Recipe pin guide

How to Create Recipe Pinterest Pins from a URL

Recipe pins have a small job: make the dish and the reason to click clear while leaving enough visual space for the food. GenPin can read a recipe URL, place its content into a pin layout, and let you review the title and metadata before downloading or scheduling it.

Start with a focused recipe page

Use the URL of the recipe you want people to visit. A page with a clear title, a useful hero image, and the recipe details near the main content gives the importer better material to work with. For a roundup, choose the roundup page and make the number of recipes the lead in your pin copy.

Choose a layout that fits the recipe

Open the URL-to-pin tool and review the available layouts. A short recipe title can support a large text treatment; a long title usually works better with a more compact headline. Use the recipe collection to preview styles before starting if you already know the visual direction you want.

Review cropping and text before export

Check that the food image still shows the dish after cropping, that the title is readable on a phone, and that the pin does not imply ingredients or cooking time that the page does not contain. Edit the Pinterest title, description, and destination URL for the individual pin when needed.

Make a small set of useful variations

For one recipe, vary the angle rather than repeating the same headline. Examples include the finished dish, a weeknight angle, a seasonal ingredient, or a short list of substitutions when the page supports it. Keep every variation honest to the source page and send each one to the recipe URL.