AMPforWP Pinterest

Description

The Pinterest addon places a ‘Save to Pinterest’ button over images on AMP pages generated by AMPforWP, allowing mobile visitors to pin photos directly to their boards without leaving the accelerated site version. The extension incorporates Pinterest’s official tag into AMP HTML, respecting specification constraints and displaying the pin icon in configurable positions over each content image.

Key Features

• Pin It button in AMP: inserts Pinterest’s official widget over images in AMP posts.
• Configurable positioning: choose where the pin icon appears over each content image.
• AMP specification compatibility: uses the official social component validated by the AMP standard.
• Activation by post type: enable the button on posts, pages, or custom content types.
• Default text and description: set the description sent to Pinterest when a visitor pins an image.

Pinterest Benefits

• Greater social reach: turns each mobile visit into a chance to viralize images via Pinterest boards.
• Return traffic: each saved pin generates a permanent link back to the original content.
• Seamless engagement: readers share without leaving the accelerated page, keeping a fluid experience.
• Visual indexing: leverages Pinterest as a discovery engine for visual niches such as fashion, decor, food, and travel.

Who Should Use It?

• Visual blogs on fashion, decor, recipes, travel, and DIY that use AMPforWP.
• E-commerce and portfolio sites that rely on organic Pinterest traffic.
• Content editors who want to enable social sharing on the AMP version without breaking validation.

Ideal for AMPforWP sites with a strong visual appeal that want to capture Pinterest’s female and creative audience directly within accelerated mobile navigation.

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