Instagram Now Features Mixed Orientation Galleries

Around June of 2024, some Instagram users were graced with the choice to create mixed orientation galleries, meaning they could add both horizontal and vertical images into one gallery. The thing is — not everyone has had it. It’s a couple days into 2025, and rejoyce! It is now here (at least for us).

 

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to use the tool, courtesy of @acronymis:

 

 

DIRECTIONS:

 

  • Select the photos of your choice with mixed orientations as if you were planning any other gallery.
  • When you click to the next section, you will see a frame on the left bottom of the image. Tap the icon and you can choose “Mixed,” “Portrait,” or “Square.” Mixed will set you up with the desired effect.
  • Note: If you switch the order of your gallery and move the first image, your gallery may re-set to portrait size. Your best bet is to select your photos in the correct order, or at very least, know which image you want to front the gallery in order to avoid this issue.
  • Some users have reported some glitches when adding other functionality including collaborations or tagging, so make sure to double-check your work in order to have the most optimum experience possible.

 

 

WHEN WAS IT LAUNCHED

 

The first instances of this tech were seen on Threads, the Twitter/X version released by Meta that is tied to Instagram profiles. This made the platform a primo location for photographers and content creators wanting to share a mixed bag of shots. For some reason, this push never came to Instagram first, despite Instagram being the eldest of the photo-sharing programs. Many Threads users hypothesized that Meta may have been trying to push photo-creation content over to that platform while trying to make Instagram more of a location for Reels to rival the ever-looming-maybe-gonna-be-banned Tiktok.

 

While photographers of many different disciplines did find a home and community using Threads, many of us still like the interface of Instagram, and prefer to share our content this way — especially considering it can be a living profile for users to show off and solicit their works to onlookers. Around June 2024, some users started to report that mixed galleries would be coming to Instagram, but other than some lucky users who got to test it out and shared their reviews to Threads, along with users who got to live with the first rounds of glitches, a decent amount of the population still didn’t have this tech until recently.

 

While this release is still potentially rolling out to other users, it’s important to note that most of the time, these platforms don’t get it right on their first go, and there may be glitches, so always check your work, and double-check later on after it’s been posted for a few hours to make sure it still stays the way you want it to, or if you need to modify the post.

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