Follow WPMU DEV On Pinterest

by Sarah Gooding January 3^rd, 2013 1 Response

We’ve just joined Pinterest! Social bookmarking with images has become an increasingly popular way for people to organize their lives and remember important things. We’ve decided to join all the pinners out there by setting up our own WPMU DEV account to feature all the latest WordPress themes, tools and buzz.

We’ve added some of our top categories and will be pinning only our best and most useful posts. Follow us to keep track of WordPress tips and hints, newly released WordPress and BuddyPress themes, WordPress Multisite tutorials and more.

Plugins

New WordPress Pinterest Plugin Lets You Make “Quote Images”

by Joe Foley December 1^st, 2012 4 Responses

Everyone knows Pinterest is all about images, but what some don’t realize is that some of the most popular images on Pinterest are actually images of quotations. In fact, there is a whole category devoted to “Quotes.”

Pinterest Quote Image Plugin
There is now a new plugin out called Proquoter that lets you very easily create a “quote image” of any selected piece of text from your own WordPress posts.

Themes

Pinboard: Impressive Free WordPress Theme with Lots of Design Options

by Joe Foley August 15^th, 2012 4 Responses

Although obviously billed as a Pinterest-style theme, the great thing about the new free Pinboard theme is that it’s so much more than that.

While you can obviously make your site look like a “pinboard,” you can make it look like a regular blog, a business site, a portfolio site, or a combination of those things.

The power behind all this flexibility lies in theme’s framework and grid system. For the user, this appears most readily in the easy-to-use customization panels found in the Admin area.

For example, here’s a look at some layout options for the homepage.

Plugins

Jetpack Finally Adds Pinterest Support

by Sarah Gooding August 11^th, 2012 1 Response

A few weeks ago I posted about a plugin that adds Pinterest support to the Jetpack sharing module. Up until now this wasn’t available as part of Jetpack and had to either be hacked in or added as a separate plugin.

The recent Jetpack 1.6 release adds support for Pinterest. (*Cheers heard from Pinterest-addicts around the world*) If you upgrade, you will now see the Pinterest icon among the list of services that you can enable.

Themes

20 Free WordPress Pinterest-Style Themes

by Joe Foley July 21^st, 2012 1 Response

Pinterest has obviously gotten a lot of attention lately. And whenever something like that comes along and gets hot in people’s minds, you can be sure that some enterprising WordPress theme developers will come along and offer themes that allow you to give your site a similar look and feel.

Below we’ve collected twenty free themes that can give your site at least somewhat of a Pinterest feel.

Plugins

Add Pinterest Support to the Jetpack Sharing Module

by Sarah Gooding July 14^th, 2012 4 Responses

The WordPress.org version of Jetpack doesn’t include Pinterest support in the Sharing module. I’ve tried to get in touch with the Jetpack team to find out when Pinterest will be added, but have never heard anything back from them. In the meantime, developer Barry Carlyon has created a plugin that will add a few extra features to Jetpack.

After browsing the Jetpack support forum, he found that many users had been requesting Pinterest support for 6+ months and decided to make this available in a new plugin called Jetpack Extras.

Themes

Pinterest…for Your WordPress Blog?

by Tom Ewer July 6^th, 2012 2 Responses

I get Pinterest. I really do.

I don’t use it, but I definitely get it. Its a social network for sharing images (duh). When you think about it, it’s rather crazy that someone didn’t come with it sooner. We all missed out on a great opportunity guys.

As an aside, it’s interesting that I chose to link to Pinterest above. I would never do that with Facebook or Twitter. I guess it’s a second class social media citizen in my eyes.

Miscellaneous

Prime the Traffic Pump by Preparing the Pictures in Your Posts for Pinners

by rachel June 15^th, 2012 5 Responses

Pinterest is not only the latest time-suck for the 18 – 35 female demographic – it’s also proving to be a pretty good traffic driver for marketers.

From funny pictures to product images, pinboards are filling up with photos linked to articles, product details and more. And, hey – who is going to argue with free traffic and viral distribution of your content?

So, here are 3 rules of thumb for preparing the pictures in your posts so that they are perfect for pinners (As you’ll see below, these 3 rules helped me drive 420 visits in one month!):