Where things stand right now
Full automatic API integration requires Meta App Review, which is currently in progress. Until that's approved, the manual workflow below works completely — it gives you all the analytics and AI recommendations features. When automatic access is live, we'll email you and you can switch over in one click.
Option A — Manual analytics (available right now)
No API, no waiting, no Meta review. You enter your numbers directly; Zendora uses them to generate AI-powered recommendations. Here's how:
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Switch to a Professional Instagram account
If you haven't already, you need a Creator or Business account to see Insights. This takes two minutes inside the Instagram app: tap your profile → hamburger menu → Settings → Account type and tools → Switch to professional account → choose Creator (recommended for influencers and solo creators) or Business → done. Instagram's official guide →
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Open Page Analytics in Zendora
Go to Page Analytics. If you haven't added your account yet, click Connect account and fill in your platform and handle. This creates a manual account — no OAuth required.
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Click "Add snapshot"
Enter your current numbers: followers, total posts, average reach, engagement rate, and any post-level metrics you want to track. Pull these from Instagram Insights inside the app (tap your profile → Insights). Professional accounts get this data automatically once switched.
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Save and read your recommendations
Zendora generates AI-powered recommendations referencing your actual numbers — what to replicate, what to fix, what's working in your niche.
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Add snapshots regularly
Add a new snapshot weekly or monthly. Zendora tracks changes over time and updates recommendations as your numbers shift.
Option B — Automatic API access (coming soon)
Here's what the automatic flow will look like once Meta App Review is approved, so you can prepare now:
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Have a Professional Instagram account
Creator or Business — same prerequisite as Option A. If you haven't switched yet, do that first. Instagram's official guide →
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Connect your Instagram to a Facebook Page
This is required by Meta for API access. If you don't have a Facebook Page yet, you'll create one during setup — it takes about three minutes. Most Professional creators already have this done.
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Have a Meta Business Portfolio
Also called Meta Business Suite. Most professional creators already have one. If not, Meta walks you through creating one when you log into business.facebook.com.
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Approve Zendora's Partner Access request
When Zendora invites you, you'll get a notification in Meta Business Suite asking you to grant Partner Access to your Instagram account and linked Facebook Page. You approve from there. We only request the minimum permissions we need: read your post performance and read your audience insights. We don't post on your behalf, don't read your DMs, don't access anything we don't tell you about.
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Done — no more manual snapshots
Once approved, Zendora pulls your latest analytics automatically. Recommendations update without any data entry from you.
Want early access?
We'll email everyone the moment Meta approval lands. Contact us and we'll add you to the early access list.
What Zendora will and won't do with your Instagram data
We will
- ✓Read your post performance metrics
- ✓Read your audience demographics (age, location, gender breakdown)
- ✓Read your engagement metrics
- ✓Store your numbers so the AI can reference them in recommendations
We won't
- ✗Post anything on your behalf without your explicit approval
- ✗Read your DMs or private messages
- ✗Access your follower list individually
- ✗Sell or share your data with any third party
- ✗Train AI models on your raw content — Style Library references are used in real-time generation only, not to train shared models