It's a 3-column grid that mirrors your Instagram profile. Each tile is a real post: a photo at the right aspect ratio, a carousel of up to ten images, a Reel with the saved cover. Click in to see the full post, not just a thumbnail.
You can build a tile before the post exists. Drop in images, reorder the carousel, set a video cover. When the layout looks right, promote the mockup and a real Instagram draft is created with the same media. The Composer opens, ready for the caption.
A grid planner usually means a flat layout tool. You upload screenshots, you arrange them, you go schedule somewhere else. EziBreezy's grid is built into the workspace where the post lives. The tile in the grid is the actual draft.
Dragging a tile in the Planning grid is visual only. The schedule does not change. To reorder posting times, drag in the Coming up queue. Stories are excluded, and Reels only appear when Share to Feed is on, so the grid matches the public profile.
Min 9 tiles, grows from there
The grid sits in three columns, the same shape Instagram uses on the profile. Always at least nine tiles visible. It grows as you add more planner items.
Built inside the tile
A carousel tile holds up to ten images. Add them from upload or the Media Room, reorder them, swap them out, and the tile shows what will publish.
Not flat thumbnails
Photos render at the ratio they will publish in. Reels show the cover saved on the post. Click any tile to open the post at full size.
Drag a draft onto a slot
Existing Instagram drafts for the selected account sit in a side tray. Drag one onto the grid to plant it where you want it.
Mockup to real post
Build a tile from media and a video cover, then turn it into a real Instagram draft from the grid. The Composer opens with the same media attached.
Reorder publish times
Scheduled and pending-approval posts sit in publish order below the grid. Drag here and existing time slots are reassigned across the moved posts.
The grid is per Instagram account. Connect more than one and pick which feed to plan from a dropdown. The account stays in the URL so a teammate can open the same view.
Always at least a 3x3 preview visible. Add more planner items and the grid grows in 3-column rows.
Drag any tile to swap places and test a new feed sequence. The grid order changes. The schedule does not.
Add a tile from upload or the Media Room before the post exists as a draft. Useful for testing how a launch image will sit beside the last three posts.
Stack up to ten images into one carousel tile. Reorder the media inside the tile, remove any, swap one out before the post is real.
Pick a custom cover image for a single-video mockup. Linked Reel tiles use the cover saved on the actual post.
Existing Instagram drafts for the selected account sit in a side tray. Drag one onto the grid to plant it where you want it.
Open any tile and the post renders in an Instagram-style preview. Aspect ratios, Reel covers, and the carousel set all show the way the public profile will.
Turn a visual-only tile into a real Instagram draft with the same media. The Composer opens, ready for the caption.
Below the planner, the last 27 published feed-visible Instagram posts render in 3-column shape so the planner sits next to the real feed.
Scheduled and pending-approval posts merge into one chronological queue. Drag inside it and the existing time slots reshuffle across the moved posts.
Stories never appear on the profile grid, so they are excluded. Reels only render when Share to Feed is on. The grid matches the public profile, not the camera roll.
Build a mockup from a fresh upload or pull reusable assets from the workspace Media Room. Alt text, color tags, and favourites carry through.
The Grid Planner is the visual-feed view for Instagram. The other surfaces work the same posts in different shapes. Calendar shows them by date. Board shows them by approval stage. Workbench plans them as rows. Composer writes the captions. Client Reviews ships them out for sign-off. Same post, different shape.
The Instagram Grid Planner is a 3-column profile-style preview for any connected Instagram account. Each tile is a real post or a visual-only mockup. You drag tiles to test the layout, click into one to see the full post, and turn a mockup into a real Instagram draft from the same screen.
Yes. The 3-column grid mirrors an Instagram profile, so it doesn't apply to other networks. LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and Pinterest posts use the Calendar and Composer like every other post.
Later and Planoly let you upload screenshots and arrange them. EziBreezy's grid is the same workspace the post lives in: a tile is a draft, a draft is a tile, and promoting a mockup creates a real Instagram draft you schedule from the Composer. One tool, not two.
The free Instagram Grid Planner is a browser tool for a quick layout check. Upload images, drag them into order, screenshot or share. The in-app planner is connected to your Instagram account, your drafts, your media library, and your schedule.
Yes. Drafts for the selected Instagram account sit in a side tray. Drag any draft onto the grid to plant it on a slot, or open the draft in the Composer when the caption or media needs work.
No. The Planning grid is the layout view. Dragging tiles changes the order in the grid only. Posting times only change when you drag in the Coming up queue or move posts on the Calendar.
The existing time slots get reassigned across the moved posts. If Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are scheduled, dragging Friday into the first position gives that post the Monday slot and shifts the other two down. The slots stay. The posts swap.
Yes. Add images or a video to a tile and it sits as a planning item, not a draft. When the layout looks right, hit Promote and a real Instagram draft is created with the same media. The Composer opens, ready for the caption.
A planner tile holds up to ten media items, the same limit Instagram uses for a real carousel. Add media from upload or the Media Room, reorder it inside the tile, swap one out, and the cover updates.
Stories are excluded because they don't appear on the profile. Reels only appear when Share to Feed is on. The grid matches the public profile, not the camera roll.
Yes for visual-only mockups: pick any cover image for a single-video tile. Linked Reel tiles use the cover saved on the actual draft, since that's what Instagram will publish.
Not yet. Client review batches show one post at a time today, not the full grid. The workaround is to promote the mockups to drafts, send them through Client Reviews as a batch, and walk the client through the order when the visual sequence matters.
Quick layout preview in the browser. No login. Drag images into a 3x3 to test the order before you commit.
Split one image into a 3x3, 3x4, or 3x5 set of numbered tiles. Export them in the order they post.
Generate caption ideas in the browser, then drop the chosen one into the post when you sign in.
Generate hashtag sets, then save the ones you reuse as Hashtag Groups inside EziBreezy.
Reusable asset library. Pull images and videos straight into a planner mockup or a real draft.
Pillars, formats, and cadence on one page. Useful before the grid fills with tiles.