Pinterest changed my pin title

Symptom

You published a pin with a specific title through PinBridge, but the title that shows on Pinterest is different, usually matching text from the destination page instead of what you sent.

Cause

This is Pinterest’s behavior, not a PinBridge bug. When a pin links to a destination URL, Pinterest re-scrapes that page and can override your pin’s title and description with the page’s Open Graph (OG) and meta tags. PinBridge sends the title you provide; Pinterest decides to replace it based on what it finds at the link_url.

Fix

Control the title by setting good OG and meta tags on the destination page:

• Set <meta property="og:title" content="..."> to the title you want on the pin.
• Set <meta property="og:description" content="..."> for the description.
• Set <meta property="og:image" content="..."> so the preview image is predictable too.

Once the destination page has clean OG tags that match your intended title, re-publish the pin (or publish a new one). Pinterest reads those tags on its next scrape.

If you do not control the destination page, or you want the title to stay exactly as sent, publish a pin without a link_url, or link to a page whose OG tags you do control.

Related

• Error reference — full list of API errors.
• My pin failed — when a pin does not publish at all.
• Troubleshooting — all articles.