidget has been completely refactored to offer powerful new features and an optimized user experience. This guide will walk you through the three core components of the new version: Media Source, Gallery, and Widget, so you can quickly get started and take full control of your Instagram feed display.
1. Media Source
2. Gallery
3. Widget
The app now has three main functions: Media Source, Gallery and Widget.
Media Source is a place that contains all your Instagram accounts (you can connect two types of account including Personal account and Business account).
Notably, an Instagram Business account can also crawl media (photos, videos, carousels) from other Business accounts or crawl media with a specific hashtag.
After connecting your account(s), our app will start syncing the media from your account to the app. Then, you can start creating a Gallery to choose which media can be displayed on your store.
There is no limit on how many account you can connect to the app. However, you can only create 5 media sources.
Gallery holds all the media that our app crawls from your account(s).
The special thing is a you can set up a Gallery to gather media from one Media Source, or from many Media Sources at the same time. Moreover, there is no limit on how many Gallery you can create.
This gives you complete freedom when choosing what to display on your store. For example, you can create a gallery that contains images/videos about a specific product from both your customer's hashtags and your own account.
In Gallery, you can choose to pin a media so it can be displayed first in a Widget. You can also tag a product and its variants to a media, or hide a media from the Widget.
After creating a Gallery, you can proceed to create a Widget so the chosen media can be displayed on your store.
A Widget displays the media that you have chosen in the Gallery onto your store. You can customize the widget's style on both desktop and mobile (layout, heading, item, popup) as well as its position on your page (by auto-install or by manual install).
A Widget can only be connected to one Gallery. Moreover, you can place many Widgets on the same page.
With Socialwidget’s updated structure, managing and displaying your Instagram media is easier and more powerful than ever. By using Media Sources to gather content, Galleries to organize it, and Widgets to showcase it—your store gets an instant social boost.
Need help? Reach out to us via in-app chat or email us at support@socialhead.io. We’re here to help you shine!
Effortlessly display your Instagram content on your store and boost customer engagement with Socialwidget’s newly updated structure.
Starting from March 2021, Socialwidget has been completely refactored to offer powerful new features and an optimized user experience. This guide will walk you through the three core components of the new version: Media Source, Gallery, and Widget, so you can quickly get started and take full control of your Instagram feed display.
Table of Contents
1. Media Source
2. Gallery
3. Widget
1. Media Source
The app now has three main functions: Media Source, Gallery and Widget.
Media Source is a place that contains all your Instagram accounts (you can connect two types of account including Personal account and Business account).
Notably, an Instagram Business account can also crawl media (photos, videos, carousels) from other Business accounts or crawl media with a specific hashtag.
After connecting your account(s), our app will start syncing the media from your account to the app. Then, you can start creating a Gallery to choose which media can be displayed on your store.
There is no limit on how many account you can connect to the app. However, you can only create 5 media sources.
2. Gallery
Gallery holds all the media that our app crawls from your account(s).
The special thing is a you can set up a Gallery to gather media from one Media Source, or from many Media Sources at the same time. Moreover, there is no limit on how many Gallery you can create.
This gives you complete freedom when choosing what to display on your store. For example, you can create a gallery that contains images/videos about a specific product from both your customer's hashtags and your own account.
In Gallery, you can choose to pin a media so it can be displayed first in a Widget. You can also tag a product and its variants to a media, or hide a media from the Widget.
After creating a Gallery, you can proceed to create a Widget so the chosen media can be displayed on your store.
3. Widget
A Widget displays the media that you have chosen in the Gallery onto your store. You can customize the widget's style on both desktop and mobile (layout, heading, item, popup) as well as its position on your page (by auto-install or by manual install).
A Widget can only be connected to one Gallery. Moreover, you can place many Widgets on the same page.
With Socialwidget’s updated structure, managing and displaying your Instagram media is easier and more powerful than ever. By using Media Sources to gather content, Galleries to organize it, and Widgets to showcase it—your store gets an instant social boost.
Need help? Reach out to us via in-app chat or email us at support@socialhead.io. We’re here to help you shine!
Updated on: 09/04/2025
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