The story behind the first WP Pinner beta
May 8, 2012As mentioned in our last blogpost, we asked for a bit more patience.. We feel like we can’t ask any more patience from you all, which is why the first beta is scheduled to be released.. tomorrow!
Because Pinterest shut down their API last week we had to code many parts of our plugin from scratch again. If we wanted to be on the same level as we were with the API it would take even more time, so we decided to strip some features out (for now) and go live with it already. In the meantime we’ll continue to work on the plugin to add all features as planned.
The story behind WP Pinner
So, what’s the story behind WP Pinner? Some of it is already summarized in other blogposts, but not everything.
We are two WordPress fanatics who only started using Pinterest about a month ago (yes, we’re late to the party). We were surprised there wasn’t any (good) way of managing your Pinterest account so we decide to start building an “All-In-One” WordPress plugin to auto-pin blogposts, schedule pins, follow users and keep track of all statistics such as likes, repins, followers and traffic stats.
When Pinerly started to take over the blogosphere a few weeks ago we were a bit shocked (there’s quite an overlap), but soon enough we realized there’s a huge demand for a self-hosted system so users can manage their Pinterest account(s) from their WordPress admin. Besides we have some features they won’t be able to replicate, such as auto-pinning (WordPress) posts.
So far we’ve been proven right: even though the plugin hasn’t been released yet, 2,254 people have shown interest in this plugin so far!
First beta release
As described we’ll start rolling out the first beta tomorrow. This version won’t include all features yet, but it does include the most vital features such as auto-pinning and tracking statistics. Features such as scheduling pins, visualizing the statistics and multiple account support will be added in the next release.
We’ve created a simple video that shows the current state of the plugin. Please don’t hold the quality of the video against us. We’re WordPress fanatics, not video fanatics 
Happy pinning!
Wilco & Mark
Looking forward to giving it a try on a few of our blogs! Thanks for putting the effort into this guys. Can’t wait for the rest of the features to be built in!
Anyone else getting an error when trying to activate the plugin “The plugin does not have a valid header.”?
We’ve just updated the plugin – shouldn’t be happening anymore!
thanx.. for this efforts guyz..
will give it a shot..
hope will surely gonna help..me
Looks really good Wilco & Mark. I look forward to using and reviewing Wp Pinner on my blog socialmedia.alphacomputer.ca. You have created a great plugin. Thanks ^Jeff
You are sending me around in cirlces.
I need to confirm my interest in your plugin, the link takes me to the sign up page, I sign up – again, and get another mail to confirm that goes to the sign up…
Eh?
Of course you only need to sign up once
When you re-enter your email address, you’ll be able to see how many people you referred (to get higher on the beta list).
Just curious how long it typically takes to get access to the Beta … I’ve had a lot of folks interested but I don’t think any of them are signing up for BETA access
It depends
We’re trying to push out a new “batch” every 1-2 weeks. We’re taking the top X people (who referred most others) that will be included in the beta 
Just signed up for the beta and have not received my invitation yet. But I wanted to ask a question about the image that is used.
Can you specify that the wordpress post’s featured image be used on the pin?
The reason I ask is that on my site, every post will have a custom made featured post image. But this image will NOT appear in the body of the post. And many posts may not have an image in the body of the post at all. So I need to make sure that this plugin can be told to always look for the image in the post’s featured image.
My site is still in beta, but you can see what I mean at the mock up site: http://www.itsecurityzone.com/
Any update on how the Beta release is going? I signed up about a month ago and I think I have 6 referrals. Might I get to try your plugin out soon? Thanks!
When I try to save settings on the plugin, nothing happens.
Hi guy if you want a review on my french tech blog just ask and contact me