Pinterest.com Importer

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Import pins from a Pinterest.com account.

Author:G.Breant (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.5
WordPress version tested:5.2.20
Plugin version:0.7.2
Added to WordPress repository:24-04-2014
Last updated:04-06-2019
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Rating, %:86
Rated by:15
Plugin URI:http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pinterest...
Total downloads:9 671
Active installs:50+
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Pinterest Importer allows you to connect to your Pinterest.com account; to grab all your pins (including from secret and optionnally followed boards); and to import them in WordPress.

The difference with other plugins is that it is not based on the (very limited) official Pinterest API; which also requires SSL.
This means that you can make a full backup (instead of getting only the last x pins); but it also means the plugin may broke one day or another.
Better use it quick !

  • Nice GUI
  • Uses a custom post type, which makes it easy to use specific theme templates or capabilities, etc.
  • Get pins from regular boards, secret boards and followed boards (optional).
  • Assign a WordPress category to each of your board (or let us handle it automatically)
  • Supports both image & video pins; and sets automatically the corresponding post format
  • Downloads original HD images from pins.
  • Can be used on an ongoing basis : pins will not be imported several times
  • Backup & display the pin metadatas in a metabox
  • Set pin creation date as post date
  • Handles hashtags, which are converted to post tags
  • Cache pins in a JSON file for every board

Donate!

It truly took me a LOT of time to code this plugin.
If it saved you the time to backup manually a few hundred (or more!) pins, please consider converting this time into a donation.
This would be very appreciated β€” Thanks !

Instruction

  1. Go to Pins -> Pinterest Account
  2. Follow the steps
  3. Enjoy !

Contributors

Notes

For feature request and bug reports, please use the forums.

If you are a plugin developer, we would like to hear from you. Any contribution would be very welcome.

TO DO

  • use wp_update_term_count() ? seems posts count for categories is not updated.
  • add source in post content should be optional
  • a trashed pin should not be considered existing ?
  • use some ajax functions (Pinterest queries, etc.)
  • bug when creating ‘pinim_boards_settings’ : last board settings are not saved, so it is detected as new board when the page refreshes.

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