Jetpack vs WP Recipe Maker
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| Feature | Jetpack v16.3.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.7/5 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 | 3M+ | 50,000+ |
| Last updated | October 12, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Jetpack · Jetpack paid plans ($) | WP Recipe Maker · WP Recipe Maker Premium ($) |
| Pros | Many modules in one plugin, each switched on separately; Brute-force protection and an image CDN without extra services; Contact form with Akismet spam checks and entries kept in admin | Recipe and how-to JSON-LD for search results; Block, shortcode and Elementor support; Imports recipes from other recipe plugins |
| Cons | Needs a WordPress.com connection to work fully; Usage tracking runs once the site is connected, with no separate toggle found; Paid plans gate some features, such as multi-step forms | 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 | 7 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Site stats dashboard, Brute force login protection, Photon image CDN, Social sharing buttons, Related posts, Newsletter and blog subscriptions, XML sitemaps, VideoPress video hosting ($), Secure sign-on through WordPress.com | Recipe and how-to JSON-LD metadata, User ratings for recipes, Recipe, list, nutrition and jump-to blocks, Elementor widgets and controls, Import recipes from other plugins, Visual recipe template editor, Recipe interaction tracking stored locally, Premium-only features switched on by the addon filter ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal ($) | — |
| MailPoet | — | |
| Social | — | YouTube Data API, Vimeo oEmbed |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | Instacart |
| Plugins | — | Yoast SEO, Elementor |
| Other | Akismet, WordPress.com | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | jetpack.wordpress.com, api.bruteprotect.com, public-api.wordpress.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api.paypal.com, v0.wordpress.com, videopress.com, widgets.wp.com, pixel.wp.com, subscribe.wordpress.com | bootstrapped.ventures, proxy.bootstrapped.ventures, youtube.googleapis.com, vimeo.com |
| Blocks | 60 | 9 |
| Shortcodes | 60 | 19 |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |