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title: "How the Grid Planner Works | Maeve Social"
description: "Select an Instagram account, arrange its Planning grid, and review its upcoming and posted content."
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4. How the Grid Planner Works

# How the Grid Planner Works

Updated October 19, 2026

Open **Grid Planner** to arrange an Instagram feed preview. Select the Instagram account you want to work on from the **Account** control.

Grid Planner

Account

Workshop studio

Planning

Workshop

Studio notes

Made by hand

New work

Behind the scenes

September

Add visual mockupImport existing post

Illustration of the Instagram grid, using sample workshop artwork and posts.

## Find Your Content

| Area      | What It Contains                                                                       |
| --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Planning  | Visual mockups, placeholders, linked content, and future manual feed items             |
| Posted    | Published content available to Maeve and manual feed history                           |
| Coming up | Scheduled posts and pending posts with a scheduled time                                |
| Drafts    | Available drafts for the selected account that are not already linked to planner tiles |

**Planning** sits above **Posted** in the feed preview. **Coming up** is a separate list, ordered by scheduled time with the earliest first.

Scheduled posts do not automatically fill the Planning canvas. Place content on the canvas when you want to include it in the layout you are arranging.

## Plan a Layout

1. Select an Instagram account.
2. Click **Add visual mockup** or an empty Planning slot.
3. Add media or a placeholder.
4. Move tiles into the positions you want.
5. Compare Planning with the Posted grid below it.

Moving a visual mockup changes its planner position. Reordering posts within **Coming up** changes real scheduled times. See [Reordering Scheduled Posts](https://maevesocial.com/guides/grid-planner/reordering-scheduled-posts) before moving scheduled content.

## Switch Accounts

Use **Account** to choose another connected Instagram account. Each account has its own planner items, feed history, and snapshot links.

The Grid Planner supports Instagram. Connect an Instagram account if the account picker has none available.

## Check Access and Sharing

Editors and Managers can manage planner items, reorder upcoming posts, and edit manual feed history. Creators and Viewers can view the grid.

On **Standard or above**, Creators, Editors, and Managers can create snapshot links and download a PDF. Viewers cannot share or export the grid.

Sharing captures Planning and Posted as they appear when the snapshot is created. It does not provide client approval controls. Use [Client Reviews](https://maevesocial.com/guides/approvals-and-clients/client-reviews) when you need approval on posts.

## Questions

### Which networks does the Grid Planner support?

Instagram.

### Can I plan more than one Instagram account?

Yes. Choose another connected Instagram account using Account. Each account has its own planner items, feed, and snapshot links.

### What are the three sections?

Planning contains your layout, Posted contains feed history, and Coming up lists scheduled and pending content with publishing times. Drafts are available separately.

### Why is the newest thing at the top?

Posted normally shows recent content first, with pinned items first. Coming up uses the opposite order: the earliest scheduled time is first.

### Do the sections join up?

Planning and Posted form the feed preview. Coming up is a separate list; scheduled posts do not automatically fill the Planning canvas.

### Do I need a particular plan?

Sharing links and exporting a PDF require Standard or above. Those sharing requirements are separate from access to the planner.

### Who can edit the grid?

Editors and Managers can manage the grid. Creators can view it and, on Standard or above, share it. Viewers can only view it.

In Maeve Social

* [Instagram Grid Planner](https://maevesocial.com/features/grid-planner)