Instagram grid maker
Split one photo into a 3×3, 3×2, or 3×1 puzzle grid — or seamless carousel slides — with a live profile preview and every tile numbered in posting order. All in your browser.
How an Instagram puzzle grid works
A grid (or "puzzle feed") is one large image sliced into tiles and posted as separate, consecutive posts. On your profile, Instagram arranges posts three per row, newest first — so the tiles reassemble into the full picture. Brands use it for launches and album drops; creators use it to make a profile feel designed rather than assembled. This tool does the slicing: upload once, pick a layout, download tiles at exactly 1080 × 1080 (or 1080 × 1350).
Why you post the last tile first
Instagram puts your newest post at the top-left of the grid. For the picture to assemble correctly, the bottom-right tile has to go up first and the top-left tile last. Every tile here is numbered in that posting order — follow the numbers from "post 1st" to the end and the image lines up. One caveat: anything you post afterwards shifts the whole grid by one slot, so puzzle grids work best on profiles styled in rows of three or timed around a campaign.
The 2025 grid change: previews are 3:4 now
Since early 2025, the profile grid previews posts in 3:4 instead of squares. A 1:1 tile loses about 12.5% on each side in the grid view; a 4:5 tile loses ~3%. Toggle "Show 3:4 grid crop" above to shade exactly what gets hidden — if a face or text sits in the shaded strip, recrop before you post. For grids designed today, 1080 × 1350 portrait tiles survive the preview crop with almost no loss.
Grid split vs. carousel split
A grid split turns tiles into separate posts that live on your profile. A carousel split puts the slices into a single swipeable post — a panorama that flows seamlessly from slide to slide as people swipe. Carousels don't depend on posting order tricks and don't break when you post something new, which makes them the lower-risk option; the Carousel ×2 and ×3 layouts above slice for exactly that.
Frequently asked questions
Reverse reading order: bottom-right tile first, top-left tile last. Each tile is numbered ("post 1st", "post 2nd"…) and the downloads are named the same way, so you can't lose track.
No — every new post shifts the grid one slot left, which breaks the mosaic unless you post in multiples of three. That's why many accounts either keep grids row-aligned (3×1 strips) or use a carousel split instead.
No. The image is read and sliced entirely in your browser with the Canvas API and downloaded straight back to your device — no network request ever carries the photo.
That's the painful part by hand — nine posts, exact order, no mistakes. A scheduler like Zilfu lets you queue every tile in sequence ahead of time, so the grid lands correctly without phone alarms.
Nine tiles. One scheduled drop.
Queue every tile in posting order and Zilfu publishes them to Instagram on schedule — your grid assembles itself while you do something better. Free for 2 accounts.