Best cooking plugins for WordPress
The most popular cooking plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Recipe Maker leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of WP Delicious (4K+) and Cooked (3K+). All 29 plugins tagged “cooking” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 cooking plugins
- 1.
WP Recipe MakerThe most installed cooking plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 358 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
WP Delicious4K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 72 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 3.
Cooked3K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 90 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.Scrumptious
1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 days ago.
- 5.
Delisho1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.Recipe Block
700+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 7.Web Recipe Clipper
50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 8.Converter
50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 9.
Recipe Creator30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 10.
CuratorCrowd Recipe Box10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 29 plugins tagged “cooking”

WP Recipe Maker
#717by Brecht10 days ago
The easy and user-friendly recipe plugin for everyone. Automatic JSON-LD metadata for food AND how-to recipes will improve your SEO!
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 5.0(358)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day

WP Delicious
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,501by WP Delicious4 days ago
WP Delicious is an SEO-optimized and Schema-friendly recipe plugin for food bloggers to create and display unlimited recipes.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.9(72)
- Downloads
- 93/day

Cooked
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,089by Gora Tech7 days ago
Free WordPress recipe plugin: recipe schema, nutrition labels, timers, metric/imperial switching, allergens, step videos, recipe imports and more.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.9(90)
- Downloads
- 92/day
Scrumptious
Up in the last 7 days:3,008#6,273by natebald5 days ago
Paste a recipe and get a finished recipe card: ingredients, steps, times and Google recipe data, in blocks that match your theme.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 943/day

Delisho
Down in the last 7 days:29#6,554by WP Delicious9 months ago
Delisho includes 12+ Elementor Widgets and 4 Gutenberg blocks for WP Delicious plugin to create a beautiful and SEO-friendly food blog.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
Recipe Block
Down in the last 7 days:5#8,009by Kelly Choyce-Dwan5 years ago
A block for displaying recipes on your WordPress site 🥐 🍲 🥘 🍪
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Web Recipe Clipper
Down in the last 7 days:532#20,367by Pengyi Wang7 years ago
The plugin will add a block to gutenberg editor, you can paste a web recipe link, it will clip the content to generate the recipe in the editor.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Converter
Up in the last 7 days:29#20,522by ajayver13 years ago
This plugin adds a widget that allows your users to convert different ingredients to different measurements.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Recipe Creator
Up in the last 7 days:12#23,037by rogervanwile2 years ago
Our plugin provides you with a recipe block for the Gutenberg editor, with which you can easily insert recipes into your blog posts.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CuratorCrowd Recipe Box
#29,007by American Hometown Media, Inc.2 years ago
An award-winning add-on for your existing recipe cards that enables your visitors to easily save, organize, and share your delicious recipes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Recipe Manager
Up in the last 7 days:1,100#32,979by Daniel Iser8 years ago
The most powerful and easy to use recipe plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day

Kulinarian Recipe Embed
Up in the last 7 days:3,983#41,197by Kulinarian10 years ago
Display recipes on your food blog or cooking related website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recipe of the Day
#42,665by PResponsive11 years ago
Plugin "Recipe of the Day" displays categorized recipes on your blog. There are over 20,000 recipes in 40 categories.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Recipes
Down in the last 7 days:7,747#43,609by staxxx16 years ago
Manage recipes on your own wordpress blog with WP-Recipe. Supports taxonomies, featured image, .
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recipes
#43,886by Ari Stathopoulos9 years ago
Recipes for WordPress done right.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Shop Ingredients Button
Down in the last 7 days:8,404#46,621by santacruzsavory3 years ago
The plugin places a small button on each recipe page that allows readers to easily purchase the listed ingredients at a local grocery store.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
spoonacular recipe visualizer
#48,174by dsky11 years ago
Make your recipe blog look awesome with pretty and insightful visualizations.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cook App
Up in the last 7 days:62#53,693by Alex Kirk1 month ago
A personal cookbook for WordPress: store, import, categorize, scale, plan and shop from your own recipes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Recipes Manager
Down in the last 7 days:2,149#55,402by Félix Martínez1 year ago
Manage and share recipes on your WordPress site. Create, organize, and display recipes with a user-friendly interface.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Plutus Recipe Pro
Down in the last 7 days:6,399#59,080by PlutusDesign7 years ago
Plutus Recipe Pro plugin is a user friendly plugin for adding recipes to any of your posts and pages. Beautiful SEO friendly recipes, print versions, …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Recipe Master
Up in the last 7 days:3,531#59,287by zcesl533 months ago
Professional Recipe management and pricing for small businesses (chocolatiers, bakeries, cafes etc.)
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
One More Bite
Up in the last 7 days:1,694#61,048by Nick Hamze1 year ago
Beautiful recipe cards that actually work. Add ingredients, instructions, prep times, and nutrition info with just a few clicks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flowd
Down in the last 7 days:6,454#64,033by Kochmodus1 month ago
Embeds the Kochmodus cooking mode widget on recipe pages, letting visitors follow recipes hands-free via a gesture-controlled cooking mode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WakeChef Cook Mode
Down in the last 7 days:9,164#64,463by Ali Nawaz7 days ago
Add a Cook Mode toggle that keeps your readers' screens awake while they follow a recipe. Works with WP Recipe Maker or any recipe post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

CookPal Reader Engagement
#71,214by whimziai3 months ago
Boost reader engagement on your food blog: an on-post chat that answers cooking questions from your content, with monthly analytics and tips.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Simple Recipe
Down in the last 7 days:14,633#71,475by Guru Team6 years ago
Simple Recipe is a simple and convenient WordPress plugin for creating a website with recipes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ultimate Post Recipe
Down in the last 7 days:2,112#72,814by MagniumThemes5 years ago
Add detailed post recipe blocks with unlimited cooking steps, ingredients and equipments lists, summary, notes and more to any of your WordPress blog …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day