In order for your social wall to be able to fetch posts from the social media networks of your choice, it is necessary to establish a connection between Walls.io and the social media platform first. Since the differentiation between connections and sources can be confusing, we will explain you the basics here! 😊

Walls.io needs connections to communicate with different social media platforms. To establish a connection, go to your Walls.io account settings and hit the "Connect" button next to the network you need to connect.
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Depending on the account you have, you can connect multiple social media profiles for the same social network.

You can also add a new social network connection from Settings > Sources. Just select the social platform and click "Connect".
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Note: due to X (Twitter) API it is not possible to connect one X (Twitter) account with more than one Walls.io account.
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Generally, you don't need to connect with a certain account, any account will work. We use the access token a connected account gives us, as a way to communicate with the API of different social media platforms. 

There is an exception when it comes to Instagram though. Since this is a rather complicated issue we dedicated a whole article to it- click here to find our more!

If you want to connect to a certain account you need to be logged into that respective account in your browser. So if, for example, you want to connect to another X (Twitter) account, you need to switch accounts on X (Twitter) and then hit the "Connect" button.

With a source, you tell Walls.io what you want to show on your wall. This can be keywords, sources or even a whole profile. 

To add a profile, simply copy and paste the URL into the textbox. Walls.io will automatically pick the right platform for you:

 To add hashtags or keywords, choose the right social media platform, Click on "Hashtag" and enter the hashtag (including #) into the textbox: