How do I post to Pinterest with PostEverywhere?

Connect your Pinterest business account and schedule pins to your boards.

Connect#

1. If you have a personal Pinterest account, convert it to a business account first. It is free: pinterest.com/business/convert.
2. Open Accounts and click Add Account next to Pinterest.
3. Sign in to Pinterest and approve PostEverywhere.

To connect a different Pinterest account, log out of Pinterest first.

What you can pin#

	Limit
Description	Up to 500 characters. Hashtags work
Image pin	1 image, JPG, PNG or WEBP, at least 200 x 300 pixels
Carousel pin	2 to 5 images
Video pin	1 video, 4 seconds to 15 minutes, MP4, MOV or M4V, up to 2 GB. A cover image is required
Text only	Not allowed

More than 5 images are refused before scheduling, with the count to remove.

Settings in the post editor#

Open Customise per platform and the Pinterest card.

• Board: required. Pick a board from your account. Click refresh if a new board is missing. If your account has no board at all, PostEverywhere creates one named "PostEverywhere".
• Section: optional. A section inside the chosen board.
• Pin Title: optional, up to 100 characters. If you leave it blank, the first line of your text is used.
• Description: the pin text. Pinterest indexes it for search, so include words people search for.
• Destination URL: the link people go to when they click the pin. This is what makes a pin clickable.
• Alt Text: a description of the image for accessibility and Pinterest's image search.

Making the link clickable#

Set the Destination URL in the Pinterest card. A link in the description is plain text on Pinterest. Bulk CSV upload cannot set a pin link: open each pin in the editor and set the Destination URL, or create pins through the API.

Troubleshooting#

• "Pinterest authentication failed": the account must be a business account. Convert it, then connect again.
• Board missing: click refresh next to the board list, or reconnect your Pinterest account.
• Video pin fails straight away: add a cover image. Pinterest requires one for video pins.