How to Schedule Pins on Pinterest (Free Native Way + Tools)

Yes, you can schedule pins on Pinterest for free. With a Pinterest business account, create a pin as usual, choose Publish at a later date, and pick the day and time. Pinterest’s help center (checked October 2026) says you can schedule a pin up to 30 days in advance and have up to 10 scheduled pins waiting at once.

Below are the exact steps on desktop and in the app, every limit of the native scheduler, two other free ways to queue pins in bulk, fixes for when scheduling does not work, and how to decide whether you need a scheduling tool at all.

Can you schedule pins on Pinterest?

Yes, if you have a business account. Scheduling is a built-in feature of Pinterest business accounts, and a business account is free. If you do not see the scheduling option, you are most likely on a personal account; converting to a business account takes a minute and keeps your existing pins and followers.

How to schedule pins on Pinterest (desktop)

1. Log in to your Pinterest business account.
2. Click Create at the top left (on some business accounts, open the menu and choose Create Pin).
3. Upload an image or video. You can select up to 10 images, and each one becomes a separate pin.
4. Add the title, description, link and board.
5. Select Publish at a later date and choose the date and time.
6. Finish creating the pin. It is now scheduled.

How to schedule pins in the Pinterest app (iPhone and Android)

1. Open the app and log in to your business account.
2. Tap the + icon and choose Pin.
3. Select your image or video. If you select several, the app stitches them into one video pin.
4. Tap Next, add any text or effects, then tap Next again.
5. Fill in the title, description, link and board.
6. Tap the arrow (or pencil) next to the schedule date, choose a date and time, and tap Done.
7. Tap Schedule, check the date and time, and tap Schedule again to confirm.

Scheduled pins show on your profile above your published pins. They can take a few minutes to appear there.

Pinterest’s native scheduler: limits at a glance

One older Pinterest help page still says pins can be scheduled “up to two weeks in advance.” The dedicated Schedule Pins article says 30 days, so trust what the date picker allows in your account.

The 10-pin cap is the limit most people hit. It is fine for a few pins a week, but not for a full month of content.

Two more free ways to schedule pins in bulk

Bulk upload with a CSV file

Pinterest’s bulk creation tool lets a business account upload up to 200 images or videos at once from a .csv file, on desktop (Settings, then Import content). Each row needs a title (up to 100 characters), a public media URL and a board; you can add a description (up to 500 characters), a link and keywords. The optional Publish date column is what makes it a scheduler: a future date schedules the pin, and you can add a UTC time. Leave it empty to publish right away. A wrongly formatted date causes an error and that pin will not publish. To make the pins themselves in batches from your own pages, see the Pinterest bulk scheduler.

It works, but you need public image URLs and a tidy spreadsheet, so it suits people who already batch-produce images.

Auto-publish from your RSS feed

If you have a blog and a claimed website, Pinterest can create pins from your RSS feed automatically: new feed items become pins within 24 hours, up to 200 pins a day, each feed going to one board you choose. It is not scheduling in the strict sense, because you do not pick the time or review each pin, and it uses the images and text already in your feed. Our guide to turning WordPress posts into pins compares RSS with the other options.

Pinterest scheduling not working? Quick fixes

• No “Publish at a later date” option: you are most likely on a personal account. Switch to a business account, then try again (updating the app or using desktop can help too).
• You cannot schedule another pin: you probably have 10 pins already waiting. Let one publish or delete one.
• You cannot pick the date you want: it is probably more than 30 days away. Schedule that pin later.
• You need to change the image: scheduled pins cannot change their image or video. Delete the pin and create a new one.
• The scheduled pin is not on your profile: wait a few minutes and refresh; scheduled pins can take a moment to appear.
• A bulk-uploaded pin never went live: check the Publish date format in your CSV and the confirmation email Pinterest sends after an upload.
• It published but nobody sees it: that is a reach question, not a scheduling one. See why pins are not showing on Pinterest.

How many pins to schedule, and when

Pinterest does not publish a daily number. Its own audience advice is to “create fresh content weekly,” and its help center warns that repeatedly saving the same pins or re-uploading content that already exists can get you flagged as spam. So the safe pattern is steady fresh pins, spread across days, rather than a burst of re-saves.

• For safe ranges by account age, see how many pins per day.
• For timing, start with the schedule in best time to post on Pinterest, then check your own Analytics. Pinterest says pins have no set engagement window, so a pin posted at a “bad” time can still do well for months.
• Each scheduled pin should be a fresh image, even when it links to an older post. Here is what counts as a fresh pin.

A simple weekly scheduling routine

1. Pick the pages. Choose the posts or products you want traffic for this week, new and old.
2. Make fresh images. Vertical 2:3 images, 1000 x 1500 px, one new design per pin. The free Pinterest pin maker helps if you do not have templates.
3. Write the words. A clear title with the phrase people search for, and a short description in sentences. The free pin description generator gives AI drafts to edit.
4. Pick boards. The most relevant board for each pin.
5. Schedule. Spread the pins across the week with the native scheduler, a CSV upload, or a tool.
6. Review monthly. Check which pins got outbound clicks and make more like them.

When to use a scheduling tool instead

The native scheduler is enough if you post a handful of pins a week. A tool makes sense when you want a month queued at once, many pins per day, several accounts, or help creating the pins themselves. If you only want free options, compare the best free Pinterest schedulers.

Whatever you use, check one thing first: it should post through Pinterest’s official API. Pinterest’s Community Guidelines ban “automation that hasn’t been explicitly approved by Pinterest.” Read is Pinterest automation safe? for what to look for, and compare options in our list of the best Pinterest scheduling tools.

Want the queue without the spreadsheet? PinBoostr turns your own blog posts and product pages into fresh pin designs, writes keyword-focused titles and descriptions, and spaces them out on a steady schedule through Pinterest’s official API. Every pin waits for your approval before it posts. See how PinBoostr scheduling works.

FAQ

How many pins can you schedule on Pinterest?

With the native scheduler, up to 10 scheduled pins at a time, each up to 30 days ahead (Pinterest Help Center, October 2026). A CSV bulk upload can schedule up to 200 pins per file using the Publish date column.

Can you schedule pins on Pinterest for free?

Yes. The native scheduler, CSV bulk upload and RSS auto-publish are all free with a business account, and the business account itself is free.

Can I edit a scheduled pin?

You can change its date, title, board, description and link. You cannot change the image or video; delete the pin and create a new one instead.

How do I schedule pins on Canva?

Canva’s Content Planner can schedule designs to Pinterest, but Canva’s help center lists scheduling as a feature of its paid plans (Pro, Business, Education and Nonprofit). You connect your Pinterest account in Canva, pick a date and time, and Canva posts the design. Check Canva’s current plan details before you rely on it.

Does scheduling pins hurt reach?

Pinterest does not say that scheduled pins are treated differently, and pins posted through the native scheduler or an official-API tool publish as normal pins. What hurts reach is low-quality or repeated content, not the scheduling itself.

Why can’t I schedule pins on Pinterest?

The most common reasons are a personal account (scheduling needs a business account), already having 10 pins scheduled, or choosing a date beyond the scheduling window. If the option is still missing, update the app or try on desktop.

Scheduling is the easy part; keeping a full queue of fresh pins every week is what takes time. PinBoostr makes the pins from your own content and schedules them, and nothing goes live until you approve it. Start with a 1-month free trial, no card needed: see plans.