Free tool
Instagram grid maker
See your next posts as a profile grid before you publish, and drag them into the right order. Or cut one photo into tiles that line up on the 3:4 grid.
Works on your phone. Photos never leave your device. No sign-up.
Grid shape
No photos at hand?
- Add the posts you plan to publish next: they go on top, like on your profile.
- Reorder until the grid looks right. Each tile shows when to post it.
- Save the preview as an image to share with a client or keep for reference.
Your photos appear here as a profile grid. The badge on each tile says when to post it.
The sizes
The grid is 3:4 now.
In 2025 Instagram moved the profile grid from squares to taller 3:4 rectangles. A post made for the old square grid, or at 4:5, is trimmed to fit, which is why older puzzle grids stop lining up.
The maker previews at 3:4 by default and saves split tiles at that shape. Switch to 1:1 if you still plan with square posts.
Profile grid
Each post shows as a 3:4 rectangle on your profile, three to a row.
3:4
Split tile
Pixels per tile at 3:4, Instagram's 1080 pixel width. The maker saves this size.
1080 × 1440
Square grid
The 1:1 option, for planning with square posts or the older grid.
1080 × 1080
Plan a feed
Add the posts you will publish next and reorder them until colors and formats alternate the way you want. Keep the plan with the rest of your posts in the free content calendar template.
Split one photo
One row of three works as a banner, three rows as a full screen. If you want people to swipe through a story instead, a carousel keeps it in a single post.
FAQ
Questions about Instagram grids.
How do I make a grid on Instagram?
Choose Plan my feed, add the 9 to 12 photos you want to post next and reorder them until the grid looks right. Each tile shows when to post it: the last photo in the grid goes first and the top-left one last, because Instagram puts the newest post at the top left. To make one big picture across several posts, choose Split one photo instead.
What size should Instagram grid posts be?
The profile grid shows each post at 3:4, so 1080 × 1440 pixels fills a tile with nothing cut off. A 4:5 post (1080 × 1350) loses a thin strip on the left and right in the grid, and a square post loses a wider strip on each side. The split tiles this tool saves are 1080 × 1440.
In what order do I post a split grid?
Post the tile named grid-post-01 first and the highest number last, one after another with nothing in between. The files are numbered in posting order, so you can upload them in the order they appear on your phone.
Why don't my grid tiles line up?
Usually because the tiles were made for a different shape than the grid shows, a post went up between them, or a pinned post sits at the top of the grid and shifts everything after it. Make the tiles at 3:4, post them in one go, and unpin posts while the grid is being built.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The grid maker runs in your browser. Your photos are read on your device, the preview and the tiles are drawn on your device, and nothing is sent to a server. There is no sign-up.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. Choosing photos opens your photo library. Press and hold a photo to drag it, or tap two photos to swap them. On phones that support it, Save tiles to Photos opens the share sheet so the tiles go straight to your camera roll.
Sources
- Engadget: Instagram's experimental profile grid has rectangular images instead of squares. View source (accessed November 11, 2026).
- Kapwing: Instagram's new grid layout, size and dimensions. View source (accessed November 11, 2026).
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