How to Post on Pinterest

Quick answer: to post on Pinterest from a computer, log in, click Create at the top-left, click the upload arrow (or drag your picture in), add a title, a description, a link and a board, then click Publish. In the Android or iPhone app, tap the add icon at the bottom of the screen, tap Pin, pick a picture or video, tap Next, fill in the same details and tap Create. Several pictures work differently by device: on a computer each one becomes its own Pin, while the app stitches them into one video Pin. The tool above gives Pinterest’s steps for a picture, a video, several pictures, a picture from a website or a saved draft, on your device.

How to post on Pinterest from a computer

Pinterest’s article is Create a Pin from an image or video, and it starts with what you can post: You can create your own Pins by uploading images or videos from your computer, tablet or mobile device. Plus, with the Pinterest camera tools available in the app, you can record live videos and take new photos too. On the web, click Create at the top-left of the screen. On a business account, open the menu (the hamburger icon) and choose Create Pin under Create. Then click the arrow-circle-up icon to choose a picture, or drag it into the upload window. Fill in the details, use the pencil icon if you want to add text or change the aspect ratio, then click Publish.

How to post on Pinterest from your phone (Android or iPhone)

In the app, tap the add icon at the bottom of the screen, then Pin. Pick a picture or video from your phone, or tap the camera icon to take a new photo. Tap Next and add the details. The pencil icon opens the editing tools; tap Next when you’re done, then Create. Pinterest’s Android and iPhone steps are nearly word for word the same, and the app may ask for permission to see your photos first.

How to post a video on Pinterest

A video follows the same path. On a computer, Pinterest adds one field first, the cover (the thumbnail people see before it plays), and it takes several files at once: You can select up to 10 videos. Each video will create a new Pin. In the app you edit the video before the details: the menu at the bottom adds text and other effects, then tap Next. Pinterest also lets you choose whether people can save your vertical videos: You can choose whether people on Pinterest can download your full-screen video Pins. If you turn on the download option, your full-screen video Pins can be downloaded and a watermark of your username will appear at the bottom. Note: This setting only applies to full-screen (or 9:16) video Pins. To check a file against Pinterest’s video specs first, use the Pinterest Video Checker.

How to post several pictures on Pinterest

This is where the device matters. On a computer: You can select up to 10 images. Each image will create a new Pin. Each Pin then gets its own title, link and board. In the app, the same choice makes ONE Pin: If you select multiple images and videos, they'll be stitched together into a single video Pin. And Pinterest says the reverse on the web: To combine multiple images and videos in one video Pin, create a Pin with the Pinterest app. So upload on a computer for a Pin per picture, and pick them together in the app for one Pin that plays them in turn.

How to post a picture from a website

From Save Pins from the web: Did you know you can save images from websites as Pins? You can do this two ways: with a link while you create a Pin, or with Pinterest’s browser extension. On a computer, click Create, choose Save from site (or Save from URL), enter the address, click the arrow to load its pictures, pick one and click Add Pin. In the app, the globe icon does the same. Either way: Tip: Select multiple images to save several images as Pins The extension is the shortcut for a page you are already on: The Pinterest Save Extension is a fast and easy way to save images to Pinterest. Before following the steps below, be sure to add the Pinterest Save Extension to your preferred browser. To add Pinterest’s own Save button to your website instead, see the Pinterest Save Button page.

Where to find your Pin drafts

You can save a Pin as a draft if you’re not quite ready to publish it yet. Here are a few key things to know about drafts:

• Drafts expire 30 days after you've first stored them. After 30 days, you will be unable to retrieve them.
• You cannot edit drafts across different devices. If you start creating a Pin on your phone using the Pinterest app, you need to finish creating it there.
• If you want to publish multiple Pin drafts at the same time, use a desktop device. You can save up to 50 drafts on your desktop and can publish them all at once.
• You need at least 100 MB of storage space available on your mobile device to create a new draft.

On a computer, click Create and your drafts are listed under Pin drafts. In the app, tap the add icon, then Pin, then the folder icon at the bottom-right.

What each field does when you post a Pin

Pinterest’s words for each field, as its steps list them, and what to check before you fill it in:

Before you post: the picture itself

Pinterest’s steps take whatever you upload, so get the file right first. The Pin Designer makes a 1000 × 1500 pin from your photo, the Pinterest Image Size Checker tests a picture against Pinterest’s own specs, and the Pin Pre-publish Checker checks the image, the words, the link and the board in one pass before you click Publish.

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