In Novashare you can enable Pinterest pins that appear when hovering over an image in your content. This enables your visitors to easily pin an image from your site to Pinterest.
This feature is done entirely with inline CSS on the front-end with no additional JavaScript (and no jQuery). You can see this in action on the Novashare demo. We also have more styles coming for the Pinterest hover pin.
- Enable image pins
- Choose post types
- Customize pin title and pin description
- Add a pin repin ID
- Disable pinning
How to enable image pins
Follow the steps below to enable Pinterest image pins.
Step 1
Click into the Novashare plugin settings.
Step 2
Click the “Pinterest” tab. Toggle on the “Enable Image Pins” option.
Step 3
Scroll down and click “Save Changes.”
You will also want to choose the post types where you want to display the Pinterest image hover pins.
Choose post types
Follow the steps below to choose which post types where you want to display the Pinterest image hover pins.
Step 1
Click into the Novashare plugin settings.
Step 2
Click the “Pinterest” tab. Under “Post Types” select which post types you want to display the Pinterest image hover pins. On most sites, you will probably select posts.
Step 3
Scroll down and click “Save Changes.”
Customize pin title and pin description
You can customize the pin title and pin description that is sent to Pinterest when someone pins an image. If you are using the WordPress Block Editor, click on an image and you will see the Novashare “Pin Title” and “Pin Description” fields on the right-hand side.
The above fields are also available in the Classic Editor.
Important notes
Pinterest does not yet support passing both a title and description from a pin. We’ve added both fields in advance in case you want to save time later, but currently, only the title will be sent to Pinterest.
If you have Schema or open graph data set by Yoast, Recipe plugin, etc., Pinterest might prioritize that data instead. The problem is, Pinterest doesn’t have its own open graph tags. This means if you set something in Yoast, that will most likely take priority. You can override this by using using the Social Media Title and Social Media Description.
Once a card hits Pinterest or is scraped by its validator, that pin’s description and title will remain the same.
Add a pin repin ID
The pin repin ID can help increase your share counts by associating existing saved pins from your website on Pinterest. To find a pin’s ID, simply click into an already existing pin on Pinterest. In your browser’s address bar you will see the pin’s ID.
If you are using the WordPress Block Editor, click on the image you want to associate with an existing pin. On the right-hand side, paste the pin’s ID.
The above field is also available in the Classic Editor.
Disable pinning
Disabling pinning prevents the image from being shown in the Pinterest multi-select tool (for example, with the Chrome extension). It also prevents the Pinterest hover button from showing on an image.
If you are using the WordPress Block Editor, click on the image you want to disable pinning. On the right-hand side, toggle on the “Disable Pinning” option.
The above option is also available in the Classic Editor.