Instagram is undoubtedly one of the most popular social networks by users, thanks to the ability to share photos, direct and short videos with hashtags and to be reached by hundreds or thousands of people interested in our photographs or businesses. Properly managing Instagram from your smartphone is relatively simple once you have learned all the features of the app, but managing Instagram from your PC could be more difficult than you think.
In this guide we will show you the best extensions for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox to be used to manage Instagram directly from the browser, without having to take the smartphone or tablet in hand to check the latest news.
In the introduction we will also explain how to correctly subscribe to the service if we do not use Instagram yet.
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How to sign up for Instagram
In order to subscribe to Instagram, we will have to download the app of the same name on our mobile device (smartphone or tablet that is).
The links to download the Instagram app can be reached here -> Instagram (for Android) and Instagram (for iPhone and iPad).
Once the app is downloaded, open it on the device to register for the service.
If we have the Facebook app with our account already present on the device, we can use this account to access Instagram immediately (Facebook is the owner of Instagram).
Alternatively, we can always use any email and password to create a new Instagram account by clicking inside the app on the Subscribe button with phone or email .
We enter all the information required to create our new profile on Instagram.
If we already have the credentials ready, we open the app and tap at the bottom on the Login item to open the window where to enter the credentials.
Once registered or logged in we will finally see the Instagram home, where we can share photos, videos, make direct and check the photos shared by friends (if you used Facebook you will also see friends of this social who use Instagram) and follow the profiles of famous people or big brands on the social media.
The best Instagram extensions for Google Chrome
After seeing how to sign up on Instagram, let's see together which extensions we can use to manage Instagram from the Google Chrome web browser (one of the most used in the world).
- Notifications for Instagram: with this extension we will be able to receive all the notifications from our Instagram profile in real time, so as to check the progress of the profile and view the latest photographs shared by the other users we follow.
- Desktop for Instagram : by installing this extension we will have Instagram in the browser perfectly integrated!
We will be able to get notifications from the social network, post photos from our computer or take new photos with the webcam, view photos shared by others and download them to the PC's internal memory.
Definitely one of the best extensions if we intend to check Instagram while we are on the PC.
- Downloader for Instagram : this extension allows you to quickly and easily download all the personal photos on the Instagram profile and also to download photos uploaded by other users or by companies or brands present on the social photo.
Also excellent for downloading live videos or flash videos uploaded by other users.
- Downalbum is the extension that adds the Download button to the Instagram.com site, to download photos and videos freely and quickly.
- Autoinsta : this extension is nothing more than a bot, that is a small automated program able to do some operations against us.
By installing this bot we will be able to auto-like the users we think are interesting, give a follow to all users who like our photos or videos and manage our profile in an advanced way, automating most of the processes.
In this way we will be able to speed up the increase in followers and the growth of our social profile.
- Websta for Instagram : this extension allows you to quickly and easily share the photos on your PC within the Instagram profile, so as to avoid having to move them every time between PC and smartphone for sharing.
In addition to sharing, it allows you to follow your friends' profiles and perform all the typical operations of those who use the mobile app (like, follow etc.).
The best Instagram extensions for Mozilla Firefox
After seeing the extensions for Google Chrome I will show you those available for Mozilla Firefox, still now one of the best browsers around.
- Instagram: this extension allows you to open the Web version of the service directly inside the extension, taking advantage of the new potential of Mozilla Firefox (the Web Extensions).
- Instagram Video Download : using this extension it will be possible to save the videos on Instagram directly on the PC's hard disk, so that they can also be viewed offline.
- Image Download for Instagram : we want to recover the photo from a profile that we have spotted "> Download IG Video / Photo: another very useful extension to download videos and photos on Instagram in one click.
- Instagram Photo Plus : this extension will allow you to view photos at maximum resolution, so as to download them to your PC in the original quality without compressions or reductions in resolution.
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