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PL Recipe Cookbook

A WordPress plugin for managing cooking recipes with a beautiful, modern interface

by Plazarov · github.com/petyolazarov92/pl-recipe-cookbook · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/petyolazarov92/pl-recipe-cookbook/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/petyolazarov92/pl-recipe-cookbook ↗

A WordPress plugin for managing cooking recipes with a beautiful, modern interface.

Features

  • Custom post type for recipes with custom taxonomies (categories and tags)
  • Beautiful single recipe template with:
    • Responsive image display
    • Recipe metadata (prep time, cook time, servings, difficulty)
    • Collapsible ingredient sections with optional section grouping
    • Numbered instruction steps with collapsible sections
    • Shopping mode with checkboxes for ingredients
    • Sticky table of contents sidebar
    • Print-friendly layout
  • Archive pages with:
    • Category and tag filters
    • Search functionality
    • Load more functionality for filters
    • Default fallback image for recipes without featured images
  • Fully translated to Bulgarian (bg_BG)
  • Automatic slug transliteration (Cyrillic to Latin)
  • Responsive design optimized for mobile, tablet, and desktop (including 2K displays)

Installation

  1. Upload the pl-recipe-cookbook folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
  3. Start creating recipes under the "Рецепти" menu item

Usage

Creating a Recipe

  1. Go to "Рецепти" → "Добави нова"
  2. Enter recipe title and description
  3. Add recipe metadata in the right sidebar:
    • Prep time (minutes)
    • Cook time (minutes)
    • Servings
    • Difficulty level
  4. Add ingredients (one per line, optionally grouped with [Section Name] headers)
  5. Add instructions (one per line, optionally grouped with [Section Name] headers)
  6. Set a featured image
  7. Assign categories and tags

Ingredient Sections

To group ingredients into sections, use square brackets:

[За тестото]
500 г брашно
300 мл вода
10 г сол

[За плънката]
200 г сирене
3 яйца

Instruction Sections

Instructions can also be grouped with the same format:

[Приготвяне на тестото]
Смесете брашното със солта
Добавете водата постепенно

[Печене]
Загрейте фурната до 200°C
Печете 25 минути

Requirements

  • WordPress 5.0 or higher
  • PHP 7.4 or higher

Translations

The plugin is fully translated to Bulgarian. The translation files are located in the languages/ directory.

Author

Created for plazarov.com

License

GPL v2 or later

Changelog

1.0.0

  • Initial release
  • Custom recipe post type
  • Beautiful single and archive templates
  • Bulgarian translation
  • Automatic slug transliteration