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Instagram grid planner: see the grid before you post it.

Choose the images for your next posts and this tool lays them out the way your profile will: three columns, portrait 3:4 tiles, newest at the top left. Drag tiles to try a different order, toggle the outline that shows where a 4:5 post loses its edges, and download the preview to share with a client or a future you. Nothing is uploaded; it runs in your browser.

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Up to 18 images. New ones land at the top left, where the newest post sits on a real profile. Drag to reorder, or use the arrows on each tile.

Reading the preview

  • Tiles are 3:4, so a 4:5 post loses a thin strip on the left and right in the grid.
  • Rows of three: think in triplets when you alternate photo, quote, and product posts.
  • The eye reads the first two rows before scrolling. Put your strongest posts there.

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How the Instagram grid is laid out

The profile grid shows three columns of portrait 3:4 tiles, newest post at the top left, and it fills row by row. Because 3:4 is a slightly narrower shape than 4:5, the grid hides about three percent of each side; a square post loses the top and bottom instead. Reels appear as the center 3:4 of their 9:16 cover.

A grid is read in rows and in columns at the same time. Rows of three set the rhythm: photo, quote, product, then repeat. Columns are where a consistent element, like a logo corner or a background color, becomes visible as a pattern. The planner shows both at once so you can check the next three posts against the last six.

Planning a consistent grid without a template

Pick one or two background colors and one text color and use them on every text post. Place your logo in the same corner every time. Alternate one photo with one designed post so neither dominates. Check the 4:5 outline so nothing important sits in the trimmed edge.

Every new post pushes the whole grid along by one tile, so a column that looked right today shifts tomorrow. A pattern that repeats every two, three or four posts keeps its shape at any length, which is the core of Instagram feed design: decide the pattern once, then let each new post take the next place in it.

When the order looks right, download the preview as a PNG to keep with your content calendar or send to a client. The planner does not schedule or publish; it exists to decide the order before you commit to it.

How to use it

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    Choose up to 18 images. They appear newest-first, as they would after posting in that order.

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    Drag tiles to reorder, or use the arrows on each tile on a phone. Remove any that break the rhythm.

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    Turn on the 4:5 outline to check that logos and text stay inside the tile. Download the grid when it looks right.

Questions

  • Since 2025 the profile grid uses portrait 3:4 tiles instead of squares. A 4:5 post is slightly taller than 3:4, so the grid hides about 3 percent of the width on each side. A square post loses the top and bottom.

  • Work in rows of three. Alternate one kind of post per column, keep the same one or two background colors, place your logo in the same corner, and check the outline in this tool so nothing important sits in the trimmed edge.

  • No. It is a visual planner only, with no login. Use it to decide the order, then post or schedule with whatever you already use.

  • No. They are read from your device and displayed locally. Closing the tab clears them.

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