How can I make an Instagram hashtag slideshow?

Hello,

I believe I have everything set up correctly from the Web Frame tutorial.

Does anybody know how I could create the following project?

I want the screen to pull images from a specific Instagram hashtag and have it scroll across horizontally (lengthwise) with an infinite loop or fade in/out like a slideshow. I’d like to have it refresh to update the slideshow with any new images tagged to the specific hashtag every X amount of minutes.

Is this possible?

Hi,
I’m not very familiar with Instagram, but maybe you can build a web application, that talks to Instagram, and periodically fetches the images based on a hashtag? If you can build a website that behaves like that, you could just point the Web Frame to that website.

Unfortunately, I’m not skilled enough to build a website like that :frowning:

Hi,

We’ve reached out to our Hardware Hacker team in case this is something they’re interested in pursuing. It’s also possible another forum user could jump in here and help out.

Best regards,

Heds

Yes, it’s absolutely possible! The simplest way is to use Social Walls by Taggbox—a social media signage tool that connects to Instagram and displays live hashtag feeds beautifully. Just create a wall, add your Instagram hashtag, choose a slideshow or carousel layout, and set it to auto-refresh every few minutes. Then, use balenaDash/Web Frame to display that wall URL on your screen. It’ll instantly pull new posts tagged with your hashtag and show them in a continuous, eye-catching slideshow—no coding or API setup needed.