Cooked – Recipe Management
Cooked is the absolute best way to create & display recipes with WordPress. SEO optimized, galleries, timers, and much more.
Safe pick
Yes — Cooked – Recipe Management is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 3K+ sites, is rated 3.9/5 and was last updated 2 weeks ago, and scores 87/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed — last update 2 weeks ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Momentum — downloads up 15.8% vs the previous 30 days
How does it stack up?
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Cooked – Recipe Management stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| cooking | #2 |
| food | #23 |
| nutrition | #3 |
| Recipe | #4 |
| recipes | #7 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 from 90 reviews
About Cooked – Recipe Management
From the official readme · v1.16.1Description
Cooked is the absolute best way to create & display recipes with WordPress. SEO optimized (rich snippets), galleries, cooking timers, printable recipes and much more. 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
Cooked automatically includes semantic structure and schema.org microdata into each and every recipe you publish. This allows Google to display your recipes across a variety of device sizes and platforms.
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 ingredients and directions.
- SEO Optimized – Google Structured Data and Schema.org support.
- Beautiful grid-based masonry recipe lists.
- Prep & Cooking Times
- Photo Galleries
- Nutrition Facts
- Difficulty Levels
- Recipe Notes
- Powerful recipe search with a text search, categories & sorting options.
- Author template to list recipes by a single author.
- Cooking times with clickable, interactive timers.
- Very developer-friendly with loads of hooks & filters.
- Servings switcher to adjust ingredient amounts.
- Ingredient Substitutions – Add alternative ingredients for dietary restrictions or preferences.
- CSV Import – Bulk import recipes from CSV files with support for ingredients, directions, substitutions, and more.
- And more to come…
Of course, if you want even more, you can always check out the PRO version of Cooked. It adds features like ratings & favorites, recipe submissions, and so much more.
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.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/cookeddirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Use the Recipes > Settings screen to configure the plugin.
- Go to Recipes > Add New to start adding your recipes!
- Head over to the Cooked Documentation for more help.
Frequently asked questions
Having issues with the plugin?
Be sure to check the Cooked Documentation for guides and documentation. If you’re still having issues, create a new support topic and let me know what’s going on. I’m happy to help! Please don’t post a bad review without discussing here first, I really appreciate it!
Where do I report security bugs found in this plugin?
Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Cooked plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.
Changelog
Version 1.16.1 fixes recipe editor bugs, a security issue, and Plugin Check issues.
1.16.1
- FIX: Fixed the ‘Bulk Add’ direction functionality when adding a [cooked-timer] or quotes.
- TWEAK: Removed the scroll to top when clicking recipe edit tabs.
- FIX: Fixed an encoding issue with SEO Description field.
- FIX: Fixed a bug with recipe edit tabs on screens under 1440px.
- FIX: Fixed the fullscreen mode not displaying correctly on WYSIWYG fields when in recipe edit.
- FIX: Fixed Contributor+ IDOR/CSRF on recipe migrate and import AJAX reported in Patchstack.
- FIX: Various Plugin Check (PCP) fixes.
1.16.0
- NEW: Added video clips to recipe direction steps. Attach a video to any direction step using the WordPress Media Library, with square preview thumbnails in the admin and 16:9 responsive video output on the frontend.
- TWEAK: Responsive admin layout improvements.
- TWEAK: Increased direction textarea height.
- TWEAK: Meta box title changed from “Settings” to “Cooked Settings”.
- NEW: Dark Mode setting now supports Off, On, and Auto. Auto follows theme dark mode toggles, with dedicated Pixwell compatibility (admin notice and settings tip when Pixwell’s dark mode is enabled).
- FIX: Fixed the Recipe Category widget “Hide Empty” option, and Recipe Search widget “Hide Browse” / “Hide Sorting” options not saving.
- FIX: Fixed settings “Save” button alignment.
- NEW: Added a Default Recipe Image option in settings, used as the featured image for recipes that do not have one set.
- NEW: Added a “Show Website Logo” option to the Print View settings. When enabled, the site logo (or site name) appears at the top of the recipe print screen.
