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Template:Instagram displays an external link to a page at Instagram, a photo sharing and social media website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
{{Instagram | username }}
{{Instagram | username | Displayed Name }}
{{Instagram | id= username }}
{{Instagram | id= username | name= Displayed Name }}
{{Instagram}}
{{Instagram | name= Displayed Name }}
* {{Instagram | wikipedia | Wikipedia }}
* {{Instagram | id= kevin | name= Kevin Systrom }}
* {{Instagram}}
TemplateData for Instagram
This template displays an external link to a page at Instagram, a photo sharing and social media website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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ID | id 1 | The username in the Instagram URL, such as kevin in https://www.instagram.com/kevin/. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P2003 exists, but required if not.
| String | optional |
Name | name 2 | The name displayed as the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation.
| String | optional |