adding pinterest widget to sidebar

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  bohemequeen28 · Member · May 11, 2017 at 3:45 am

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  whenever I add html or follow the instructions listed on wordpress.com’s blog about adding a pinterest widget nothing happens. the code deletes itself before I can update and following the wpblog’s instructions also leave me with a blank space.

  any advice/tips on how to add a pinterest widget to my blog? or is this not possible because I’m not self hosting?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · May 11, 2017 at 8:09 pm

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  The only code that will work for Pinterest site verification of a wordpress.com blog is described here https://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/#pinterest-site-verification and you must be logged into Pinterest when you are trying to verify?

  The Pinterest “Pin It” hover button will automatically appear on your WordPress.com blog if you have added Pinterest as a sharing button on your Settings > Sharing page and if you are also using the “Official buttons” for the style of the buttons (you can change it on that same settings page). https://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/

  We can hover over any image in a post and pin it if we are logged into Pinterest. If you have enabled the official buttons for sharing, a “Pin It” hover button will automatically appear for your images. https://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/ All we do after clicking the share button is choose one of the images displayed in the post to pin.

  See how to install the Pinterest browser button:
  Google Chrome
  Mozilla Firefox
  Internet Explorer
  Safari
  Microsoft Edge
  https://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/add-pinterest-browser-button#Web

  Also, note that you can embed from Pinterest https://en.support.wordpress.com/embed-from-pinterest/
  And here’s the Sharing link https://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/

  Rich Pins aren’t officially supported by WordPress.COM a workaround is here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pinterest-rich-pin-validator?replies=5#post-2904553

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  timethief · Member · May 11, 2017 at 8:20 pm

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  The Pinterest widget is JavaScript and cannot be used on wordpress.COM hosted sites. WordPress.COM users have code restrictions. No JavaScript, no form codes, except these https://en.support.wordpress.com/forms/contact-form https://en.support.wordpress.com/forms/, no tracking codes, no advertising codes, and no unsupported embeds can be used on any wordpress.COM hosted sites.

  Please read:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/
  allowed HTML tags list – https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/#html-tags
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/#javascript
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/#flash-and-other-embeds

  You are confusing wordpress.COM hosted sites and wordpress.ORG self hosted sites. WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.COM sites have some builtin plugins. There is no FTP access to wordpress.com blogs and no blogger installed plugin capability. Those exist only on wordpress.ORG software installs.
  No FTP access http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  No blogger installed plugins http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  If you require plugins see: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress http://move.wordpress.com

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  bohemequeen28 · Member · May 17, 2017 at 6:26 pm

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  thank you!