Title: Tasty Recipes Lite – WordPress Recipe Card Plugin with Built-In Recipe Schema Author: Strategy11 Team Published: June 4, 2025 Last modified: September 10, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/tasty-recipes-lite/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3651432) ![](https://ps.w.org/tasty-recipes-lite/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3312600) # Tasty Recipes Lite – WordPress Recipe Card Plugin with Built-In Recipe Schema By [Strategy11 Team](https://profiles.wordpress.org/strategy11team/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite.1.2.10.zip) * [Details](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tasty-recipes-lite/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tasty-recipes-lite/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tasty-recipes-lite/#installation) * [Development](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tasty-recipes-lite/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite/) ## Description The WordPress recipe plugin food bloggers and recipe creators love. Schema comes baked in, so Google shows off your recipes! ### Tasty Recipes Lite – The Free WordPress Recipe Plugin for Every Kind of Recipe Creator [Tasty Recipes](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) is the simplest WordPress recipe plugin for food bloggers and creators who’d rather spend time creating for their audiences than stumbling around in their site’s code. Pick a template, fill in your ingredients and instructions, and publish. JSON-LD schema comes standard from the start, so your recipe is ready for Google the moment you hit publish. Tasty Recipes Lite has exactly what WordPress food bloggers like you need to get your recipes live today. 🧑‍🍳 Get a feel for the full flavor. Try the [Tasty Recipes live demo](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/demo/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) or check out the full suite of [WP Tasty’s plugins for food bloggers](https://www.wptasty.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin). 📬 [Join our email list](https://www.wptasty.com/newsletter/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) for food blogging tips and recipe plugin updates. If Tasty Recipes Lite helps you get a recipe live faster, a 5-star review on this page helps the next food blogger find it too. [Leave a review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite/reviews/#new-post). > **[Tasty Recipes Basic, Plus, Pro, and All Access](https://www.wptasty.com/pricing-recipes/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin)** > > When you’re ready to turn up the heat, these paid plans add features like Instacart > integration, recipe scaling, and Cook Mode. All Access bundles Tasty Recipes, > Tasty Links, Tasty Pins, and Tasty Roundups into one plugin suite. It’s the creator’s > kitchen: every plugin, every feature, one price. #### A Recipe Card Plugin That Matches Your Site Tasty Recipes Lite works with the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg), Classic Editor, and Elementor, so it fits into however you already write your posts. Add a recipe card to any post or page, choose from 3 recipe card templates, and use the template styler to match your card to your site’s colors and vibe, whether your site is bright and airy or moody and dark. It looks as good on your readers’ phones as it does on your laptop. There are no confusing settings to dig through and nothing to configure before you publish your first recipe. #### Recipe Schema That Gets Your Recipes Found in Google Recipe schema is the piece of recipe SEO most food bloggers dread. Tasty Recipes Lite is the [recipe SEO plugin](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/recipe-seo/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) that builds Schema.org and JSON-LD recipe schema into every recipe card automatically, so Google reads your ingredients, cook time, and ratings without you writing a single line of structured data. It’s the same recipe schema that powers those recipe cards with photos and star ratings you see in Google search results, and it stays current as Google updates its requirements. #### Jump to Recipe, Print Recipe, and Other Quick Links Give readers a Print Recipe link so your recipe prints cleanly without ads or clutter, and a [Jump to Recipe](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/jump-to-recipe/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) link so they skip straight to the ingredients when that’s all they came for. Turn on a Leave a Review link so readers rate your recipe, the same star ratings that show up in Google search results, or a Trust With Google link that lets visitors set your site as a Google Preferred Source. Upgrade to a