Strange Anomaly With Pin Count

Hi,

This is due to the way that the Pinterest button loads.

When the Pinterest button loads, it sends a request to Pinterest for the count in this format:
https://widgets.pinterest.com/v1/urls/count.json?url=https://www.danupress.com/strategies-of-the-spirit-blog/&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.danupress.com%2Fstrategies-of-the-spirit-blog%2F&source=6&callback=PIN_1403407499771.f.callback[3]

Notice in there, it is asking for the count.json specifically with a reference to the page that the button is being loaded on, e.g. https://www.danupress.com/strategies-of-the-spirit-blog/ .

Since all of the buttons are being loaded on the same page, they have the same referrer, so loading the same number.

In creating the button, we’re sending the URL of the post itself, so at initial look, I think this is a Pinterest issue.

You can remove the share count on just that blog page for your particular site with

.blog .pinterest_button span {
display: none;
}

added to either your theme’s stylesheet or Appearance->Edit CSS when the Custom CSS module is active. You can use similar code for other archive pages if the body class differs.

Thanks, Brandon! We decided to remove the sharing bar completely from the main Blog post list page. Doesn’t make sense to have it there, anyways, and it will clean up the look.