Our tutorials and recommendations are geared towards building a 100% recipe-focused content site. User experience The majority of search engine traffic lands on specific pages looking for a ...
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Process Shots
We recommend using the columns block to lay out process shots for instructions. Galleries We do not recommend galleries because they're not well developed and have undergone a couple changes - ...
Either "name" or "item. name" should be specified (in "itemListElement")
If this appears tied to a page with cat=-1 in the URL, simply ignore it. We've released a fix for this in the Feast Plugin v.7.1.0: ...
Productivity
As part of the transition to the Feast Plugin, we've expanded the scope of what we cover to include: SEOaccessibilityuser experience We try to focus on areas where there currently are no ...
Collaborate
The simplest + quickest way to have us access a site (when we requested it for support or troubleshooting) is to add us as a collaborator on BigScoots. To do this, open your BigScoots WPO login and ...
Shop page
We don't recommend or support ecommerce functionality. These pages typically don't earn any meaningful revenue for the simple fact that people looking for recipes are not in buying ...
Minification
Don't use minification. It makes troubleshooting next to impossible for us, and provides zero benefit in terms of pagespeed. It also adds an unnecessary layer of caching and can result in ...
Horizontal scrolling
We do not recommend horizontal scrolling. This basically amounts to a slider, which are a poor user experience and Yoast thinks sliders should be banned. We agree. Mobile Horizontal ...
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 ...
SEO
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) cover a broad range of topics, that can't possibly be covered in a single guide. We'll cover a broad range of topics here that gives you some basis to look into ...
Internal links
Internal linking is a key part of on-site SEO and can have an impact on how your site does (or doesn't) rank. While links are not specifically theme-related, this does impact how people build their ...
Default Image Size
The default_image_size setting in Wordpress is used to control what default thumbnail is used when inserting an image into a post: Note: this is different than the "default thumbnail size" in ...
Feast Plugin Price Increase from $199 to $249
On February 1, 2022 we'll be increasing the price of the Feast Plugin for all new subscriptions. Sign up today to get locked in at $199/year. Grandfathered pricing Existing active ...
Full Site Editor
The "Full Site Editor" is the next evolution in Wordpress, bringing the functionality of the block editor to the entire website. We will not be supporting the Full Site Editor until 2023 at the ...
Modern Menu for Desktop
The Modern Menu is an enhancement to the Modern Mobile Menu that incorporates inline display on the desktop version (screen/browsers over 1200px). You must complete the Modern Mobile Menu setup for ...
Feast Plugin vs. Classic Themes
With version 6.0.0 of the Feast Plugin, we're clarifying the role of the Feast Plugin relative to the individual themes without the Feast Plugin. We recommend all sites use the Feast Plugin from ...
Inline subscribe
This is currently in development and not ready for use. The inline subscribe lets you embed a newsletter subscription form dynamically into your content, without having to edit every ...
We recommend using Google Workspace (Formerly GSuite) for hosting your domain's email. This is accessed directly through gmail, making your email accessible from any device, anywhere in the ...
Convert Recipe Acronyms
The Convert recipe acronym setting fixes a significant accessibility issue with recipe sites, by replacing acronyms like "tsp" with the full text equivalent "teaspoon". Accessibility Most ...
Holidays
The purpose of the Holidays is to make it simpler to organize recipes so that they can more easily be displayed on the homepage and sidebar. And since Holidays usually (but not always) have set ...
Recipe Post Template
This is available exclusively through the Feast Plugin. Creating high quality content that demonstrates E-A-T, follows modern guidelines for headings is difficult, and can be very time consuming. ...
Core Web Vitals
Core Web Vitals are a (relatively small) ranking factor that changes the way websites need to be built. While this is frustrating, it ultimately focuses on improving user experience, which everyone on ...
Missing Item Name
The Google Search Console warning saying that there's a "missing name or item.name" is a false error and should be ignored. The pages listed under this match the format: /page/9/?cat=-1 If the ...
Hooks
List of hooks by theme/framework: Theme Hooks AllianceGenesis Visual Hook Guide ...