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Save to Pinterest Chrome Extension Analysis

Social Media Growth & Marketing

Chrome extension ID: gpdjojdkbbmdfjfahjcgigfpmkopogic

This official browser extension allows users to save web images and content to their Pinterest account without leaving the current page. It includes a visual hover tool to discover similar pins and a board picker for organizational management.

Developer:Pinterest, Inc.
Version:6.16.2
Size:598KiB
Last updated:

Overview

Installs

5.0M+

Rating

3.5

10,043 reviews

Languages

37 locales

Includes Deutsch, English, English (United Kingdom), Filipino...

Market analysis

Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.

Backed by review samples

Macro category

Social Media Growth & Marketing

Pricing friction

Low review signal

Complaint intensity

High review signal

Listing & review signals
Observed signals from store listing text and review samples.

Listing positioning

The Save to Pinterest button is positioned as an essential utility for streamlining the curation of web content into organized Pinterest boards. It emphasizes ease of use, enabling users to capture recipes, style inspiration, and DIY projects directly from their browser.

Inferred product pattern

Official platform-owned companion extension for social media content aggregation.

Review-backed pain points

Users report recent breakage where the extension fails to trigger or display correctly, alongside specific technical issues like invalid user tokens and unintended interference with Google Docs and Sheets text inputs.

Observed feature gaps

Lack of functionality to customize pin titles or descriptions during the save process, and missing source URLs for specific image saves.

Tags
PinterestContent CurationVisual BookmarkingSocial Media
Target users

- Pinterest enthusiasts

- Content creators

- Social media marketers

- General web researchers

Primary use cases

- Saving images to Pinterest boards

- Discovering similar content via visual search

- Managing content collections across various websites

Positive themes

- Historically reliable performance

- Convenience of pinning directly from the browser

- Long-term integration with browsing workflow

Negative themes

- Recent widespread functional failure

- Bugs impacting Google Docs/Sheets content

- Lack of granular control over pin titles/descriptions

- Login and token authentication issues

Observed friction

- Account blocking complaints detected

- Performance complaints detected

- None; the extension is free to use, though users report frustration with account-related token errors.

Evidence boundary: Data is derived from official store listing documentation and recent user reviews highlighting a significant regression in functionality. Review data reflects recent user experiences which may be skewed toward negative reports due to current technical stability issues.
Complaint summaries
Review-backed complaint signals grouped by operational area.

Support

Users express high frustration with persistent bugs that have rendered the extension unusable on Chrome, with little evidence of recent patches addressing these concerns.

Reliability

Significant reports of the extension failing to activate, showing 'undefined' errors, and interfering with unrelated browser tools like Google Docs.

Privacy

No specific privacy-related complaints; the extension discloses data usage in its privacy policy regarding personalization and ad effectiveness.

Access & pricing

- Free usage observed

- Login needed for core features

- Free plan or free usage claimed

Store listing facts

Listing assets

- Screenshots: 4

- Videos: 0

- Languages: 37

Trust signals

- Privacy policy

- Developer contact

- Official website

- Support link

Store metadata

- Version: 6.16.2

- Size: 598KiB

- Last updated:

Listing SEO keywords

Search intent keywords
Keyword signals for evaluating how users may discover, compare, or search for this extension category.

Core discovery

Save to PinterestPinterest browser buttonPin from browserPinterest extension for Chrome

Comparison

Pinterest vs bookmarking extensionsbest image pinning tools

Problem

Save to Pinterest not workingPinterest extension brokeninvalid user token Pinterest

Alternative

Pinterest alternativesbrowser bookmarking tools

Similar extensions

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Screenshots

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Links

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