Rank Math vs WP Recipe Maker
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| Feature | Rank Math v1.0.280 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 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 | 4M+ | 50,000+ |
| Last updated | October 6, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Rank Math SEO · Rank Math SEO PRO ($) | WP Recipe Maker · WP Recipe Maker Premium ($) |
| Pros | Sitemaps, schema, redirects and robots.txt in one plugin; On-page SEO analysis and 404 monitoring included; Google Search Console and IndexNow connections built in | Recipe and how-to JSON-LD for search results; Block, shortcode and Elementor support; Imports recipes from other recipe plugins |
| Cons | Content AI needs service credits; Pro features and some modules are upsold in admin | 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | Yes | — |
| XML sitemaps | Yes | — |
| Redirects | Yes | — |
| Local SEO | Yes | — |
| WooCommerce | Yes | — |
| AI content | Paid | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | robots.txt editor, llms.txt generator, Image SEO options, 404 monitor, On-page SEO analysis, IndexNow instant indexing, Google Analytics and Search Console reports, Content AI with credits ($), Role manager for SEO capabilities | Recipe and how-to JSON-LD metadata, User ratings for recipes, Recipe, list, nutrition and jump-to blocks, Elementor widgets and controls, Import recipes from other plugins, Visual recipe template editor, Recipe interaction tracking stored locally, Premium-only features switched on by the addon filter ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | Google Search Console, Google Analytics | — |
| Social | — | YouTube Data API, Vimeo oEmbed |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | Instacart |
| Plugins | Advanced Custom Fields, BuddyPress | Yoast SEO, Elementor |
| Other | IndexNow, Content AI service ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | rankmath.com, cai.rankmath.com, ai-visibility.rankmath.com, api.indexnow.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, api.wordpress.org, searchconsole.googleapis.com, analyticsadmin.googleapis.com, graph.facebook.com, cdn.mxpnl.com, analyticsdata.googleapis.com | bootstrapped.ventures, proxy.bootstrapped.ventures, youtube.googleapis.com, vimeo.com |
| Blocks | 5 | 9 |
| Shortcodes | 12 | 19 |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |