How to make a 3x3 Instagram Grid Post

Circleboom
4 min readOct 11, 2022

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Make and schedule grid posts on Instagram

Instagram is full of visuality and creativity. You can create many sorts of posts on Instagram to convey your ideas in the best way. Instagram grid posts are one of your options if you have multiple images, and now you are going to learn how to make a 3x3 Instagram grid post.

Creating grid posts is not about just putting multiple images together. You must know how to design them to properly transfer your message. But what can we do if we don’t know how to make grid posts on Instagram and don’t have any design skills and knowledge?

Do not worry! Circleboom Publish makes your life easier in both. Thanks to its Instagram post creator, you can make kinds of grid posts, including 3x3, and with the built-in extension of Canva, you can design your Instagram images as you wish.

Now, you will find out how to make 3x3 Instagram grid posts with Circleboom Publish.

How to make 3x3 Instagram Grid Posts on Circleboom Publish

Here are the steps to make a 3x3 Instagram grid post on Circleboom using the Canva extension.

Step#1: Log into Circleboom Publish.

If you don’t have an account, create one in a few seconds.

Step#2: If it is your first time, you should add your Instagram accounts.

Circleboom also supports Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google My Business, and TikTok.

Step#3: Click on the big blue button on the dashboard to get the post-creation screen.

Create new post and make 3x3 Instagram grid posts
Create New Post

Step#4: Then, you should select your connected Instagram account(s).

It is possible to manage multiple Instagram accounts on Circleboom Publish.

Create Instagram grid posts
Select your Instagram account(s).

Step#5: You should click on the Canva extension and open it.

Then, you should select the Instagram post template to make your post preparation easier. You can also customize your template with special sizes.

Instagram post templates
Circleboom has ready-made post templates.

Step#6: On Canva, you should select the “Elements” tab and click on the search bar.

Categories will appear. Choose “Grids” among them. And you will pick up a 3x3 grid template.

Make Instagram Grid Posts
3x3 Instagram Grid

Step#7: Only thing you need to do is now to put your images on the grids. You can upload your own photos or search in Canva. You can search by term to find images.

After making your Instagram 3x3 grid post, click on the “Publish” button on the top.

Make grid posts on Instagram with Circleboom
3x3 Instagram grid post

Step#8: As the last step, you can add hashtags and descriptions to your post. Then you can publish your Instagram 3x3 grid post immediately.

Or, you can schedule it for a later time. Alternatively, you can set time intervals and share your Instagram grid posts continuously and automatically.

Schedule your Instagram posts
Schedule your Instagram posts

Also, you can save your Instagram grid post as a ‘draft’ to continue working on later.

You can also our hands-on video tutorial here:

Wrapping Up

Grid posts are one of the many opportunities that Instagram provides its users to develop amazing layouts. Among them, 3x3 grids are one of the most preferred templates.

Circleboom Publish makes it easier for Instagram users to create, design, publish, schedule, and automate 3x3 Instagram grid posts on the same dashboard. And you can share your grid posts to your multiple Instagram accounts at once!

You can have this and many other Circleboom features at affordable prices.

Originally published at https://blog.circleboom.com on October 11, 2022.

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