Pinterest Save Button Review — Save Images and Pages to Pinterest Boards in One Click
The Pinterest Save Button extension adds a hover overlay to images on any webpage — hover over an image and a 'Save' button appears, letting you pin it directly to a Pinterest board without navigating away from the page. For creators who use Pinterest for design inspiration, thumbnail research, or content ideation boards, this makes building boards from regular browsing effortless.
Install on Chrome Web Store →Key Features
A Save button appears on hover over any image on any webpage. Clicking it opens a panel to choose which Pinterest board to save to — the pin is created with the image, source URL, and page title automatically.
Multiple images on the same page can be saved in sequence without reloading or navigating away. Browsing a competitor's design work, a thumbnail inspiration page, or a photography portfolio and pinning multiple items takes seconds per image.
Pinterest board selection happens in the hover panel — you choose the destination board before saving, keeping your Pinterest organisation intact without post-save manual sorting.
The extension adds the Save button to image content across virtually any webpage — blog posts, design sites, social media previews, and image galleries all work consistently.
Who Is It For
Creators who maintain Pinterest boards for design inspiration, thumbnail research, competitor analysis, or content mood boards. The hover-to-save mechanism makes building research boards from regular browsing natural rather than requiring deliberate platform visits.
Creators who don't use Pinterest as part of their workflow will find this extension has no practical application. Also limited to saving images — for saving articles or text content, dedicated bookmark tools are more appropriate.
Pros and Cons
- ✅ Hover-to-save makes pinning from any page immediate
- ✅ Board selection happens before saving — keeps Pinterest organised
- ✅ Completely free
- ❌ Image-only — cannot save text content or full pages to Pinterest
- ❌ Requires a Pinterest account
Pricing
The Pinterest Save Button extension is completely free. A Pinterest account is required.
Summary
Worth installing for creators who actively use Pinterest for visual research and inspiration. The hover-to-save mechanism removes the friction of manual platform navigation for building boards from regular browsing. No value outside of an existing Pinterest workflow.