Five layouts, compared honestly

Each layout uses the same title, colour and branding controls. What changes is how pictures and words share the space. Here is when each one earns its place.

Collage — four pictures, title in the middle

Two pictures above a central title band and two below it, split by thin accent rules. Use it when the post is a collection — a roundup, a list, a set of variations — and showing range is the reason to click. It needs four pictures that look like a family.

Text Overlay — one picture, title on top

The picture fills the whole pin and the title sits over its lower portion, shaded so the words stay readable. Use it when a single photograph is strong enough to carry the pin on its own.

Top Text — title first, picture after

A title band across the top means the words are the very first thing a scroller sees, with one picture filling the rest. Use it for clear, promise-led titles where the wording does the selling.

Bottom Panel — picture, then a calm panel

One picture gets the upper space and the title sits in a solid panel underneath. Use it when the picture deserves full width and the title needs room to breathe — a magazine-like, unhurried look.

Side-by-Side — two pictures, shared top

Two pictures sit next to each other above a title panel. Use it for before-and-after posts, comparisons, matching pairs and anything where seeing two things at once is the point.

Quick chooser

• Roundup or list post → Collage
• One hero photograph → Text Overlay
• Title is the hook → Top Text
• Editorial, calm feel → Bottom Panel
• Comparison or pair → Side-by-Side

Still unsure? Build the pin once, then flip through the layouts — your content moves with you, so the comparison costs a few seconds.