Pinterest is the most powerful photo sharing + social bookmarking site with no useless charges. Bloggers can integrate this social platform to get more reach and site traffic. Anyway, everyone knows what is pinterest already and that's I am leaving this description part right here. The point is how to and where to integrate this plugin for getting more reach without disturbing your wordpress theme.
How to Integrate Pinterest Into Your Website?
Pinterest Widgets Plugin
With over 10K + active installs, Pinterest Wordpress is the hotest and most easiest one to implement pinterest with wordpress. If you don't want to get your hands dirty with coding & s*** just install this free wordpress plugin. Either download the .zip file from the plugin page or directly install and activate via wordpress plugin panel. The plugin however does not include pin it button for pictures.
Features
- Easy to setup.
- Free to use.
- Comes with Follow, Pin, Board, Profile widgets.
AccessPress Pinterest Plugin
AcessPress is the one you should go with, the best part of this plugin is that its freemium. Its free version provides array of features including all the default features of codeable widget builder and in addition to; Shortcode and Latest pin feed is also included with Pin it button. The paid feature give you ability to customize pin it button icon and location. AcessPress Pinterest Demo
Features
- Completely free to use.
- All 4 pinterest widget (Follow, Pin, Board, Profile) with Pin it, Latest Feeds.
- Shortcodes.
- Lightweighted plugin.
- Pro option available with pinterest pin button customization, 40+ pre made icon set will be available with premium package.
Using the Widget Builder
Widget builder gives you the ability to implement widget anywhere in your blog with just piece of code. With an access to almost every feature in free the cross platform pinterest code is best for customization purpose.
Features
- Obviously free.
- Pin it button, Follow, Pin, Board and Profile.
- With an advantage to add custom pin it button image, browse pin it icon from the myriad sources of images.
- Full customization
To make your own widget just visit the pinterest developers page from the link above. Configure it and then follow the steps -
- Appearance > Widgets > Choose text widget or UW - Text if you're using Ultimate Widgets wordpress plugin.
- Copy the code from developer page and paste on the widget.
- You need to also copy the main header tag in your same widget once only.
Now what? Implement pinterest in your blog and start promoting your blog via this high pr social bookmarking sites. Do not forget to link & authorize your site at pinterest. To insert authorization/verification code just put the code in your header on footer.php. For any question ask via comment.
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