You can customize the layout and behavior of your social wall by adding URL parameters - without needing to access the wall settings. This is especially useful if the same wall is displayed on multiple screens, each requiring different settings (like layout, language, or content sources).
What are URL Parameters?
URL parameters are a set of key-value pairs added to the end of your social wall’s URL. They let you override global wall settings (set in your wall settings), allowing even more customizations based on where and how the wall is being shown.
You can combine multiple parameters in one URL:
https://my.walls.io/starbucks?layout=carousel&network=twitter
In this example:
The layout is changed to carousel
Posts are filtered to show only those from X (Twitter)
🚨 When using more than one URL Parameter, connect them with an "&" symbol in the URL.
Supported URL Parameters
Parameter | Values | Default | Description |
| 0|1 | 0 | Disable/Enable action icon menu in embedded widget - does not affect the stand-alone wall |
| 0|1 | 1 | Disable/Enable scrollbar - only relevant for Fluid and Grid layouts. More details in this dedicated article. |
| facebook|twitter|youtube|instagram... | Empty | Filter for specific social media platform |
| grid|carousel|billboard|kiosk|fluid|bricks|map | Wall Setting | Select a layout. More details in this dedicated article. |
| classic|light|... | Wall Setting | Select color scheme |
| en|de|... | Wall Setting | Set frontend (i.e labels like “3 days ago” - but NOT the content) language, 2 or 5 character ISO format eg: en, de, sk.. or en_US, de_AT |
| 0..7 | Wall Setting | Set a fixed no. of columns = non-responsive - only relevant for Fluid and Grid layouts |
| 0..7 | Wall Setting | Set a fixed no. of rows = non-responsive - only relevant for Grid layout |
| 0|1 | Wall Setting | Disable/Enable auto-scrolling |
| 0|1 | 1 | Disable/Enable wall header |
| 0|1 or false|true |
| Automatically open the Direct Post dialogue |
| String | Empty | Add a CSS-class to the <html>-element, which can be used to target CSS to certain frontends using this URL parameter |
| 0|1 | 0 | Disable/Enable accessibility mode - only relevant for Fluid layout. More details in this dedicated article. |
| String | Empty | Pre-fill the Direct Post form with contact information. |
Example Use Cases
Scenario | URL |
Adjust columns and rows | |
Disable scrollbar and header |
We have dedicated articles for some of the most popular parameters:
In case you have further questions, don't hesitate to contact the support team via chat or support@walls.io!