Manage Your Instagram Feed by Asking ChatGPT or Claude

If you already keep ChatGPT or Claude open while you work, now your Instagram feed can live in that same chat.

Smash Balloon Instagram Feed Pro 6.14.0 lets you ask your AI assistant to handle it. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor through WPVibe, a free WordPress plugin from SeedProd, and you can say something like “make my homepage feed four columns” and have it done.

New to Instagram Feed Pro? It’s the Smash Balloon plugin that shows your Instagram posts and Reels on your WordPress site, with no code. AI Agents comes with every Pro plan, Basic, Plus, and Elite, and with the All Access Bundle. Since version 6.15.0, the free Smash Balloon Instagram Feed has it too, so you can try it before you upgrade.

Here’s what you can do starting today:

• Change your homepage feed’s columns, captions, and colors without opening the editor
• Ask your AI to create a feed, change its layout, or match its colors to your brand
• Get any feed’s shortcode by asking for it
• Decide what your AI can change, and approve every feed deletion yourself

The same update also opens your Reels in a full-screen viewer that plays with sound. We cover that in its own post: let visitors watch your Instagram Reels full-screen.

Manage Your Instagram Feed by Asking Your AI

Once your site is connected, you talk to your assistant the way you’d ask a coworker for a hand. Tell it what you want your feed to look like, and it makes the change while you carry on in the chat you already have open.

Here are a few things you can hand off:

• “Show 12 posts in four columns on my homepage feed, and hide the captions.” Most layout, header, caption, button, and color settings work the same way.

And here’s the feed right after: 12 posts in four columns, with the captions gone.

• Opening a second location? Ask for a new feed from an Instagram account you’ve already connected.
• Can’t remember which shortcode, the short piece of text you paste where a feed should appear, belongs on your Contact page? Ask for a list of your feeds and their shortcodes.

Set It Up Once With a Free Plugin

WPVibe is the free plugin that does the connecting. It’s made by SeedProd, part of the same family of WordPress products as Smash Balloon, and it works with ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and other AI assistants.

Instagram Feed installs it for you with one click, on the free plugin or Pro, and once it’s on your site, your AI can help with the rest of WordPress too, like drafting posts and pages.

You Decide What Your AI Can Change

Handing your website to an AI is a big ask, so Instagram Feed Pro’s AI tools start your assistant off able to look but not change anything. It can see your feeds, your settings, and which Instagram accounts are connected, and it never sees your Instagram login or the keys that connect your account. When you want it making changes too, you switch on MCP Write Access, and you can switch it off again any time. WPVibe also has its own tools for the rest of your WordPress site, and it asks for your approval in the chat before anything destructive.

With MCP Write Access on, deleting a feed still comes back to you. Your assistant can only ask to delete one. You get a link, open it in your browser, see exactly which feed and shortcode it means, and click Delete feed or Cancel. The link only works once, so nothing gets deleted by surprise.

Adding a new Instagram account works the same way. Your assistant hands you a link, and you connect the account yourself in your browser.

How to Connect Your Instagram Feed to ChatGPT or Claude (in 10 Minutes)

AI Agents is on every Instagram Feed Pro plan and the All Access Bundle, and on the free Smash Balloon Instagram Feed from version 6.15.0. You’ll also need WordPress 6.9 or newer, and your site’s address needs to start with https://, since WPVibe only connects over a secure link.

You only do this once. After that, you only have to ask.

Step 1: Update Instagram Feed. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Dashboard » Updates, or Plugins » Installed Plugins, and update Instagram Feed Pro to 6.14.0 or newer, or the free Smash Balloon Instagram Feed to 6.15.0 or newer.

Step 2: Install WPVibe. Go to Instagram Feed » Settings. On the General tab, find AI Agents and click Install WPVibe for free.

Step 3: Open WPVibe. Once it’s installed, the box says WPVibe is connected to Instagram Feed. That means WPVibe is ready, and you’ll connect your AI in the next steps. Click Open WPVibe.

Step 4: Check your connection. The WPVibe screen opens with a short setup checklist. Under Check your connection, click Check site connectivity so WPVibe can confirm it can reach your site.

