What you need before you start

A Pinterest business account. A personal account can be converted for free in Pinterest’s account settings, keeping your pins and boards.
At least one board. Pins go to a board: an account without one can be connected, but nothing can be pinned until you create one on Pinterest. Secret boards are not listed, so use a board that is not secret.
A destination link for every pin: Pinterest requires each pin to link somewhere (your site, a product, a post). The composer asks for it.
The owner or admin role in the UniPostudio brand you are connecting, and a free channel slot on your plan.

Connect step by step

Step 1:
Open Channels in UniPostudio.
Choose Channels in the sidebar, or go straight to app.unipostudio.com/channels. Check that you are in the right brand.
Step 2:
On the Pinterest card, select Connect.
A pop-up opens on pinterest.com. If your browser blocks pop-ups, the app says so and opens the same page in this tab.
Step 3:
Log in to Pinterest and give UniPostudio access.
Pinterest connects whichever account is logged in on pinterest.com in this browser.
Step 4:
Let the pop-up close.
The card says Connected · healthy and shows the account’s name.
Step 5:
Choose the board to pin to, if the card asks.
With several boards the card shows a Board menu; until you choose, it says “Choose the board to pin to. Nothing is pinned until you do.” With one board, it is used straight away.

IllustrationSelect Connect on the Pinterest card; Pinterest’s login opens in a pop-up on pinterest.com.

Once it is connected

Pinterest appears in the composer’s channel list. Every pin needs an image or video and a destination link; the composer asks for both. To pin to another board, change it in the card’s Board menu.

What we ask permission for, and why

Pinterest shows these on its own screen. Each one is there for a feature; we do not ask for anything else.

boards:read: List your boards, for the card’s Board menu. It covers boards that are not secret only.
pins:write: Create the pins you schedule or publish now.
pins:read: Read your pins, to confirm a pin went out and show it in UniPostudio.
user_accounts:read: Your account’s name, for the channel card.

If something goes wrong

“This Pinterest account has no board yet.”

Create a board on Pinterest (one that is not secret), then reload Channels: the card picks it up.

Your board is not in the Board menu

Secret boards are not listed. Make the board not secret on Pinterest, or choose another one.

“That board is not one this Pinterest account has.”

The board was deleted or moved on Pinterest. Reload Channels and choose again in the Board menu.

“You declined the Pinterest permissions.”

You closed Pinterest’s page or declined. Select Connect again and give access.

The wrong Pinterest account was connected

Open the card’s ⋯ menu and choose Disconnect. Log out of pinterest.com (or switch accounts) in this browser, then select Connect again.

The card says “Expired · scheduled posts are paused”

Pinterest ended the access: after a password change, or when UniPostudio was removed in Pinterest’s settings. Select Reconnect on the card.

Pinterest refused a pin

Pinterest refuses a pin without a destination link or an image, links it considers spam, and pins over its rate limits. The post’s failure message says which.

The card says Coming soon, or Connect is greyed out

Coming soon means Pinterest is not open for your account yet (see the badge at the top of this page). A greyed-out button, with “Only owners and admins can connect, change or disconnect channels.” at the top of the screen, means your role cannot connect channels: ask an owner or admin of the brand.

What we never do

We never ask for, see or keep your password. You sign in on the platform’s own page (or paste a token the platform issued you), and the platform gives UniPostudio a token, not your password.
Every token is encrypted with AES-256-GCM before it is stored, and is never written to our logs.
We ask only for the permissions the features need, and use each one only for what this page says.
We never post or reply unless you or a teammate does, or an automation you turned on (scheduled posts, automatic AI replies) does.
Disconnecting deletes the stored token and what we synced from the account: its messages, comments, feed and analytics.

Disconnect or reconnect

Open the ⋯ menu on the Pinterest card (More actions for Pinterest), choose Disconnect and confirm. UniPostudio deletes the stored token and what it synced from the account. Scheduled pins are not published until you connect it again.

Pinterest has no way for an app to hand its access back, so to end it on Pinterest as well, remove UniPostudio from the apps listed in your Pinterest security settings. To reconnect, select Connect on the card again.

Still stuck?

Write to us with the channel’s name and the exact words on the card or in the error message: that is usually enough for us to tell what happened. Never send us a password or a token.

support@codezyai.com Every way to reach us