paid Tasty Recipes plan, and all four turn into buttons styled to match your site. #### Video, Ratings, and Nutrition Facts, Right On the Card Before someone starts cooking, they want proof it’s worth their time: a video showing it done, other cooks’ ratings, and whether it fits their diet. With Tasty Recipes Lite, your video sits right on the card, so readers never have to leave your post to find it. Star ratings pull straight from the comments you’re already getting without needing to ask readers to rate a recipe twice. And nutrition facts show up automatically once you connect to [Nutrifox](https://nutrifox.com/), so readers know if it fits their diet before they even start cooking. #### Choose From Preset Recipe Categories, or Build Your Own Tasty Recipes Lite comes with preset taxonomies like course, method, cuisine, and diet, ready to use the moment you activate the plugin. Tag a recipe as “dinner,”“ baking,” “Italian,” or “vegan,” so that readers can browse by exactly what they’re craving. Or skip the presets and build your own from scratch, whether that’s “5- ingredient meals,” “freezer-friendly,” or whatever system matches how you cook and how your readers search. #### AI Scraper Prevention Keeps Your Recipes Yours Turn on AI Scraper Prevention, and Tasty Recipes Lite blocks compliant AI crawlers, the ones that honor robots.txt, from scraping your recipes and feeding them into someone else’s answer. It’s one toggle, no technical setup, and readers still find your recipe the way they always have. This only blocks the crawlers that scrape your content to train AI models or power AI answers, the ones that don’t send readers back to your site. It doesn’t touch Googlebot or Bingbot, so Search indexing isn’t affected. #### Tasty Recipes Lite Features * Works with the WordPress **Block Editor** (Gutenberg), **Classic Editor**, and** Elementor** * Easily **add a recipe card** to any post or page * **One form** for your ingredients, instructions, notes, and details * Choose from **3 recipe card templates** * **Style your templates** to your site’s colors in a few clicks * Recipe cards **resize for any screen**, phone or tablet * **Search, filter, and bulk-edit** every recipe from [one recipe dashboard](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/wordpress-recipe-manager/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) * Built-in **recipe schema**, the details, reviews, and photos you see in Google search * **Jump to Recipe**, **Print Recipe**, **Leave a Review**, and **Trust With Google** quick links * **[Print button](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/print-recipes/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin)** built into every recipe card by default * Add **[recipe videos and images](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/recipe-videos/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin)** directly to the card * **Star ratings** pulled from your comments * Browse or create your own **[recipe categories](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/recipe-taxonomies-recipe-keys/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin)**( taxonomies), like Breakfast or Gluten-Free * Supports **Pinterest Rich Pins** * Supports **Guided Recipes**, Google’s step-by-step recipe format * Compatible with **Google AMP** * **AI Scraper Prevention** blocks AI bots from stealing your content * **Import recipes** from other recipe plugins * Add nutrition info with **Nutrifox** (14-day free trial) * Works with your **ShareASale affiliate ID** * Add **affiliate or internal links** to recipe cards #### Premium Tasty Recipes Features Available across Tasty Recipes’ paid plans. * **8 more** recipe card templates (11 total) * **[Cook Mode](https://www.wptasty.com/cook-mode/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin)** to keep screens on while cooking * **Save Recipe/Newsletter**: readers email themselves a recipe, and it grows your list if you connect Kit * **[Recipe scaling](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/effortless-recipe-scaling/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin)**( ½, 2x, 3x, no math required) * Let readers **[check off ingredients](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/ingredient-checkboxes/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin)** as they go * Add **[Instacart shopping](https://www.wptasty.com/instacart-wordpress-plugin/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin)** to your ingredients, and earn commission when readers buy * A second recipe card button: **Pin this recipe**, **Mediavine Grow.me Save**, or **Slickstream Favorites** * **[Convert to metric](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/recipe-ingredient-unit-conversions/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin)** and