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Recipes — WordPress Custom Post Type Plugin

by Ari Stathopoulos · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.2.1 Tested up to WP 4.7.35

Recipes has 10+ active installs on WordPress.org and 7,647 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on February 5, 2017, tested up to WordPress 4.7.35.

Recipes at a glance

Active installs
10+
Total downloads
7,647
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Recipes well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 4.7.35, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • 100% opensource
  • Recipe Custom Post Type
  • Recipe Categories (Custom taxonomy)
  • Recipe Tags (Custom taxonomy)
  • Single-field Ingredients
  • Easy to add recipe steps
  • Recipe featured image
  • Easy to use templating system. Just create a recipes folder in your theme, copy any of the templates in the plugin’s templates folder and edit to your liking
  • Customizer integration: disable template parts or reorder them
  • Uses the Kirki plugin for the customizer, however if you don’t want to use the customizer features it is not required
  • Compatible with most themes out of the box
  • underscores.js-powered admin interface

Recipes reviews and ratings

1 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

1 reviews

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  • Thank you for plugin

    Very good plugin :)

    Mohammad Sy

Details

Recipes for WordPress done right.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Recipes competes in

Tags

  • chef
  • cooking
  • custom post type
  • custom taxonomy
  • recipes

More from Ari Stathopoulos

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
Feb 5, 2017
First published
Aug 2, 2016
Requires WordPress
4.6
Tested up to
4.7.35
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Recipes FAQ

What does Recipes do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Recipes offers 100% opensource, Recipe Custom Post Type, Recipe Categories (Custom taxonomy), Recipe Tags (Custom taxonomy) and Single-field Ingredients.

How many active installs does Recipes have?

WordPress.org reports 10+ active installs for Recipes as of September 7, 2026.

Is Recipes still maintained?

The last release was on February 5, 2017, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Recipes free?

Recipes is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.