How do I add a "Pin it" button on my blog posts

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  drakefarmdream · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 4:19 pm

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  How do I include a share button for my posts? I clicked the show sharing posts button and there is nothing. I want people to be able to share my posts easily on Facebook and Pinterest.

  Thanks,
  Mary Ann

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  timethief · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 10:35 pm

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  The pin it button is JavaScript. We cannot use JavaScript pin-it widgets nor can we install any plugins on free hosted WordPress.com blogs, so do be clear on that please.

  You can capture an image of a Pinterest icon and upload it, link to it and display it in a text widget. I have done this here in the text widget at the top of my sidebar for those who want to follow me on Pinterest http://thistimethisspace.com/ and here on my About page http://thistimethisspace.com/about

  For creating links in a text widget see:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/text-widget-links/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
  NOTE http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/#adding-an-image

  You can upload image files by clicking the Add Media button right above the editing area of a page or a post. http://en.support.wordpress.com/add-media/

  You can also upload new files to your Media Library using Media → Add New. http://support.wordpress.com/media/media-add-new

  See also http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/images-the-three-link-options/

  For troubleshooting see http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/troubleshooting-images/

  You enable sharing buttons including a Pinterest one to display at the bottom of your posts. http://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/

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  drakefarmdream · Member · Oct 22, 2013 at 1:55 am

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  Thank you! I appreciate the feedback and the helpful links!

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  timethief · Member · Oct 22, 2013 at 3:52 am

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  You’re welcome. :)

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  jessngarcia · Member · Oct 22, 2013 at 4:59 am

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  Hello, I’m am new to all this widget business (but prior to reading the thread did figure out how to use a pinterest image and set up a link to my pinterest site), but does the inability to embed a “pin it” button mean that we cannot pin items to our pinterest site? I hope this question doesn’t seem irrelevant, and thank you in advance for your help.