How to schedule Pins on Pinterest, and how far ahead you can
Pinterest schedules Pins from business accounts, up to 30 days ahead and 10 at a time. The steps on web and in the app, what you can edit, and the other route.
Short answer
On a Pinterest business account, create a Pin, choose Publish at a later date (Schedule date in the app), pick a day and time, and publish. Pinterest's scheduling page allows up to 30 days ahead and 10 scheduled Pins at a time, though another Pinterest page says two weeks. Personal accounts can't schedule.
How to schedule a Pin on a computer
- 1Sign in to your business account and click Create, then Create Pin.
- 2Upload an image or video. You can select up to 10 images, and each becomes its own Pin.
- 3Add the title, description, link and board.
- 4Choose Publish at a later date, then pick the day and time.
- 5Click Schedule (or Publish) to finish.
How to schedule a Pin in the Pinterest app
- 1Tap the plus icon, then Pin, and choose your image or video.
- 2Tap Next and add the details.
- 3Tap the arrow next to Schedule date (a pencil icon on some iPhones) and choose the date and time.
- 4Tap Done, then Schedule, and Schedule again to confirm.
If you pick several files at once in the app, Pinterest stitches them into a single video Pin rather than scheduling them separately.
How far ahead, and how many at once
Pinterest's scheduling and Create a Pin pages both say up to 30 days ahead. Its page on Pin performance and distribution says two weeks. Neither explains the difference, so try a date further out in your own account. You can have up to 10 Pins scheduled at a time. For more, Pinterest's bulk upload takes a CSV of up to 200 Pins with a future publish date, on a computer only.
Find, edit or delete a scheduled Pin
Scheduled Pins show on your profile, above your published ones, and can take a few minutes to appear. You can change a scheduled Pin's date, title, board, description and link, but not its image or video: to swap the file, delete the Pin and schedule it again. To delete one, open the menu on the Pin and choose Delete.
What a scheduled Pin needs
| Part of the Pin | Pinterest's limit |
|---|---|
| Title | 100 characters |
| Description | 800 characters (Pinterest's bulk CSV page says 500) |
| Alt text | 500 characters, on standard and video Pins |
| Link | Optional; up to 2,048 characters through the API |
| Board | Optional when you create a Pin by hand; required in a bulk CSV |
| Carousel | 2 to 5 images, all square or all 2:3, made on a computer |
| Video | 4 seconds to 5 minutes on Pinterest's Pin specs page; its ad specs say up to 15 minutes |
| Image shape | 2:3 recommended |
The full list of sizes, with the page each comes from, is on Pinterest's limits.
Does scheduling change how Pins are shown?
Pinterest hasn't said so. Its distribution page says a Pin has no fixed window to gather engagement, which can come hours or years later, and recommends posting new Pins frequently and consistently, at least weekly. It also warns that duplicate Pins can be flagged as spam, so schedule fresh Pins rather than the same one to several boards. If Pinterest is your main network, Tailwind is built around it: PostDaily vs Tailwind. Do scheduled posts get less views? collects what each network has said.
How scheduling apps post Pins
Pinterest's API has no field for a future publish time, so a scheduling app keeps the Pin and sends it at the time you chose. Pinterest's developer guidelines name Pin schedulers as an allowed kind of app, on condition that you choose each Pin that gets published.
Scheduling Pins with PostDaily
PostDaily lists your boards, secret ones included, and their sections, and needs a board for every Pin. You add a title, link and alt text, and the post text becomes the description. A post can be an image Pin, a carousel of 2 to 5 images, or a video Pin with one image attached as its cover, which Pinterest's API asks for. Pins can be scheduled up to 12 months ahead, with no cap on how many wait in the queue.
Bulk upload takes a CSV of Pins for one board at a time, and the same post can go to Instagram and Facebook with its own caption. The steps are in connect and post to Pinterest.
Pinterest scheduling questions
Can you schedule Pins on a personal Pinterest account?
No. Pinterest offers scheduling on business accounts only. Switching to a business account is free.
How far in advance can you schedule Pins?
Up to 30 days, according to Pinterest's scheduling page; its distribution page says two weeks. A scheduling app can hold Pins for longer.
How many Pins can you schedule on Pinterest?
Up to 10 scheduled at a time in Pinterest itself, or up to 200 per bulk CSV upload with future dates.
Can you edit a scheduled Pin?
Yes: its date, title, board, description and link. The image or video can't be changed; delete the Pin and schedule it again.
Can you schedule video Pins?
Yes, the same way as image Pins. Through a scheduling app, a video Pin also needs a cover image.
Last checked against Pinterest Help, Pinterest Developers and its developer guidelines.
