How to Publish Your Pinterest Activity to Your Facebook Timeline

Most people have accounts with a few different social networking sites. These accounts don’t always have to operate completely independently of one another. The social network Pinterest, for example, allows you to automatically post anything that you do to your Facebook account’s main news feed. Friends on that particular service can then see what you’ve been up to, even if they don’t have Pinterest accounts of their own. You can set up this account linking option directly from your main Pinterest account page.

Step 1

Load your main Pinterest account profile page in your Internet browser of choice.

Step 2

Click on your “Account” button at the top of the screen. Select the button labeled “Settings” from the menu to advance to your Pinterest account settings page.

Step 3

Scroll down to the bottom of your “Settings” page. One of the last sections will have the heading “Facebook.” The first option in this portion of the window will read “Login with Facebook.” The second option will read “Publish activity to Facebook Timeline.” The button next to this second option will be grey and will read “Off.”

Step 4

Click the “Off” button one time. A new window will pop up in your browser requesting access to your Facebook page. Additionally, you will be prompted to log into the Facebook service if you have not already done so. Provide your Facebook username and password to continue.

Step 5

Click the blue button reading “Add to Facebook.” The application necessary to allow your Pinterest activity to get published in your Facebook timeline will be added to your Facebook account. You may close the small window on screen and return to your Pinterest “Settings” page. The button next to the “Publish activity to Facebook Timeline” option will now be red and will read “On.”