Pinterest feed (using Flickr widget) no longer showing on sidebar.

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  johannemarias · Member · Feb 27, 2015 at 4:39 pm

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  Until a day or two ago, my latest 5 Pins from Pinterest were showing on my blog’s sidebar using the Flickr widget. The widget still appears, but no longer shows pictures and the “more photos” link no longer functions. Any suggestions? The blog I’m having difficulty with is: https://housebythewater.wordpress.com
  Thank you.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Feb 27, 2015 at 7:12 pm

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  Hi!

  Can you try replacing the Flickr widget with a blank text widget and using the Pinterest embed method shown here?

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/embed-from-pinterest/

  The Flickr widget isn’t designed to pull from Pinterest so that won’t work properly.

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  johannemarias · Member · Feb 28, 2015 at 6:03 pm

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  Thank you Jeremy. I will give that a try. I was waiting an extra 24 hours to see if it would miraculously start working again as it has for the past 1.5 years.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Mar 1, 2015 at 3:04 pm

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  Hi,

  I just checked your site, and it looks like you’ve added a link. The bad news is that it doesn’t appear as though the Text Widget uses the Pinterest embed correctly meaning it just shows your link, not the embedded board. I really apologize!

  I tested the Flickr workaround again, and the good news is that it seems to be working again with the following URL:

  Can you try setting up that widget again? I’m not really sure what caused the widget to stop working.

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  johannemarias · Member · Mar 1, 2015 at 5:04 pm

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  Thanks again. I’m glad you checked. I thought I had deleted that link. All back to normal now. Must have been a temporary glitch. I should have been patient. I appreciate your time!