back * **Turn off unit conversion or scaling** for individual recipes that don’t need them * **Social Footer CTA** below your recipe (like “Tag me on Instagram!”) * Turn your **Print Recipe**, **Jump to Recipe**, **Trust With Google**, and ** Leave a Review** quick links into styled buttons that match your site * **How-Tos** for non-food instructions, like crafts or cleaning tips, published alongside your recipes * **Copy ingredients to the clipboard** with one click * **[Tasty Links integration](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-links/tasty-recipes-integration/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin)** automates ingredient linking, plus an affiliate equipment section on your card * A **manual nutrition label** option (plus Nutrifox option) * **Default Author Link** #### Switch From Another Recipe Plugin in Minutes Already using another recipe plugin? Tasty Recipes Lite makes it easy to [import and convert your existing recipes](https://www.wptasty.com/knowledge-base/how-do-i-convert-my-recipes-in-bulk-to-tasty-recipes/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin). That way, you don’t have to rebuild your recipe from scratch or spend hours copying and pasting. Your ingredients, instructions, images, and times come over with it, recipe by recipe, nothing to touch by hand. It’s easy to switch to Tasty Recipes from: * Cookbook * Mediavine Create * EasyRecipe * Meal Planner Pro * Simple Recipe Pro * WordPress.com * WP Recipe Maker (WPRM) * WP Ultimate Recipe * Yummly * YumPrint Recipe Card * ZipList (or Zip Recipes) #### Other WP Tasty Plugins If you’re building out more than recipes, these plugins round out the WP Tasty lineup. #### Tasty Links [Tasty Links](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-links/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) saves you from logging into every affiliate program and pasting the same link over and over. Link a keyword once, and it’s live everywhere, right from WordPress. * Applies to every post you’ve already written and every post you write next * Tags every link nofollow and sponsored automatically * Connects to the Amazon Creator API, so pasting an Amazon link auto-generates the linked image for you * Feeds those same Amazon links straight into your Tasty Recipes equipment section #### Tasty Pins [Tasty Pins](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-pins/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) saves you from stuffing your post with extra vertical images just to give Pinterest something to pin. * Set a Pinterest-only description, separate from your alt text. No more clunky one-line descriptions trying to serve both. * Add a hidden, Pinterest-only image with one click, no extra image blocks in your post * Pinterest hover buttons appear automatically on your images. Readers save without hunting for a button. #### Tasty Roundups [Tasty Roundups](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-roundups/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) builds and maintains roundup posts for you, without the manual copy and paste. * Search your own site, or paste in an external link, and Tasty Roundups pulls in the image, title, description, and link automatically * Every roundup comes with schema built in, so Google shows your roundup with images and rich results instead of a plain link * Update the source recipe once. It updates everywhere you’ve featured it, so you’re never stuck with broken or outdated roundups #### Branding Guidelines Tasty Recipes is a product of WP Tasty. When writing about our WordPress recipe card plugin, please use the correct branding: * Tasty Recipes (correct) * TastyRecipes (incorrect) * tasty recipes (incorrect) * WP Tasty (correct) * WPTasty (incorrect) * wptasty (incorrect) #### Blocks Tasty Recipes Lite adds a Tasty Recipes block to the WordPress Block Editor. Search for it, drop it into any post or page, and your recipe card is ready to fill in, no shortcodes, no copying and pasting. #### Get Help Most answers live in our [searchable support library](https://www.wptasty.com/support/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin), organized by plugin so you find what you need fast. Prefer video? Check out [WP Tasty’s tutorials on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@wptasty). [Contact our support team](https://www.wptasty.com/contact-us/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) if you don’t see your answer here, and we’ll get back to you. ## Screenshots [⌊Color Styler⌉⌊Color Styler⌉[ Color Styler [⌊Snap template⌉⌊Snap template⌉[ Snap template [⌊Simple Template⌉⌊Simple Template⌉[ Simple Template [⌊Print button⌉⌊Print button⌉[ Print button [⌊Print preview⌉⌊Print preview⌉[ Print preview [⌊In-post recipe editor⌉⌊In-post recipe editor⌉[ In-post recipe editor [⌊Schema results⌉⌊Schema results⌉[ Schema results [⌊Quick Links⌉⌊Quick Links⌉[ Quick Links ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Tasty Recipe ## Installation The Tasty Recipes plugin installs much like any other WordPress plugin. 