Pins auto-posting to wordpress

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  megnorris · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 10:45 pm

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  When I pin something on Pinterest, it’s being automatically posted as an untitled post on WordPress with the Pinterest description and link.

  Nowhere in my Pinterest or WordPress settings do I see any sort of linked account or app authorization.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 22, 2013 at 2:47 pm

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  Hi there,

  I see that those posts were created and then sent to the trash, but there’s nothing on at WordPress.com that would set up this kind of automatic posting from Pinterest. Do you use any third-party services like IFTTT to post to your social media accounts?

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  megnorris · Member · Aug 22, 2013 at 5:05 pm

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  I don’t use any third party services. I did recently try to embed a Pinterest profile board as a Text/HTML widget in the footer, but it didn’t work so I removed the widget. I can’t imagine that that would have somehow enabled automatic posting, but I can’t think of any other connection.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 23, 2013 at 9:47 am

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  I took another look at your site and the posts from Pinterest. I see that there is another WordPress.com account that is an administrator on the site, and the auto posts were made by that account. Is it possible that the other administrator is using a service like IFTTT to create these posts?

  The widgets you mentioned here at WordPress.com couldn’t create this connection from Pinterest. The auto posts do seem to match up with the new administrator being added to the site, so you may want to check with that person to see if they know how the posts are being made.

  Please let me know if you resolve this question or if you’d like further help with it! :)