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How to Add the “Pin It” Pinterest Button to Your Blog

27 Feb By

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Pinterest is all the rage these days. So how do you put the Pin It button on your posts? Here ya go…

Pinterest Button for Blogger Blogs

If you use Blogger, here’s a quick tutorial outlining the steps to add the “Pin It” button to the end of your posts.

how to add a pin it button

Can’t see the video? Watch it here.

Grab the code you’ll need from Greenlava’s post here.

Pinterest Button For WordPress Blogs

There are so many ways to add the Pin It button to WordPress. Probably the easiest is via a plugin. I’m sure more Pinterest plugins will arrive on the scene shortly, but for now, I recommend the Pin It on Pinterest plugin which allows you to predetermine the image you want pinned. It also gives you a count (i.e. the number of times your post has been pinned).

To install the plugin, go to your Dashboard –> Plugins –> Add New –> search for “Pin It on Pinterest” and click Install.

Make sure you watch the video tutorial by William from Flaunt Your Site to see how it works:

Pin it button

Can’t see the video? Watch it here.

Thanks to Greenlava and William for their expertise!

Adding the “Pin It” Button Manually to Blogger or WordPress

If you don’t want to install the “Pin It” button to every post automatically, you can manually install it as well. Here’s how to do that in both Blogger and WordPress:

how to add pin it button manually

Can’t see the video? Watch it here.

 

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Discussion

  1. Peach @ buildingabetterpeach.com says:
    February 27, 2012 at 2:30 am

    All of the videos are set to private.

  2. wendy says:
    February 27, 2012 at 4:58 am

    I’m an avid pinner, but I NEVER use the pin it buttons on people’s posts… why? It pre-selects the image for you and I might not want that image.

  3. megan says:
    February 27, 2012 at 5:04 am

    All the videos are marked private and I can’t watch them, even after clicking on the link?

  4. jessica@fourgenerationsoneroof says:
    February 27, 2012 at 8:19 am

    Thanks so much Amy! I did it and it works! :) yay! Do you know how to add some “spacing” so the “pin it” button isn’t directly under the last sentence? If not, no worries. I am off to figure that out. Thank you again!

  5. Felicia Kramer says:
    February 27, 2012 at 9:07 am

    Where can I find WRITTEN directions?? I can’t follow a video and try to do the tutorial at the same time. Thanks.

  6. Heather says:
    February 27, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    thank you!!! this is so great!

  7. Jackie says:
    February 27, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    I love Pin It on Pinterest. A few extra tips on using it:
    1) if you don’t select the picture to pin AND fill out the description, then the Pin It button will not show on that post. So only add pic and description when you want Pin It to show
    2) Also I have noticed if I update a published post the selected picture disappears and so does the Pin It button. So now if I make an update, I make sure to re-select the Pin It picture right before hitting update. Kind of a pain, but readers love the easy Pin It button.

  8. nik says:
    February 28, 2012 at 1:40 am

    Thanks for the videos and helpful info!
    According to William’s site Pinterest receives 11 million visits per week…I guess all that eyecandy really is addicting!

  9. City Share says:
    February 28, 2012 at 7:09 am

    This was SO helpful. Thanks so much! I require lots of hand holding. This was perfect.

  10. Connie says:
    February 28, 2012 at 7:16 pm

    Awesome! Thanks for the information, I am sure we will use it with goodies we make here and there. Great Post!

  11. Jill says:
    March 1, 2012 at 5:55 am

    Thank you!! This helped so much. I now have the pin it button on my posts!! Woo Hoo!!!

  12. Angela says:
    March 8, 2012 at 11:02 am

    Thank you so much! I love the video tutorial! SOOOO helpful!

  13. Cranberry Morning says:
    April 18, 2012 at 7:20 am

    Hi Amy, Thanks for the tutorial. I did exactly what you said, copying code from Greenlava, etc. etc. The ONLY thing I did differently was to put ‘none’ in the pin button alignment, rather than having it read ‘vertical’ or ‘horizontal.’ Could that be why it doesn’t work? I mean, it’s all there in the html of my template, but when I go to view my blog, it is not there. Any ideas?

  14. hurley says:
    June 14, 2012 at 6:43 am

    This is great. I found you via A Girl and a Glue Gun. I am new to blogging, and this will be an awesome help. Thx
    ~hurley

  15. Susan@Organized31 says:
    September 14, 2012 at 5:19 am

    Thanks so much for this tutorial. I’m new-ish to blogging and your directions were so easy to follow AND worked! Found you from A Girl and A Glue Gun.