My Pinterest pin failed to publish
Common reasons a Pinterest pin fails to publish and how to get it back on the queue.
Written By Nick
Last updated 14 days ago
If a Pinterest pin can't publish at its scheduled time, Social Valet moves it to Failed status. This article covers where to find failed pins and how to resolve the common causes.
Where to find failed pins
Failed pins show up in the Failed Posts tab on the Posts page, alongside failed Instagram and blog posts. The Failed tab only appears when you actually have failed items.
Click any failed pin to open it and see the failure reason near the top of the editor.
Common causes and fixes
Pinterest connection expired
Pinterest access tokens can expire. If a pin failed for this reason, reconnect Pinterest from Settings → Platform Management, then open the failed pin and move it back to Approved. It'll re-enter the publishing queue.
Board no longer exists
If you deleted or renamed a board on Pinterest, pins targeting that board will fail. Open the pin, pick a different board, save, and move it back to Approved.
Image failed Pinterest's requirements
Pinterest has aspect ratio and resolution expectations for pins. Social Valet prepares images to fit these, but occasionally a specific image doesn't work. Open the pin and swap in a different image from the album.
Destination URL is invalid
If the URL you're pinning to has become invalid (broken link, domain change), Pinterest may reject the pin. Update the destination URL in the pin editor and move it back to Approved.
Rate-limited by Pinterest
Pinterest limits how many pins can be published in a short window. Social Valet paces publishing to stay well within these limits, but if you've been publishing a lot manually across other tools, you may still hit the ceiling. If this happens, the pin retries automatically. If it stays in Failed, wait an hour and move it back to Approved.
How to move a Failed pin back into the queue
Open the failed pin.
Address the issue shown at the top of the editor.
Change the status back to Approved.
The pin re-enters the publishing queue and will go out at the next scheduled time.
If it keeps failing
If the same pin keeps failing after you've tried the fixes above, reject it and generate a fresh pin from the album (see Creating and editing Pinterest pins manually). If pins from every album keep failing, disconnect and reconnect Pinterest to fully refresh the integration.
For anything else, contact support with the pin ID.