Total Recipe Generator – WordPress Recipe Maker with Schema and Nutrition Facts (Gutenberg Block)

Total Recipe Generator is a Gutenberg block plugin for creating online recipe content with Schema microdata and Nutrition Facts.

With Total Recipe Generator, your online recipe content is organized in proper semantics and hierarchy. This improves your site’s presence in search results and personalized media platforms like Pinterest. The content generated by recipe posts is a mix of Schema micro data, internal links, JSON LD micro data, and required/recommended Meta tags for a “Recipe” content type.

The plugin is shipped as Gutenberg Block for the WordPress native editor. The Total Recipe Generator plugin is well supported on pages, posts and custom post types.

For theme developers, the plugin supports modification of core template file by copying it inside theme folder. The core files are easy to extend and style. With clean design and well documented code, the plugin offers good scope of creativity and modification for theme developers.

Full feature list

• Clean and minimalist design, WordPress 6.8.x ready
• Shipped as Gutenberg Block
• Supports Recipe Data access via WP REST API. – New. See example
• Supports page, post and public custom post types
• Global Plugin settings for advertisement placement, colors and social links
• Per instance settings as Content Controls and Inspector Controls
• Pre formatted recipe meta with prep time, cook time, total time, yield, total cost, serving size, cost per serving, etc.
• Auto calculation of total time from prep time and cooking time
• Auto conversion of time into minutes/hour
• Recipe image uploader from the media library
• Recipe image resize on-the-fly with custom dimensions and hard cropping
• Unlimited recipe method instructions within a post
  – Recipe method can be reordered with drag and drop functionality
  – Organize recipe method in groups
  – Auto numbering on recipe method steps (can be disabled from block settings)
• Supports multiple instances per page or post
• Built in Nutrition Facts label creator
  – 4 Nutrition label styles
  – Around 40+ built in nutrients with Standard Daily Values
  – Nutrients show only if a value is set by user
  – Auto calculation of % DV based on recipe nutrient value as set by user
  – The reference for standard daily values (DVs) are taken from Wikipedia
  – Built in Meta labels for “Suitable for diet” as multi select list
• Internal links support for Recipe Meta
  – Automatically creates link if a category or tag exists in the same name as Recipe Meta
• Custom author name and author URL supported
• Dynamically add recipe ingredients as single item or groups
• Ingredient groups can be reordered with drag and drop facility
• Show/hide recipe name, summary, image, author, date, etc. if your theme already shows these

elements. The elements are included as Meta data for use in SEO.

• Built in social sharing buttons for recipe content
  – Buttons include Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp, LinkedIn, Pinterest, VKOntakte, Email, Reddit
  – Print button included for printing only recipe content
  – Sticky social links for mobile (can be disabled from settings)
• Valid and recommended Schema Microdata for Recipe content
  – Contains inline schema markup and JSON LD microdata
  – Full support for Pinterest rich pins
  – Built in support for aggregate rating schema via WP Review and/or Rate my Post plugin
• Inline Advertisement Spots per post and via global settings
• W3C valid HTML markup for recipe generated content
• For developers, recipe template output can be extended in theme files by copying the template file
• Fully compatible with most standard and premium themes
• Translation ready with sample POT, PO and MO files included
• Supports languages with RTL orientation
• Works on all modern browsers
• Step by step documentation guide and installation manual for setting up recipe content
• Professional and dedicated support

Important: Images shown on live demo are not included in download package. They are only for demonstration purpose.

Plugin support

All support is provided via comments section and email. For any questions related to the plugin or general query, feel free to email me from my profile page message box here or comment on the item comments section. I would be glad to respond. Thank you for browsing the plugin.

Credits

• jQuery library
• BFI Thumb Class
• Fontawesome Icons
• Pexels stock photos
• Lazy Blocks Plugin by nK

Installation

For installation and setup, please refer to the documentation/index.html file inside your main download archive.

Changelog

 = May 29, 2025. v0.7.0 = * Updated bundled Lazy Blocks plugin to v3.8.3 * Tested and ensured compatibility with WordPress 6.8.1 * Fixed: Social sharing icons not showing * Fixed: php notices for load textdomain

 = Dec 12, 2024. v0.6.0 = * Updated nutrition standard daily values as per latest RDIs * Updated bundled Lazy Blocks plugin to v3.8.1 * Tested and ensured compatibility with WordPress 6.7.1 * Tested and ensured compatibility with php 8.2.0

 = Mar 30, 2024. v0.5.0 = * Updated nutrition standard daily values as per latest RDIs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_Daily_Intake - Vitamin D standard unit changed from IU to mcg - Vitamin E standard unit changed from IU to mg - Old values will automatically get converted to new DVs and units if the post modified date is older than 30/03/2024 * Updated bundled Lazy Blocks plugin to v3.6.1 * Added Threads social sharing icon - See Settings > Total Recipe Generator > Social * Fixed: Tag links custom background color not working * Tested and ensured compatibility with WordPress 6.4.x * Tested and ensured compatibility with php 8.1.x

 = Jan 10, 2023. v0.4.0 = * Updated bundled Lazy Blocks plugin to v3.3.0 * Tested and ensured compatibility with WordPress 6.1.x * Tested and ensured compatibility with php 8.0.0

 = Sep 21, 2022. v0.3.0 = * Fixed php warning when empty ingredients list is found * Added support for inline CSS styling inside nested blocks - When TRG GT block is placed inside a parent block like "Columns", inline CSS styles should work * Tested and ensured compatibility with WordPress 6.0.x

 = May 21, 2022. v0.2.0 = * Added recipe data field to the native REST API of WordPress - Data key/endpoint name "trg_gt_meta" - Append the following to your site URL: /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/?_fields[]=trg_gt_meta E.g. https://intothedesign.com/kits/trg-gt/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/?_fields[]=trg_gt_meta

= Initial release =