# Instagram reel videos not working with embed component **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [November 17, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387 "2022-11-17T17:29:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kieran\_Saunders1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kieran_saunders1/32/50541_2.png) [@Kieran\_Saunders1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Kieran_Saunders1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/1 "2022-11-17T17:29:08Z")
Hi Gliders I have paid for the starter package to use the embed component, this works for youtube videos but not for the instagram reels using their embed code. Please help this is a fashion show app, sponsored by instagram and so would be amazing to play instagram videos. What am I missing? ![Screenshot 2022-11-17 at 17.26.24](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/2/528170e1090fcf80fba81fba4dbe54f158496d9d.png) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/2 "2022-11-18T00:26:16Z")
Is it just a single reel or you will be embedding a series of reels related to an account? ---
**Author:** ![Kieran\_Saunders1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kieran_saunders1/32/50541_2.png) [@Kieran\_Saunders1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Kieran_Saunders1)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/3 "2022-11-21T11:09:16Z")
Hi ThinhDinh A single reel per row. Cheers Kieran ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/4 "2022-11-22T00:22:23Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/c/7cf42a043b8428ed0ddb582d5c861c024d74c47f.png) Apologies, I haven’t got it to work as well. The best I can do is this, but it forces you to click to view on Instagram. ---
**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/5 "2022-11-22T13:15:09Z")
Hola! It works for me when I use this Jeff’s trick > [@Instagram and glide combined](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-and-glide-combined/50772/6): > > That has javascript, so it won’t work with a rich text component. However, I did figure out a trick that seems to work. A Add a new text column in your table. Name it “embed” or something like that. Temporarily add a file picker component and point it to that new column. Take that embed code and paste it into notepad or some other basic text editor. Save the file as embed.html or something like that. Use the file picker to upload that html file to the glide database. Now add a web embed co… Of course, your file (which Web component will use) must have the embed code generated by IG ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/e/1ebca49a738c0279f6713a1e470cf01f1467d947.png) Saludos… ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/6 "2022-11-22T23:53:02Z")
Thanks for sharing! It does work for reels and not just normal posts, indeed. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/2/5269f59a13bddda0224d92fccbc934200e8b3005.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/7 "2022-11-22T23:54:18Z")
What isn’t working though is the YouTube Thumbnail column with YouTube short videos… ---
**Author:** ![Kieran\_Saunders1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kieran_saunders1/32/50541_2.png) [@Kieran\_Saunders1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Kieran_Saunders1)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/8 "2022-11-23T14:03:38Z")
Thanks everyone, A bit of a hack but it works! Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Sebastian\_H](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/sebastian_h/32/57533_2.png) [@Sebastian\_H](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sebastian_H)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/9 "2023-12-13T20:32:07Z")
It seems like this workaround is no longer working. Even following the steps mentioned I get the “View this post on Instagram” link. ---
**Author:** ![jjl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jjl/32/92733_2.png) [@jjl](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jjl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/10 "2024-08-22T12:54:47Z")
I can’t get this method to work either. It displays “View this post on Instagram” on reels and posts ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/11 "2024-08-22T14:48:25Z")
> [@Instagram and glide combined](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-and-glide-combined/50772/6): > > That has javascript, so it won’t work with a rich text component. However, I did figure out a trick that seems to work. A Add a new text column in your table. Name it “embed” or something like that. Temporarily add a file picker component and point it to that new column. Take that embed code and paste it into notepad or some other basic text editor. Save the file as embed.html or something like that. Use the file picker to upload that html file to the glide database. Now add a web embed co… So this doesn’t work anymore? ---
**Author:** ![jjl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jjl/32/92733_2.png) [@jjl](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jjl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/instagram-reel-videos-not-working-with-embed-component/54387/12 "2024-08-25T12:59:14Z")
Just made it work, but I had to manually edit the embed code provided by Instagram. I’m not sure why but the last line of the code provided is `` I added ` https:` before // and then it displayed correctly. Now, does anyone know how to embed tiktok vids? 🥲