URL link in Google Sheets becomes unclickable when posted to Instagram

[LeoT]

Hello,
I have a workflow that gets data from Google Sheets including clickable URL links and through the Instagram for Business app ("Publish photo" action), publishes a photo along with a specific caption. That caption includes the URL link from Google Sheets, but when it gets published on Instagram the link becomes plain text (not clickable).

I tried to shorten the URL link with Short.io and transform the text with the Pabbly text transformation app, but without success.

I appreciate any advice.

Thanks

 

[ArshilAhmad]

Hi @LeoT,

Could you please share the Workflow URL in which you have this concern?

 

[LeoT]

Sorry @ArshilAhmad , I`m not sure I understood your request properly. Is this what you need? https://connect.pabbly.com/workflow/mapping/IjU3NjUwNTZhMDYzMDA0M2M1MjZhNTUzZDUxMzAi_pc

Thanks

 

[ArshilAhmad]

Please try entering the link in this manner and see if that gives you the hyperlinked text.
<a href="https://www.example.com">https://www.example.com</a>

 

[LeoT]

Please try entering the link in this manner and see if that gives you the hyperlinked text.
<a href="https://www.example.com">https://www.example.com</a>

Thanks for your reply.
It didn`t work.
This is what I see on Instagram: [https://www.example.com]("https://www.example.com")
just plain text

 

[ArshilAhmad]

Could you please share a screenshot of how the caption looks when you enter the link in the manner shown above?

 

[LeoT]

Could you please share a screenshot of how the caption looks when you enter the link in the manner shown above?

I apologize for wasting your time, as I just learned that Instagram doesn`t allow clickable links in the caption section. The users can only add links to Storys.
You can delete this post if needed, or leave it open so other people may also learn from it.
Thanks again.

 

[ArshilAhmad]

Thank you for the update. This information will assist other users with similar queries.