--- title: Connect Your Own App description: Connect Instagram, Facebook Pages, Threads and TikTok to Wireflow through your own Meta or TikTok developer app. updated: 2026-10-30 --- Wireflow posts through its own Meta and TikTok apps. You can also connect through **your own developer app** instead. Your app can post to your own accounts right away, with no App Review, because Meta and TikTok let an app post for the people who have a role on it. This is handy in two cases: - A platform has not finished reviewing Wireflow's app yet, so the normal Connect button is not open for you. - You want a backup that keeps working no matter what happens to Wireflow's app. You only do this once per platform. After that, connecting works like normal. ## How it works in Wireflow 1. Open a **Social Publish** node (or **Settings, Connected Accounts**). 2. Click **Use your own app (advanced)** and pick the platform. 3. Copy the **Redirect URI** shown there. You paste it into your developer app in the steps below. 4. Paste your app's ID and secret into Wireflow and click **Save app**. 5. Click **Connect** and approve, like any other connection. Your app secret is stored encrypted. Wireflow never shows it again, only its last 4 characters. You can replace or remove the app at any time. Removing it means accounts connected through it need a reconnect. If you are an owner or admin of a team, you can save the app for **everyone on the team**. Team members (not viewers) can then connect through it. ## Instagram You need an Instagram **Business** or **Creator** account. 1. Go to [developers.facebook.com/apps](https://developers.facebook.com/apps) and click **Create App**. 2. Pick the use case **Other**, then the app type **Business**. Give it a name and click through to create it. 3. On the app dashboard, find **Instagram** and click **Set up**. This adds **API setup with Instagram login**. 4. On that page, copy the **Instagram app ID** and **Instagram app secret**. These are not the same as the app ID at the top of the dashboard. Use the Instagram ones. 5. Add your Instagram account as a tester. Go to **App roles**, then **Roles**, click **Add People**, and choose **Instagram Tester**. Type your Instagram username. 6. Accept the invite. In Instagram, open **Settings**, then **Website permissions**, then **Apps and websites**, then **Tester invites**, and accept it. 7. Back on **API setup with Instagram login**, open **Set up Instagram business login** (or **Business login settings**). Paste the Redirect URI from Wireflow into **OAuth redirect URIs** and click **Save**. 8. In Wireflow, paste the Instagram app ID and secret, click **Save app**, then **Connect Instagram**. Leave the app in **Development** mode. That is what lets it post for your tester accounts without App Review. ## Facebook This connects the Facebook Pages you manage, one account per Page. 1. Go to [developers.facebook.com/apps](https://developers.facebook.com/apps) and click **Create App**. 2. Pick the use case **Manage everything on your Page** and create the app. 3. Open **App settings**, then **Basic**. Copy the **App ID** and **App secret**. 4. Open **Facebook Login for Business**, then **Settings**. Paste the Redirect URI from Wireflow into **Valid OAuth Redirect URIs** and click **Save changes**. 5. You are the app's admin, so your own Pages work right away. To connect a Page someone else manages, add them under **App roles**, then **Roles**. 6. In Wireflow, paste the App ID and App secret, click **Save app**, then **Connect Facebook**. Pick your Pages when Facebook asks. ## Threads 1. Go to [developers.facebook.com/apps](https://developers.facebook.com/apps) and click **Create App**. 2. Pick the use case **Access the Threads API** and create the app. 3. Open the Threads use case settings. Copy the **Threads app ID** and **Threads app secret**. Use these, not the app ID at the top of the dashboard. 4. In the same settings, paste the Redirect URI from Wireflow into **Redirect Callback URLs** and save. 5. Add your Threads account as a tester. Go to **App roles**, then **Roles**, click **Add People**, and choose **Threads Tester**. 6. Accept the invite. In Threads, open **Settings**, then **Account**, then **Website permissions**, and accept it. 7. In Wireflow, paste the Threads app ID and secret, click **Save app**, then **Connect Threads**. ## TikTok **Read this first:** until TikTok audits your app, every post goes up as **private** (only you can see it), your TikTok account has to be private when you post, and only a few accounts can post through the app each day. You can make a post public later in the TikTok app. This is a TikTok rule for every unaudited app, Wireflow's included. 1. Go to [developers.tiktok.com](https://developers.tiktok.com), log in, and open **Manage apps**. Click **Connect an app**. 2. Fill in the app details (name, icon, category). For a personal app, choose to own it as an individual. 3. Click **Add products** and add **Login Kit** and **Content Posting API**. 4. Under **Content Posting API**, turn on **Direct Post**. 5. Under **Scopes**, make sure **user.info.basic**, **video.upload** and **video.publish** are on. 6. Under **Login Kit**, paste the Redirect URI from Wireflow into the **Web** redirect URI box. 7. To start without waiting for TikTok, switch the toggle next to your app's name to **Sandbox** and click **Create Sandbox**. Repeat steps 3 to 6 in the sandbox. Then open **Sandbox settings**, find **Target users**, click **Add account**, and log in with your TikTok account. You can add up to 10 accounts. 8. Copy the **Client key** and **Client secret** shown at the top of the app page. If you use a sandbox, copy the pair shown while the sandbox is selected. 9. In Wireflow, paste the Client key and Client secret, click **Save app**, then **Connect TikTok**. Wireflow treats your app as **not audited** until you say otherwise, so every post goes up private. When TikTok approves your app in an audit, click **Replace** on your saved TikTok app, tick **TikTok has audited this app**, and save. Posts can then be public. Leave the box off until TikTok has actually approved your app: an unaudited app that tries to post publicly is refused by TikTok. ## If something goes wrong - **"redirect_uri" error on the platform's page:** the Redirect URI in your app does not match. Copy it again from Wireflow and paste it exactly, with nothing added at the end. - **"Invalid app" or the consent screen will not load:** check you pasted the right pair. Instagram and Threads each have their own ID and secret, separate from the app's main ID. - **The account is not offered on the consent screen:** add it as a tester (Meta) or target user (TikTok sandbox) and accept the invite first. - **"Your own app was changed or removed while connecting":** someone replaced or removed the app while you were on the consent screen. Connect again. Last updated: 2026-10-30 --- Documentation index: fetch https://www.wireflow.ai/llms.txt for the full list of Wireflow docs.