"View post on Instagram" keeps loading and does not display posts.

[Ethan-LN]

"View post on Instagram" keeps loading and does not display posts

[shubham-spreadd]

Getting same error for embed URLs with instagram. Any work around?

[justinmahar]

Still an issue for you guys? Sometimes these services have hiccups and things magically work again a few hours later. Just tried on the demo site and seems to be working now.

[Ethan-LN]

Hey JustinMaha. Thanks for your reply. I had to look at my browser console error. It is more likely my browser setting has blocked access to the post with Instagram. Both my chrome on MacBook and duckduckgo on mobile have the same issue. I tried the tor browser on my MacBook and safari on my mobile. Both of them display smoothly. 😆 I wonder if some browser safety settings may prevent this embed from working. I will find out a bit more details later. My issue came from the duck duck Go privacy setting on both devices. Duckduck goes on iPhone: Making the Instagram-embedded video display requires disabling the Privacy protection. Chrome on Macbook : Needs to turn off the DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials extension on chrome.
PS: Other extensions from the chrome browser setting might also impact the display of Instagram embed.

[mikaeljan]

Just experienced the same when I was on VPN. It worked ok on VPN but if I turn it off it stops working.

[EricBallard]

Experiencing this on Mobile Chrome... safari works fine.

EDIT: Apparently Chrome mobile holds like 65% of the market, womp womp.

https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/mobile/worldwide