Step 5: Add WPVibe to your AI. Under Add WPVibe to your AI and connect this site, pick Add to ChatGPT, Claude setup guide, or Cursor and other clients.

Step 6: Install WPVibe in your AI. If you picked Add to ChatGPT, ChatGPT opens the WPVibe app page. Click Install plugin, then sign in to your free WPVibe account, or create one. WPVibe emails you a 6-digit code to type in, and you’re connected. Using Claude? The Claude setup guide walks you through adding WPVibe as a connector, with the same sign-in.

Step 7: Let your AI make changes, if you want it to. Back in Instagram Feed » Settings, switch on MCP Write Access and click Save Changes. Leave it off to keep your AI’s Instagram Feed tools look-only.

Step 8: Ask your first question. Open ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor and try “List my Instagram feeds and their shortcodes.” In ChatGPT, click + in the message box and choose WPVibe first, so it answers from your site.

Step 9: Connect your site the first time. The first time you ask, ChatGPT asks for your site’s address. Type it in, then click Authorize WPVibe.

Your WordPress admin opens and asks whether WPVibe can connect to your account. Click Yes, I approve of this connection.

WPVibe shows Connection verified. Click Copy prompt and paste it into ChatGPT so it can confirm it reads your site.

ChatGPT replies with your site’s name and address. When Connection status says Verified, you’re set. Ask your question again, and this time it answers from your site. From there, try a change like the one at the top of this post, and your feed updates the same way.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is AI Agents included in Instagram Feed Pro?

Yes. Every plan includes it, from Basic up to Elite, and so does the All Access Bundle. The free Smash Balloon Instagram Feed has it too from version 6.15.0, for the settings the free plugin includes. Pro is where your feed starts selling for you. Reels play full screen with sound so visitors keep watching, Plus pulls in posts from customers who use your hashtag, and Elite shows the photos customers tag you in and links each post to a product, so a scroll turns into a click.

Is WPVibe free?

Yes. The plugin is free, and WPVibe’s free plan covers a daily allowance of WordPress actions. It works with the free versions of ChatGPT and Claude, and paid WPVibe plans raise that daily allowance if you need more.

Can my AI delete a feed without asking me?

No. Your assistant can only request a deletion. The feed is deleted only after you open the confirmation link in your browser and click Delete feed.

Can my AI set up hashtag feeds or filters?

No. Your AI handles everyday settings like layout, columns, captions, and colors. Hashtag feeds, filters, and moderation are set up in the feed editor.

Does my AI see my Instagram password?

No. Your assistant never sees your Instagram login or the keys that connect your account. When you add a new account, you connect it yourself in your browser.

What else do I need?

Instagram Feed Pro 6.14.0 or the free Instagram Feed 6.15.0 or newer, WordPress 6.9 or newer, a site address that starts with https://, and a free WPVibe account, which you create the first time your AI connects.

Update Today and Let Your AI Handle Your Feed

Update today, and about ten minutes from now you could be changing your homepage feed by asking ChatGPT or Claude.

And you can do it without:

• Leaving the chat you’re already in
• Copying shortcodes between tabs
• Worrying that your AI deletes something you wanted to keep

If you’re on any Instagram Feed Pro plan, update to 6.14.0 and open the AI Agents box under Settings.

Using the free Smash Balloon Instagram Feed? Update to 6.15.0 or newer and you’ll find the same AI Agents box under Settings. When you want more, Instagram Feed Pro opens your Reels full screen with sound, keeps your feed showing during an Instagram outage, and on Plus and Elite adds hashtag, tagged, and shoppable feeds, all of which your AI keeps working with after you upgrade.

And if you’re new to Smash Balloon, Instagram Feed Pro puts your Instagram posts and Reels on your site, and now you can run it from the AI chat you already use.

While you’re updating, your Reels get a new look too. See how full-screen Reels work on your site. Running other Smash Balloon feeds? They connect to your AI the same way. See how for Facebook, reviews, YouTube, and TikTok.

What’s the first thing you’ll ask your AI to change? Drop a comment below and let us know.