{"id":48787,"date":"2025-01-23T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/predis.ai\/resources\/?p=48787"},"modified":"2026-03-19T23:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:21:01","slug":"instagram-story-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/predis.ai\/resources\/instagram-story-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram Story Highlights – The Ultimate Guide","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First Impressions are the best impressions, right? This applies to any user who may stumble upon your Instagram account too. You want to dazzle them at first glance and what better way to do that than by using Instagram story highlights! After all, it is the first thing they see when they come in. So here is an ultimate guide on Instagram Story highlight to get you started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>What are Instagram Story highlights?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When Instagram started, the stories you post on your profiles only had a limited shelf time of 24 hours. But in subsequent years, Instagram rolled out a feature called Instagram Story Highlights where you can make your stories a permanent staple of your profile by marking them as highlights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Instagram stories’ reach rising each year<\/a>, it is a no-brainer to make them a part of your marketing strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And they are hard to miss too. We are sure, you all will be familiar with these cute little bubbles!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Another major pro of highlights is that you can segregate them<\/strong>. If your brand has multiple products, you cannot possibly segregate the posts you make for each product. And since there is no limit to the amount of highlights you can have<\/a>, go ahead and create as many as your heart desires. This allows the user to pursue any part of your business they are most interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seems worth spending time on right? It definitely is! So, let us tell you how to create these cute mini-pages and how you can effectively leverage them for your business. Let\u2019s get going!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>How to Add Story Highlights on Instagram?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you are thinking, about how to put highlights on Instagram without a story, the simple answer is you cannot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Instagram story highlight can be created in 2 ways: Either using a new story that is currently live or by using an old story that is in the archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is right, even if your story is not active at the moment, it can still be added to an existing or new highlight. Let us go through the steps on how to do it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Creating a Highlight from an Active Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To highlight an active story, <\/strong>start by creating a new story<\/a>. Once the story is live, go through the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n