1.15.0
- NEW: Metric/Imperial measurement system switcher. Convert ingredient units between systems with a new toggle alongside the servings switcher. Option available in settings to enable/disable the switcher.
- NEW: Added allergen support. Mark up to 14 major allergens (FDA + EU) on a recipe via a new sidebar meta box. Allergen icons are shown on recipe cards (option available in settings to enable/disable) and can be added to single recipes via
[cooked-info include="allergens"]. - TWEAK: Added
[cooked-recipe-card]documentation in the recipe “Shortcodes” tab. - FIX: Fix to prevent website from crashing if
[cooked-recipe id="3587"]shortcode is used in recipe template with the same ID as the recipe. - NEW: Add a wrapping class to recipe output from the
[cooked-recipe]shortcode for easier styling. - FIX: Fixed issue with measurement units not translating in nutrient facts.
- FIX: Fixed invalid recipe schema when servings were left empty, which caused critical errors in Google Search Console. Servings now default to 1 when not set.
- FIX: Fixed recipe queries ignoring the limit, which could load all recipes and cause performance issues on large sites.
1.14.0
- NEW: Added a new “Add Bulk Ingredients” and “Add Bulk Directions” buttons to the recipe builder.
- FIX: Validated style attribute for the
[cooked-recipe-card]and[cooked-categories]shortcodes. - TWEAK: Added Ingredient Substitution fields to the migration and imports features.
- TWEAK: Updated the “Apply to All” template update feature to fix potential performance issues with large recipe collections.
1.13.0
- NEW: Added CSV import functionality for bulk importing recipes from CSV files. Supports all recipe fields including ingredients with substitutions, directions, nutrition data, categories, and tags (thanks to @mgiannopoulos24).
- TWEAK: Simplified the way the
[cooked-related-recipes]shortcode works. - FIX: Fixed a bug with the recipe directions and ingredients not being sortable in mobile devices.
- FIX: Fixed a bug when toggling full screen view in recipe fields that use the WP Editor.
- FIX: Fixed bug when changing image under recipe instructions steps where the image thumbnail was not updated with the replaced photo after clicking “Use this image”.
- FIX: Fixed styling issue in numbering with recipes with 10+ instructions steps.
- NEW: Added recipe instruction steps counter in the editing view.
- FIX: Fixed a bug with full screen mode not working inside Elementor.
- TWEAK: Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
1.12.0
- NEW: Added the ability to add ingredients substitutions thanks to @mgiannopoulos24.
- NEW: Added new
[cooked-related-recipes]shortcode to display related recipes based on categories, cuisines, ingredients, and other factors. - NEW: Added Polylang & WPML plugin support.
- TWEAK: Added
[cooked-next-previous]shortcode documentation in recipe “Shortcodes” tab.
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FAQ
Cooked – Recipe Management: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026
Is Cooked – Recipe Management free?
Yes. Cooked – Recipe Management is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory. The developer also sells premium add-ons or a Pro version with extra features.
Is Cooked – Recipe Management safe to use in 2026?
Yes — Cooked – Recipe Management is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 3K+ sites, is rated 3.9/5 and was last updated 2 weeks ago, and scores 87/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Cooked – Recipe Management?
Cooked – Recipe Management is active on 3K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 226,022 times since it launched in November 2013. It was downloaded 2,648 times in the last 30 days.
Does Cooked – Recipe Management work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Cooked – Recipe Management up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.8 or newer.
What PHP version does Cooked – Recipe Management need?
Cooked – Recipe Management requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Cooked – Recipe Management last updated?
The latest version, 1.16.1, was released on September 12, 2026 (2 weeks ago).
Who makes Cooked – Recipe Management?
Cooked – Recipe Management is developed and maintained by Gora Tech.
What are the best alternatives to Cooked – Recipe Management?
The most popular alternatives to Cooked – Recipe Management are WP Recipe Maker (50K+ installs), WP Delicious (4K+ installs) and Delisho (1K+ installs).
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