Why is pin it button not working

Apr 18, AM. Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. Also try the Safe Mode. Isolating an issue by using another user account. Safe Mode - About. Safe Mode Startup — El Capitan. Apr 18, PM in response to cyndidannerkuhn In response to cyndidannerkuhn. Apr 18, PM. Pinterest "Pin it" button is not working Ask Question.

Asked 9 years, 8 months ago. Active 7 years, 6 months ago. Viewed 6k times. I can't see "Pin it" button as the document explains. I might be doing something very stupid. Can anybody let me know what am I doing wrong here? Improve this question. John Pick 5, 28 28 silver badges 31 31 bronze badges. Works perfectly. Take a look at jsfiddle. This is a problem one does not have with Facebook i. Here you simply log in and then the share dialog appears.

For me, it made sense that if these images are never seen then they are just placeholders for the data-pin-media image set in the code. Therefore, if you want to reuse the same placeholder image for multiple pin images on the same page. For example, I set up 6 copies of the same placeholder image and simply renamed them Placeholder-Pin By doing this I was able to use a 0. Which soon adds up when you have multiple pin images per page. The advantage to this method is that it ensures your Pinterest images that you have set up as pins.

Will always appear in Chrome and Firefox regardless of whether the browser extension is used or the on-page sharing button. However, it does add extra server requests you may prefer not to have. Plus it requires extra work by creating placeholders and editing your code. Which might be a lengthy process depending on your website.

Whilst the above solution solved the issue of images not being available to pin, despite them specifically coded to do so. Surely if it was causing pins to go missing my initial Google search would have yielded more lucrative results, right? Racking my brain to think — What could have changed recently? What would cause Pinterest to not see some images?

When I was checking my Pinterest share and browser extension Pin It button, the images used for the related posts were showing as options. I thought that maybe these extra images were pushing out my other images.

But as silly as it was, it did put me on the right track. As when I went into my Jetpack settings and was scrolling through. I remembered that I had Lazy Load enabled. Lazy Load basically prevents the loading of images until you are about to scroll them into view. Perhaps if Lazy Load is postponing loading them until they are scrolled to.

Pinterest is unable to process them. This theory made way more sense. So I reverted the code back to display: none. This suggests that display: none does not work well with Lazy Load. If you find your Pinterest images are missing or your Pinterest button not working, try looking for and turning off any lazy load image settings you have.

When you try to use things like the Pin It button or Tailwind. However, both of these solutions are not ideal. Because you either loose the benefits of using Lazy Load on your blog to keep page load speeds down. Or you have to go through a lot of trouble to create placeholder images. Which still adds unnecessary extra resources to your blog posts. Not to mention the extra work involved for you. Just like the browsers are regularly updated, extensions are also updated. Make sure you are using the most up-to-date version of the Pinterest browser button.

Are You Browsing in Private Incognito mode? Most extensions require your permission to work in Incognito mode. If you are viewing the pages that you want to pin in Incognito mode, make sure to allow the Pin It Button extension to work in Incognito mode.

Most probably you would never disable JavaScript in your web browser unless you are a web developer testing things or have a specific need, but still make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser as any script type of features including most browser extensions work based on JS. Reinstall the Pin It Button If the Pinterest browser button is not working for no apparent reason, you can uninstall and reinstall it.