Loco Translate vs Recipe Card Blocks by WPZOOM
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| Feature | Loco Translate v2.8.9 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Recipe Card Blocks by WPZOOM v3.6.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | September 30, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Loco Translate | Recipe Card Blocks · Recipe Card Blocks PRO ($) |
| Pros | In-admin PO editor, no desktop translation tools needed; Extracts strings and builds POT templates from source code; Compiles MO and JSON files without gettext installed; Machine translation through your own API keys | Schema.org Recipe markup in the page output; Gutenberg blocks and Elementor widgets; Imports recipes from WP Recipe Maker |
| Cons | Machine translation needs keys from DeepL, OpenAI, Gemini or OpenRouter; Translates interface strings only, not site content; Not a multilingual content plugin; no translated URLs | Ratings analytics and advanced features need Pro; AI recipe generator relies on the WPZOOM service; Large plugin with many admin screens |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| Features (Translation plugins checklist) | ||
| Machine translation | Yes | — |
| Visual editor | Yes | — |
| SEO-friendly URLs | No | — |
| WooCommerce | No | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | In-admin PO editor, String extraction to POT templates, Native MO compilation, JSON (Jed) file export for script translations, Protected languages directory, WP-CLI commands for extract, fetch and sync, Fetch official translations from translate.wordpress.org | Recipe card block for the block editor, Schema.org Recipe JSON-LD output, Elementor recipe card widget, Recipe shortcode, Star ratings with own table, Import from WP Recipe Maker, AI recipe generator with credits, Ratings analytics dashboard ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | — | WP Recipe Maker, Elementor, WPML |
| Other | OpenAI, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, DeepL, WordPress.org translations (GlotPress) | WPZOOM store API |
| Requires WordPress | 6.6 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | translate.wordpress.org, api.openai.com, generativelanguage.googleapis.com, openrouter.ai | wordpress.org |
| Blocks | — | 9 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |