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# How to get hashtag suggestions for Instagram in Viraltag

| Updated September 11, 2025

**You can generate hashtags for your Instagram photos right inside Viraltag and for text posts, too.  You can do this in all social media publishing sites, too.

**The quick video below shows using the updated RiteTag Pro extension with both Hootsuite and Buffer. It works with all social publishing sites, including Tailwind.**
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**Using the RiteTag browser extension, I show how to generate and add hashtag suggestions by right-clicking on an image or highlighted block of text, including one you're attaching to a Tweet or Instagram upload. The hashtags are color-graded based on real-time engagement, saving lots of research time.

## How to use RiteTag for Images and text captions for images (Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.)

**This also works within Viraltag's browser extension.**

1) Firstly, you will need to have the RiteTag extension for [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ritetag/hclhpnhohpmlbadmeieecaandnglfodm) or [Firefox](**https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ritetag-ritekit/**) installed. [Here's how](https://ritekit.crisp.help/en/article/heres-how-to-add-the-ritetag-pro-browser-extension-to-a-browser-such-as-operavivaldibraveetc-that-uses-chrome-browser-extensions-d5gb1s/) to use the Chrome extension in your Vivaldi, Torch, Brave, Opera, Dolphin, Yandex, Puffin, and Microsoft Edge browsers.

2) Start a new post in Viraltag.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b98822a36815b800/7baa6e90-7062-4b20-8bfa-744d31_1i4zb9z.png)

3) Attach an image to your post.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/a94dd9604702e800/58228287-5763-4204-9ffb-59bd7c_uejvj8.png)

4) Paste your text caption in the "What would you like to share" field.

5) You can get hashtags two ways: from highlighted text or from images.  

You can get hashtags from by highlighting text and right-clicking on the text for the **Generate Hashtags** mouse option. Do this with your image caption or, if it isn't an Instagram/Pinterest post, from the text of your Tweet/Facebook update, etc.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/d577fb3d963fb800/b60a1bb4-5218-4f22-9816-c4cfe2_1wuc1e4.png)

**TIP**: Too many hashtags? Try highlighting just 5 to 30 words.  
  
You can also get hashtags for the image by right-clicking on the image and selecting **Generate Hashtags**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/130a9c411ec1f400/eaea18f5-bd67-4274-9d78-fe7523_1p3m3nw.png)

**TIP**: If you get very few hashtag suggestions, either there's little visual information in your image or, it's too small. Click the star to open the full-size image and then right-click on it for the **Generate Hashtags** option.

6) Either click the hashtags you want and hit the **Copy** button or first hit the **Select all** button, then deselect hashtags you do not want by clicking on them. Then, hit **Copy**, and the **X**, to close the RiteTag modal (popup).

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/30e21884f2f20200/140f58b9-244c-4d45-ae85-5969ae_dl8tux.png)

7) Paste the hashtags to the **Caption** section of your post

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6b6ebe38c0d9c000/2f40bcd4-c893-430d-8155-7786bb_1sza6jn.png)

 8)  Set scheduling time and save. The post will send you a phone notification at the time you designate, for easy upload to Instagram!  
  
**TIPS**: 

* For text-only posts, just highlight the text of your Tweet/post/update and right-click for the **Generate Hashtags** mouse option.
* Follow the same process when using the Viraltag browser extension, right-clicking on highlighted text or your photo and then select the **Generate Hashtags** mouse option.
* You can also right-click images in any web page for the **Generate Hashtags** solution, even if you didn't upload the image to **Viraltag** composer. Also, there's a camera button beside search, at the top-right the RiteTag popup, for generating hashtags for any image in your computer.

## See Basic Mechanics, in the full [RiteTag Extension Tutorial](https://ritekit.crisp.help/en/article/ritetag-pro-20-browser-extension-tutorial-1jve5fa/), for instructions on:

* Copy and Search features
* Opening/closing the Hashtag Bar
* Navigate through your last searches
* Comparing generated hashtags based on real time engagement analytics

[Using the RiteTag browser extension everywhere](https://ritekit.crisp.help/en/article/ritetag-pro-20-browser-extension-tutorial-1jve5fa/)

#### See also:

[Using RiteTag in your favorite sites and social media tools](https://ritekit.crisp.help/en/category/ritetag-1g4fj9g/)

[How to get hashtag suggestions in Hootsuite](https://ritekit.crisp.help/en/article/how-to-get-hashtag-suggestions-for-instagram-in-hootsuite-11mb2j3/)  
[How to get hashtag suggestions in Buffer](https://ritekit.crisp.help/en/article/how-to-get-hashtag-suggestions-for-instagram-in-buffer-2zl8z/)