We consider staging sites to be key to successfully running a food blog. Testing updates A staging site is a non-live version of your website that you can use to test updates to plugins, ...
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FAQ
This page is more of an off-the-cuff FAQ and doesn't reflect the actual policies of Feast. This is for educational purposes only. Feast vs Feast+ All functionality (homepage, recipe index, menu, ...
Kadence
The Feast Plugin is compatible with the Kadence framework and themes. We automatically hide settings that are not available in Kadence in order to prevent conflicting functionality. Nothing is ...
This block contains unexpected or invalid content
The error "This block contains unexpected or invalid content" is shown in the block editor when a blocks formatting doesn't match what the current version of the block editor expects. On core ...
Starter Site White Glove
If you have the full Feast Plugin, please use the Fresh Site White Glove service instead. This is an exclusive offer for Feast Plugin Starter subscribers to get a a fresh install of the Feast ...
Gutenberg
The term "Gutenberg" is confusing and misunderstood, so we'll define some things here: Gutenberg Gutenberg is not the block editor. Wordpress itself uses the term confusing so this is simply ...
Optimize core blocks
This feature has been deprecated as of 10.6.0 and is no longer functional. Few people enabled it, and those that did often were confused about why the options were removed. Ultimately, this is the ...
Site Info
The Site Info page introduced in the Feast Plugin 9.4.0 helps recipe sites define their E-E-A-T. This helps both readers and search engines better understand what your site is about what what niche ...
Feast Plugin Starter $97/year
The Feast Plugin Starter gets you started with all the best practices from the Feast Plugin. This is for everyone starting a new blog who wants to focus 100% on recipe creation, which means no ...
Fresh Site White Glove
If you have the Feast Plugin Starter, please use the Starter Site White Glove service instead. This is an exclusive offer for Feast Plugin subscribers to get a a fresh install of the Feast Plugin, ...
Skip lazy loading first post image
Improve your desktop Core Web Vitals by skipping lazy loading your first post image automatically: This is generally a small improvement, and is recommended. Smart logic By default we ...
Tiktok
At this time, we have no plans to implement, support or recommend Tiktok-related functionality or social buttons. Any Tiktok related functionality will come from third party plugins. Tiktok is ...
Migration
When migrating to our theme + plugin setup, we often get asked about how it's done in a single large project. There's often multiple separate projects that actually need to be done, and unless hiring ...
Plugin Audit
Below is a list of services and plugins that we've tested to be compatible with our recommended setup, and offer support for. Incompatible simply means that we don't offer support for sites with ...
Translation
Translation is done through third party plugins such as WPML or Polylang. Certain areas need to be specifically enabled via these plugins. Please contact the translation plugins for any support ...
CLS
We're only able to impact the lab data portion of the Pagespeed Insights report - this is controlled by the theme/plugin and we're currently seeing < 0.03 scores for sites that implement: the ...
Pagespeed
Food blogging is very competitive, and with so much great content, pagespeed can make a difference in ranking. This is because Google knows its users want content that isn't just relevant, but is ...
Modern Sidebar
The Modern Sidebar replaces the theme's sidebar, making it simpler to customize the sidebar using the block editor, instead of widgets. 1. Enable the Feast Layouts Enable the Feast Layouts ...
Convert text to fractions
The Convert text to fractions setting fixes a significant accessibility issue with recipe sites, by replacing text such as 1/4 with a proper fraction, like ¼. Accessibility This is because ...
Why we don't support block-level styling
The block editor is a powerful tool, but also one that can cause you a lot of problems if you don't use it properly. Generally, we do not recommend making styling changes to individual blocks on ...
Click Through Rates (CTR)
Ever wonder what a good click-through-rate is for your posts? Keep wondering. Google Search Console provides the ability to view CTR on a page level, and query level, and page-by-query ...
Compatibility
This page always has the most up to date compatibility information for the Feast Plugin. We currently support: Note the distinction compatibility - compatibility means we've tested for it ...
Modern Recipe Index
The Modern Recipe Index is a replacement for the theme's recipe index, by using the Simple Category Index (FSCI) Block. is more customizable to suit your styleimproves user experience by making ...
Feast Plugin Setup
Note: if you run into issues or have questions that aren't answered here (or in the linked tutorials), please use the support ticket page in the Feast Plugin. Installing the Feast Plugin doesn't do ...
Yoast FAQ Block
The Yoast FAQ block allows you to qualify for the "People also ask" rich search result, which looks like this in search engines: Because the FAQ block was released after the Feast Plugin, we've ...
Modern Mobile Menu
This is a feature of the Feast Plugin The Modern Mobile Menu replaces the theme header and menu with a mobile and accessibility-optimized layout. As of 2021, with pagespeed, SEO and accessibility ...
Why we removed the WP Instagram Widget
As of mid August 2019, Instagram shut down outside access to its images. Like all social networks, Instagram wants people to interact and view content within its "closed garden", where it can track ...
Feast Plugin: Disable Theme Google Fonts
Implements the Manually disable Google fonts tutorial without editing code. All sites in 2021 and beyond should use the System Font setting in the Feast Plugin to override the theme fonts, which ...
Privacy Policy
Who we are Our website address is: https://feastdesignco.com. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data ...
SEO for Food Bloggers
Our themes come pre-designed for SEO as best as they can be, but we cover only a fraction of what it takes to compete in search in rankings. Functionality does not belong in themes. SEO features ...
Font Styling
This post is outdated and should not be used or implemented. As of 2020, we no longer recommend any custom fonts on food blogs due to CLS, pagespeed and potential accessibility issues. Instead, all ...
The Feast Plugin
The Feast Plugin completely replaces your theme setup with a rewritten modern standard, built not just around aesthetics, but also making giant leaps in: You can think of the plugin as a brand ...
Principles and Best Practices
We believe that a clear set of principles and best practices helps our customers, employees and investors understand what our goals are and why we make the decision that we do. Principles let our ...
Genesis User Profile Widget
We recommend using the Custom HTML method to avoid loading gravatar on each page, which hurts pagespeed. The Genesis User Profile widget is built into the themes and is an easy way to display an ...
Custom Fonts with Foodie Pro
All sites in 2021 and beyond should use the System Font setting in the Feast Plugin to override the theme fonts, which eliminates: font-related CLSpagespeed-related issues due to font ...
Set Up Your WooCommerce Shop
The first thing you need to know is that running an ecommerce business is entirely different than running a food blog. Recipe queries (informational intent) do not convert to sales (purchase ...
Using Google Fonts with Brunch Pro Classic
We highly recommend using the System Fonts setting in the Feast Plugin to optimize your site for pagespeed and core web vitals Note: the built-in Google Font selector is outdated and does not ...
Holiday Foodie Gift Guide: Our Top Picks
Want to give a cookbook? Learn how you can (quickly) make your own here. Food gifts are underrated. And we can probably thank fruit cakes for that. But, let's look at the facts. Everyone eats ...
Here’s a Holiday Gift Idea: Why Not Publish a Food Blog Cookbook?
Have you made your Christmas shopping list yet? Let me guess. Golf balls for Dad? A new pair of kicks for hubby? Maybe a Sephora gift card for your best friend? Yeah. Okay. Maybe that's ...
Upgrade Your iPhoneography With These Apps & Accessories
As Chase Jarvis like to say – so much that he used it as the title for his book – "the best camera is the one that's with you." For many of us, it's an iPhone that we use to snap photos, in between ...