[Update 8/6/2010: 0.5.3.4 released. Minor fixes in options page, code cleanup.]
[Update 3/30/2010: Dutch translation courtesy of Rene from WP Web Shops.]
[Updated 3/4/2010: Version 0.5.3.1 released. Fixed bug in php include.]
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hRecipe plugin for WordPress gives you fast, efficient recipe formatting… with an SEO advantage. Your recipes look good, and search engines will like them better too.
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I Cook Free uses hRecipe
I Cook Free, a site specializing in family meals which are gluten, dairy, and egg free provides a very tasty looking recipe for gluten-free chocolate cupcakes.
Please leave a comment of encouragement for I Cook Free!
Invisible technology helps you
The magic happens using “microformats,” semantic web technology invisible to you, but friendly to search engines. Read more about the hrecipe microformat.
The hRecipe plugin for WordPress shows a popup window with text fields and text areas that allow the author to conveniently enter the various parts of the hRecipe microformat, then inserts a formatted recipe into the page or post. The formatting has the hRecipe class specifications.
There is a growing list of options to control how your recipes are displayed:
- Ingredients lists formatting can be either by number or by bullet point.
- The background color of the formatted recipe can be specified to match or offset the background color of the enclosing web page.
- The display text for many sections of recipes may be specified.
- International support is growing rapidly.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: All new customers for hRecipe are welcome to purchase support for $50/hr. Please contact for details.
Bug fixes are free as time permits. Leave a comment below for fastest action.
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If you have any problems or questions at all, send me an email.
hRecipe at Website In A Weekend
Development work continues. Here’s where to find more information:
- Using hRecipe (upcoming)
- hRecipe Bugs (upcoming)
- hRecipe ChangeLog
- hRecipe Contributors
- hRecipe Feature Requests (upcoming)
- hRecipe Recipes
- hRecipe Roadmap
hRecipe is being moved from hRecipe @ There Is No Box. Most, but not all of the information has been moved, but you can find more information there.
hRecipe is back in active development, and “best of” recipes will be linked.
hRecipe Plugin for WordPress
The hRecipe Plugin for WordPress provides a popup window from the post and page editor with text fields and text areas that allow the author to conveniently enter the various parts of the hRecipe microformat, then inserts the formatted recipe into the page or post. The formatting has the hRecipe class specifications.
Installing and using hRecipe
Installation is simple and works just like all other plugins. There’s two ways to do it, the easy way and the hard way.
The easy way:
- Use the built-in plugin search: “Plugins -> Add New”
Using WordPress built plugin search
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Search for “hRecipe” and choose only that one:
hRecipe plugin search results
- Install as usual.
The hard way:
- Download the zip file and extract the plugin directory. You can get the zip file from WordPress.org, as shown in the screenshot:
Download hRecipe plugin for WordPress.
- Upload the plugin directory to your WordPress site, typically into /wp-content/plugins
- Use the editor buttons to call a popup window, and fill in the text fields and text areas.
- The text areas (Ingredients, Instructions) should accept HTML formatting.
- NOTE: List building with “*” is supported! Just use a single “*” for delimiter between each ingredient and each instruction, and the plugin will build a numbered list.
