LWN Recipe is a free, lightweight recipe plugin built for one job: getting your recipes to look great on your site and rank well in Google.
Get found in search. Every recipe automatically outputs Recipe schema.org / JSON-LD markup – the structured data Google uses to show rich results like star ratings, cook time, and photos directly in search. No separate SEO plugin, no manual code.
Pick a design, not a page builder. Choose from 5 ready-made recipe page layouts – Card, Editorial, Recipe Card, Split Screen, and Timeline – right from your settings page. Every layout is fully responsive and print-friendly, and you can switch anytime without touching a single template file.
Works the way you already work. Enter recipes through the classic metabox fields or the block editor’s Recipe Meta block – your choice. Recipe pages render correctly on both classic themes and modern block themes (like Twenty Twenty-Five), including your site’s real header and navigation.
No bloat, no upsells. LWN Recipe does one thing well instead of trying to be an all-in-one page builder. It’s free, and it stays out of your way.
Key features
- Automatic Recipe schema.org / JSON-LD markup for Google rich results (ratings, cook time, photo)
- 5 selectable, fully responsive recipe page designs – switch anytime from Settings
- Customizable badge text on recipe pages (or hide it entirely)
- Recipe custom post type: ingredients, steps, prep/cook/total time, servings, meal type, vegan flag
- Recipe taxonomy for organizing recipes into types
- Works with both the classic editor and the block editor
- Works with both classic themes and block themes (renders your theme’s real header/footer)
- Recipe blocks and block patterns for the block editor
- Recipe widgets and sidebar for classic themes
- Clean, dependency-light codebase – no external services required
Screenshots
Card style - the default recipe page: photo hero, meta bar, and tickable ingredients beside the method.
Editorial style - serif masthead, ruled stat table, and a sticky ingredient rail.
Recipe Card style - a printable index card in monospace, with "You need" and "You do" columns.
Split Screen style - photo and ingredients stay pinned while the method scrolls.
Timeline style - steps run down a spine with a "Have ready" ingredient row above.
The recipe archive - a card grid of every published recipe.
Settings - pick any of the five page styles from a dropdown and set your own badge text.
Editing a recipe - ingredients, steps, times, servings, meal, and vegan flag in one screen.
Recipes get their own menu and list in wp-admin.
The Recipe Meta block - set times, servings, meal, and colours right in the block editor.
Blocks and patterns for recipes, available anywhere in the Site Editor.