Recipe Card Blocks Lite vs SEO Recipe Snippets

The Ultimate WordPress Recipe Plugin for your Food Blog Trusted by thousands of food bloggers to rank higher in Google with structured recipe data. Recipe Card Blocks is a powerful WordPress recipe plugin that adds beautiful recipe cards to the block editor & Elementor to help you create SEO-optimized recipes on your food blog. 🥑 View Demo 🥑 ⭐️ Recipe Card Blocks PRO ⭐️ 📩 Subscribe to our newsletter for updates Did you find this plugin helpful? Please consider leaving a 5-star review. 📌 WHY RECIPE CARD BLOCKS? Schema.org markup that Google reads — get rich snippets with recipe name, image, ratings, and cook time directly in search results Works with Gutenberg, Elementor & AMP — no lock-in to a single page builder AI Recipe Generator included for free — generate complete recipes with AI Import from WP Recipe Maker — switch in one click without losing your recipes 📌 INCLUDED BLOCKS Recipe Card (with Schema.org Markup) Recipe Details Ingredients Directions Nutrition Facts Recipe Card Widget for Elementor 📌 FREE FEATURES AI Recipe Generator 🆕 Elementor Support with dedicated recipe widget Schema.org Structured Data (JSON-LD) 3 Recipe Card Styles Inline Structured Data Validator AMP Support Bulk Add Ingredients and Directions Video integration Import recipes from WP Recipe Maker WPML Support Recipe Shortcode Works with any theme GDPR-compliant ⭐️ PRO FEATURES ⭐️ Boost your SEO & Traffic: Star Rating — display star ratings in Google search results Recipe Index Block — searchable recipe catalog that keeps visitors on your site Recipe Roundups 🆕 — curate themed recipe collections that rank for long-tail keywords Engage your readers: Adjustable Servings — readers scale ingredient quantities in real-time Unit Conversion (US ↔ Metric) 🆕 — switch between measurement systems with one click Cook Mode — keeps the screen awake while cooking Comments Rating — readers rate recipes directly in comments Grow your blog: Recipe Submissions 🆕 — accept user-submitted recipes WooCommerce Integration 🆕 Grow.me Save Recipe Button 🆕 Social Call-to-action (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest) Advanced Pinterest Settings — custom Pin image & description Professional design: 5 Recipe Card Styles (vs 3 in free) 4 Color Schemes + Unlimited Custom Colors Equipment Block — showcase tools needed for each recipe Image Gallery & Lightbox in Directions Food Labels 🆕 Print Preview with customizable credit text Premium Support ⭐️ Get the PRO version! ⭐️ 📌 Where I can view a Demo? You can view the Recipe Card Block live here. 🙌 FOLLOW US 🐦 Twitter 📘 Facebook 📘 Facebook Group for Food Bloggers 🌄 Instagram 100% GDPR COMPLIANT This plugin is 100% GDPR compliant. It doesn’t integrate any Google Fonts. Recipe Card Blocks does not collect any information outside your WordPress installation, therefore it’s 100% GDPR compliant.

Enables Rich Snippets for search engines. Show recipe name, rating, image, preparation time, and more on Google’s search results. This plugin allows 1 recipe per post. For example, to set the preparation time of your recipe post, add the following shortcode into your post: [recipe type=”prepTime”]1 hour and 45 minutes[/recipe] All supported properties with examples: name The name of the dish. image URL of an image of the dish being prepared. description A short summary describing the dish. rating A numerical rating for the item. ratingCount The count of total number of ratings. prepTime The length of time it takes to prepare the recipe for dish. cookTime The time it takes to actually cook the dish. totalTime The total time it takes to prepare the cook the dish. yield The quantity produced by the recipe. For example: number of people served, or number of servings. instructions The steps to make the dish. ingredient An ingredient used in the recipe. (can have multiples) These properties will be used by search engines and other services to serve better content to your users. If you want to add a property but you don’t want to display the property, you can add display="none". For example: [recipe type=”description” display=”none”]You can see this on Google, but not on my blog[/recipe] Here’s an example of a fully annotated post: [recipe type=”name”]Grandma’s Holiday Apple Pie[/recipe] [recipe type=”image” display=”none”]apple-pie.jpg[/recipe] Published: [recipe type=”datePublished”]November 5, 2009[/recipe] [recipe type=”description”]This is my grandmother’s apple pie recipe. I like to add a dash of nutmeg.[/recipe] [recipe type="rating"]4.0[/recipe] stars based on [recipe type="ratingCount"]35[/recipe] reviews Prep time: [recipe type="prepTime"]30 min[/recipe] Cook time: [recipe type="cookTime"]1 hour[/recipe] Total time: [recipe type="totalTime"]1 hour 30 min[/recipe] Yield: [recipe type="yield"]1 9" pie (8 servings)[/recipe] Ingredients: [recipe type="ingredient"]Thinly-sliced apples: 6 cups[/recipe] [recipe type="ingredient"]White sugar: 3/4 cup[/recipe] ... Directions: [recipe type="instructions"] 1. Cut and peel apples 2. Mix sugar and cinnamon. Use additional sugar for tart apples. ... [/recipe]