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Cooked – Recipe Management

Free WordPress recipe plugin: recipe schema, nutrition labels, timers, metric/imperial switching, allergens, step videos, recipe imports and more.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.2
Current version1.17.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.2
Minimum stackWP 6.8 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update1 Nov 20265h ago
Active installations3K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating3.9 / 5 from 90 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Cooked – Recipe Management version 1.17.0 as active, updated 5h ago and tested up to WordPress 7.2.

Overview

About this plugin

Cooked makes it easy to create, display and share beautiful recipes in WordPress. You get Google-ready recipe schema, nutrition facts, interactive timers, printable recipes, metric/imperial switching and more, all free. Check out the full list below.

Be sure to check out the Live Preview as well as the Cooked Documentation if you need some help!

Quality design & usability

Using the drag & drop recipe builder, you can create your recipes quickly and without limitations. Add ingredients, directions—and then add a gallery, nutrition facts, cooking times and much more.

Google-friendly

org) to every recipe you publish, including ingredients, step-by-step instructions, times and nutrition, so your recipes can show up as rich results in search.

Many premium features already included

Most recipe plugins require that you purchase a PRO version for features like nutrition facts, galleries, powerful searching, timers, etc. The standard version of Cooked includes all of these. Here’s what you get out of the box:

  • Drag & drop recipe builder with section headings and Bulk Add for ingredients and directions.
  • Google Recipe schema (JSON-LD) on every recipe.
  • Responsive recipe grid that adapts to any screen size.
  • Servings switcher and metric/imperial unit conversion.
  • Allergen labels for the 14 major allergens (FDA + EU), with icons.
  • Ingredient substitutions for dietary needs and preferences.
  • Step images and step video clips.
  • Interactive cooking timers.
  • FDA-style Nutrition Facts label.
  • Printable recipes with print options and your site logo.
  • Full-Screen cook mode that keeps the screen awake.
  • Dark Mode (Off, On or Auto).
  • Powerful recipe search with categories and sorting.
  • Related recipes.
  • Photo galleries.
  • Prep & cook times, difficulty levels and recipe notes.
  • Author pages listing each author’s recipes.
  • Import from WP Recipe Maker, Delicious Recipes or CSV.
  • WPML and Polylang support.
  • Works with Elementor and Divi.
  • Built for developers: 167 actions and filters, REST API and WP-CLI.

Cooked Pro

Want even more? Cooked Pro adds:

  • Star or thumbs ratings (guests too).
  • Favorites and user profiles.
  • Front-end recipe submissions with approval and email alerts.
  • Sharing to Facebook, X / Twitter, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Viber, BigOven and Email.
  • Cuisines, Cooking Methods, Diets and Tags.
  • Automatic nutrition via Edamam.
  • Modern Grid, Fitness, Full-Width and Compact layouts, with Load More or infinite scroll.
  • Ingredient links (great for affiliate links).
  • Next & previous recipe navigation.

Developers love it

Cooked has a whole bunch of actions and filters to customize Cooked as much as you need to. Be sure to check out the Developer Documentation.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • food blog
  • recipe schema
  • cooking
  • nutrition
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.2
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity1 Nov 20265h ago

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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version1.16.21.17.0
WordPress compatibility7.1.37.2
Version1.16.11.16.2
WordPress compatibility7.17.1.3
Directory statusinactiveactive
Directory statusactiveinactive
Version1.16.01.16.1
WordPress compatibility7.0.47.1
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