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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
System Fonts
The System Font stack has been rolled out in the Feast Plugin 5.6.0. On average, we've seen a 3-4 point increase in overall score from replacing the theme (or custom) fonts with System Fonts, ...
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 ...
Logo
Our official recommendation in 2021 is to use the Modern Menu built via the Feast Plugin on both Mobile and Desktop displays. The Modern Menu: improves user experience by displaying more content ...
Linking
Check out the TopHatRank webinar on links, from Mediawyse, Nerdpress and TopHatRank. Internal links Andrew's tips for internal links: make sure they're NOT nofollow use good anchor text make ...
Fonts
Custom fonts are a disaster in 2021, with issues relating to: CLS (inconsistent ligature sizes, letter spacing, questionable font-display recommendations)Font weights (bold, italic, etc)Pagespeed ...
Themes vs. Feast Plugin
As of June 2021, we're moving all-in on the Feast Plugin setup for recipe sites, and leaving the theme-based setup behind. If you have just the theme without the Feast Plugin, we'll be referring to ...
Portfolio
Building a recipe photographer portfolio can be done easily and quickly with the Feast Plugin. We'll be building a showcase site, which isn't specifically designed for SEO or accessibility or ...
Subscribe button
The Modern Menu integrates a "Subscribe" button that provides a call-to-action for readers to sign up for your newsletter the entire time they're on your site. This allows you to: increase ...