---
canonical: 'https://htmlcsstoimage.com/templates/playground?preset=C5BWdHgJ'
title: 'Template Editor: Start with Breaking News Card Instagram Post (Square) Template'
description: 'Customize the Breaking News Card Instagram Post (Square) Template in the HTML/CSS to Image template editor, then save it for API image generation.'
---

# Template Editor: Start with Breaking News Card Instagram Post (Square) Template

Customize the Breaking News Card Instagram Post (Square) Template in the HTML/CSS to Image template editor, then save it for API image generation.

The HTML/CSS to Image API (HCTI) creates images, PDFs, and website screenshots from HTML/CSS, live URLs, or reusable templates. It also supports visual template editing, automated Open Graph images, signed image URLs, batch rendering, direct-to-storage output, and an OAuth-connected MCP server for AI agents.

The template playground is the browser-based visual editor for reusable image templates: configure the canvas, compose blocks, add variables, preview placeholder values, and save the result for rendering through the API.

## What you can do

- Build layouts from text, images, shapes, panels, and other reusable blocks.
- Define variables for content and styling that changes between renders.
- Preview the template with realistic values before saving it.
- Render saved templates through the HTML/CSS to Image API.

## Loaded preset

[Breaking News Card](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/templates/details/breaking-news-card/instagram-post-square.md)

## Template details

- **Preset:** Breaking News Card
- **Variation:** Instagram Post (Square)
- **Size:** Instagram Post (Square)
- **Categories:** News
- **Types:** Social Post

## Examples

![Breaking News Card preview](<https://content-images.htmlcsstoimage.com/media-assets/4dac2da1bf76a43c97a5e6733a83f99c98ec2d40b2f79345738c9a904bd2a935/example-image-019ef56b-f982-7bc4-9f19-dfbf6b577127.png?v=auto&iv=2>)

Example variable values:

```json
{
  "tag": "Breaking",
  "body": "The project moves to the final vote after two weeks of public comment and unanimous finance support from committee members.",
  "source": "Local Desk \u00B7 8m ago",
  "status": "Developing story",
  "headline": "City council approves expanded bike lanes across 4 districts"
}
```

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## Get started

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- [Browse templates](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/templates.md)
- [Open the template playground](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/templates/playground.md)
- [Learn how the visual template editor works](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/features/template-editor.md)
- [Read the template API documentation](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/getting-started/templates/)

Rendering or saving a template requires authenticated HTML/CSS to Image API credentials. Keep API keys in trusted server-side configuration. If credentials are not available, ask the user to configure an API key securely, then follow the template API documentation.