Cooked vs WP Recipe Maker
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| Feature | Cooked v1.16.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.9/5 Visit Details | WP Recipe Maker v10.9.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 3,000+ | 50,000+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Cooked · Cooked Pro ($) | WP Recipe Maker · WP Recipe Maker Premium ($) |
| Pros | Drag and drop recipe builder with galleries, nutrition and allergens; Recipe schema markup for search engines, with Yoast and Rank Math hooks; Built-in cooking timers, unit conversion and related recipes | Recipe and how-to JSON-LD for search results; Block, shortcode and Elementor support; Imports recipes from other recipe plugins |
| Cons | Some advanced options are only reachable through Pro upgrade screens; Layout depends on its own shortcodes and templates | Many features need the Premium add-on; Large admin and REST surface for a single plugin; Instacart and video lookups call vendor or Google services |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Drag and drop recipe builder, Recipe structured data for search engines, Cooking timer shortcode, Nutrition facts and allergens, Measurement and unit conversion, Recipe photo gallery shortcode, Related recipes, CSV recipe import, Upgrade to Pro screens and menu item | Recipe and how-to JSON-LD metadata, User ratings for recipes, Recipe, list, nutrition and jump-to blocks, Elementor widgets and controls, Import recipes from other plugins, Visual recipe template editor, Recipe interaction tracking stored locally, Premium-only features switched on by the addon filter ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | — | YouTube Data API, Vimeo oEmbed |
| E-commerce | — | Instacart |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Rank Math, Polylang, WPML, Elementor | Yoast SEO, Elementor |
| Requires WordPress | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | bootstrapped.ventures, proxy.bootstrapped.ventures, youtube.googleapis.com, vimeo.com |
| Blocks | — | 9 |
| Shortcodes | 17 | 19 |