1. Upload the plugin ZIP archive file via “Plugins” -> “Add New” in the WordPress admin, or extract the files and upload them via FTP. 2. Activate the Tasty Recipes plugin through the “Plugins” list in the WordPress admin. With Tasty Recipes, there aren’t any confusing settings to configure or customizations you need to worry about. Share your favorite recipes with the world! ## FAQ ### Is there a demo or support documentation? Yes! [View the live demo](https://www.wptasty.com/tasty-recipes/demo/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) and check out our [support documentation](https://www.wptasty.com/support/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteplugin) for setup tips and support. ### Is Tasty Recipes SEO friendly? Yes! It has built-in recipe schema (Schema.org + JSON-LD) to help your recipes show up in Google search results. ### Can I switch from another recipe plugin? You can! Tasty Recipes Lite imports from WPRM, Create, EasyRecipe, and more. ### Will this work with my theme and page builder? Yes, it works with nearly all themes and page builders, including Elementor, the Block Editor, and Classic Editor. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/58238a1a060310558b95f5edb6356f2c8d767633fd35993185db02f347337516? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great product](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-product-1201/)󠁿 [Sabrina Quairoli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smqorgadm17/) November 24, 2025 1 reply Great product! I like the design of there recipes. And, their Support Team is very responsive with questions I have. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/982784ab55e93c5d16cf85e06faaa15f404c0ac64a7a351b1f9aa72d3b7b30e5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A Game-Changer for Food Bloggers with Outstanding Support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-game-changer-for-food-bloggers-with-outstanding-support/)󠁿 [healthylittlevittles](https://profiles.wordpress.org/healthylittlevittles/) August 26, 2025 1 reply Tasty Recipes is such a fantastic plugin—it makes my recipes look polished, easy to read, and user-friendly. The best part is their amazing customer support—quick, kind, and always helpful. It’s been a total game-changer for my blog! [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Tasty Recipes Lite – WordPress Recipe Card Plugin with Built-In Recipe Schema” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Strategy11 Team ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/strategy11team/) * [ Steph Wells ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sswells/) * [ Steve Wells ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srwells/) * [ Daniel Bachhuber ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielbachhuber/) [Translate “Tasty Recipes Lite – WordPress Recipe Card Plugin with Built-In Recipe Schema” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/tasty-recipes-lite) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tasty-recipes-lite/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/tasty-recipes-lite/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tasty-recipes-lite/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tasty-recipes-lite/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2.10 (September 10, 2026) * New: Bulk edit for ingredients and instructions * Enhancement: Recipe row editing improvements including persistent soft breaks( Shift+Enter) * Enhancement: Better process photo handling and preservation in recipe builder * Fix: Mediavine video embeds with blank oEmbed responses #### 1.2.9 (September 1, 2026) * New: New Ingredients and Instructions fieldw UI * Enhancement: Recipe editor improvements including modal behavior refinements, URL field styling, keyboard shortcuts, and checkbox styling * Enhancement: Diet taxonomy now maps to Google’s RestrictedDiet schema * Fix: YouTube Error 153 in recipe card editor preview * Fix: WPRM plugin compatibility * Fix: Toolbar conflicts #### 1.2.8 (August 18, 2026) * Fix: Fix block registration issue #### 1.2.7 (August 18, 2026) * New: Editors can access the Tasty Recipes menu and recipe list, while settings remain admin-only * Enhancement: Recipe block now registers from block.json metadata * Fix: Quick links now appear after the post title on Elementor pages * Fix: Desktop quick links layout restored; mobile wrapping only applies on small screens * Fix: