Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress
Place Pinterest Buttons, Pins, Boards and Profiles everywhere in you WordPress using simple shortcodes and a fully customizable widget.
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Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 80+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (80+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 10 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.6 (latest is 7.1)
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Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Pinit: Pinterest for WordPr… stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| badge | >100 |
| embed pin | >100 |
| embedded pin | >100 |
| pin | >100 |
| >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 from 3 reviews
About Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress
From the official readme · v2.1.1Description
This plugin allows you to add Pinterest resources to your site without worrying about codes. Every image of your website will be automagically pinnable on hover.
Features include:
- Automatically place a “Pin it” button on every image
- Activate Pinit buttons in sigle posts and/or pages only
- Pinit button Color Select
- Pinit Button Size Checkbox
- Pinit Button Layout Checkbox
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Pinit Button for Japanese Language
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Pin Widget
- Profile Widget
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Board Widget
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Pin Shortcode [pit-pin]
- Profile Shortcode [pit-profile]
- Board Shortcode [pit-board]
- Follow Shortcode [pit-follow]
Languages:
- English
- Italian
- Spanish (credit: Lucrezia Argentino)
- Portuguese (credit: Lucrezia Argentino)
- Serbian (credit: Ogi Djuraskovic)
- Lithuanian (credit: shookees)
Demo – Shortcode Docs – GitHub
Installation
- Download and extract the plugin’s archive.
- Put the extracted folder in
/wp-content/plugins. - Activate the plugin in the WordPress Admin.
Or simply install it from the WordPress Dashboard Plugins section searching for “Pinit”.
Changelog
New features: Board and Pin Widgets.
2.1.1
- Button Color option removed (no more supported by Pinterest)
- Settings Page design improvements
- Support for WordPress 4.6
2.1.0
- Codebase refactored on top of WordPress-Plugin-Boilerplate-Powered
- Settings page added
- Option for enabling Pinit button on images hover
- Choose if display in single posts and/or pages only
- Pinit button Color Select
- Pinit Button Size Checkbox
- Pinit Button Layout Checkbox
- Pinit Button for Japanese Language
- Enqueued JavaScript for Widget refactored and fixed (now in widget-admin.js)
- Translation Ready (.pot and textdomains provided)
2.0.0
- Size choice for Pin shortcode
- Automatically add a “Pin it” button on site images
- Follow Button Shortcode introduced
- Case sensitive attributes for shortcodes replaced
1.0.1
- Added Lithuanian translation (credit: shookees)
- JavaScript moved at the end of
wp_footer
1.0
- Completely rewritten code
- One widget to rule them all
- Added shortcodes
- Tested up to WP4.0
- Added Serbian translation (credit: Ogi Djuraskovic)
0.3
- Feature: Pin Widget
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FAQ
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Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 1, 2026
Is Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress free?
Yes. Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress safe to use in 2026?
Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 80+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress?
Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress is active on 80+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 7,280 times since it launched in October 2013. It was downloaded 71 times in the last 30 days.
Does Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress work with WordPress 7.1?
Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress is officially tested up to WordPress 4.6.30, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress last updated?
The latest version, 2.1.1, was released on September 2, 2016 (10 years ago).
Who makes Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress?
Pinit: Pinterest for WordPress is developed and maintained by Mattia Migliorini.
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