Recipe embed dropdown styling in the block editor * Fix: Mediavine Create converter now handles Elementor recipes and prevents empty orphan recipes * Fix: Mediavine Create converter now correctly imports ingredient links with brackets * Fix: Extra empty paragraph no longer appears in the ingredients section #### 1.2.6 (June 16, 2026) * New: Save Recipe/Newsletter setting to allow visitors to send a recipe via email * New: Action hook `tasty_recipes_before_ingredients_section` for developers to add content above the ingredients section * Enhancement: Improved quick links layout with wrapping support and rating link displayed first * Fix: Error messages now display properly in the converter tool * Fix: EasyRecipe converter now correctly decodes all HTML entities during import #### 1.2.5 (May 19, 2026) * New: AI Scraper Prevention setting to block AI crawlers from scraping your recipes via robots.txt rules and meta tags * New: “Trust With Google” quick link option that lets visitors set your site as a Google Preferred Source #### 1.2.4 (March 31, 2026) * Enhancement: Updated the Tasty Affiliate settings to the new affiliate system #### 1.2.3 (March, 10, 2026) * Fix: Issue with script loading causing unnecessary load. Shout out to Carla at Foodie Digital for finding the issue! * Fix: Issue with color customizations being applied inline as !important for the recipe buttons. #### 1.2.2 (February 17, 2026) * Fix: “Jump to” issues on pages with ads * Fix: New taxonomies showing in sitemaps when disabled #### 1.2.1 (February 03, 2026) * New: Taxonomy links and archive pages are disabled by default * New: Option to enable/disable the taxonomy links and archive pages * Fix: Bug with detail value color for the new taxonomy links * Fix: Bug with permalinks on reactivation in some scenarios #### 1.2 (January 20, 2026) * New: Taxonomies for Cuisine, Category, Method, and Diet * New: Dropdown UI to manage/select the taxonomies in the recipe editor * New: Archive pages for the new taxonomies with links from the recipe card * New: Database migration notice for the new taxonomies #### 1.1.6 (January 12, 2026) * Enhancement: Upgraded the blocks apiVersion to 3 * Fix: Recipe video aspect ratio breaking for Youtube shorts * Fix: Security vulnerabilities #### 1.1.5 (December 4, 2025) * Fix: Issue with additional time field in the Recipe Editor #### 1.1.4 (November 24, 2025) * Fix: Issue with images not being hidden in print * Fix: User ID PHP warning * Fix: Typo in the image field #### 1.1.3 (October 21, 2025) * Fix: Issue in Classic Editor for the Snap template * Fix: New styling files #### 1.1.2 (September 17, 2025) * New: Filter for a section in admin settings * Fix: Update the label of the Instacart Affiliate field #### 1.1.1 (August 26, 2025) * Enhancement: Textarea resize tool to the recipe editor rich text elements #### 1.1 (August 19, 2025) * New: Recipe Explorer * New: Redesigned recipe editor modal * Enhancement: Removed all external assets in the recipe preview * Fix: The print button from quick links opening print in the same tab * Fix: Issue with the image preview in the recipe editor modal with images that don’t have a thumbnail size #### 1.0.3 (June 23, 2025) * Fix: Bug with nutrition schema #### 1.0.2 (June 16, 2025) * Enhancement: Prevent saving default colors in the Design tab * Fix: Issue with print icon on archive pages * Fix: Typo on the Get Started page #### 1.0.1 (June 4, 2025) * Fix: Add changelog #### 1.0.0 (June 4, 2025) * New: The initial release! ## Meta * Version **1.2.10** * Last updated **1 month ago** * Active installations **2,000+** * WordPress Version ** 6.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP Version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tasty-recipes-lite/) * Tags * [food blogging](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/food-blogging/)[Recipe](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recipe/) [recipe card](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recipe-card/)[recipe maker](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recipe-maker/) [schema](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/schema/) * [Advanced View](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/tasty-recipes-lite/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tasty-recipes-lite/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Strategy11 Team ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/strategy11team/) * [ Steph Wells ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sswells/) * [ Steve Wells ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srwells/) * [ Daniel Bachhuber ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielbachhuber/) ## Support Got something to say? 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