In Admin > Feast Plugin > Posts you'll find the ability to replace WP Recipe Maker "Jump To" snippets with one that uses basic Wordpress button styles:The reason for this is simply to have the ...
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Layout
The "layout" of a site refers to the overall page structure.The Feast setup supports two content layouts:The default layout is content + sidebar and is used across the entire site.Full widthThe full ...
As seen in
The "As seen in" template can be found in the Block editor > [+] > Patterns > Feast Footer Patterns > As seen in: LocationThis can be used in the footer, though it will add DOM nodes to your entire ...
FAQ Toggle
In the Feast Plugin v.11.1.0 you can now enable a Yoast FAQ Toggle:Activating our new "Enable Yoast FAQ Toggle" setting will automatically enable this on all your Yoast FAQ blocks, no extra work ...
Widen recipe card on mobile
This removes the default content margins for recipe cards on mobile devices, which can improve ad revenue. ...
Block options
The block options setting enables a number of customizations on a block-by-block basis.Pages onlyThis is a general warning and strongly held opinion, that you can feel free to ignore once you ...
Image unlink
You don't want to be linking images to themselves because: EasiestThe easiest way to fix this is to use the Blog Fixer's Image Unlink service.FreeTo do this, use the Broken Link Checker plugin and let ...
Custom CSS
Feast does not offer support for custom CSS.As a theme provider, our themes are designed in very specific ways to comply with very rigid and ever-evolving standards for: Any time you add custom CSS to ...
Staging
We consider staging sites to be key to successfully running a food blog. Testing updatesA staging site is a non-live version of your website that you can use to test updates to plugins, themes, ...
Clear cache
The most common issue we get is "my site isn't updating with my changes" and in 99% of cases, this is a simply cache clearing issue.Here's how to clear your cache. Note: if the issue persists after ...
Patterns
Patterns are pre-made blocks that you can insert into posts. They were formerly known as "reusable blocks".Enable the menuSince Wordpress doesn't enable the Patterns menu by default, you need to ...
All Recipes
We get asked about people wanting to create outdated "All Recipes" pages, so here's the complete documentation.Display all recipesTo display all recipes, create a new category called "All Recipes" and ...
INP (Interaction to Next Paint)
Our current understanding is that our themes and default setup don't fail INP. INP measures how quickly a browser responds to user input, and 99% of this is driven by poorly performing javascript.This ...
Incompatible Archive
Wordpress 6.4.3 is meant to be a "security and bug fix" update, but in fact contains breaking changes to how it handles zip files (used by themes and plugins). Details here.This breaking change should ...
Pingbacks
Our recommendation is to simply delete all pingbacks. These are not used in any way and are an outdated relic from 2000's era blogging that serve no purpose today. ...
Pagination
The Feast setup avoids pagination wherever possible.Pagination is a lower quality user experience and a sign that the site owner hasn't organized their posts properly.It also negatively affects SEO by ...
Block themes
We do not recommend or support the use of block themes at this time.Instead, we've taken a hybrid theme approach.Based on the conversations and presentations at Wordcamp US, the official Wordpress ...
Introducing Feast+
Feast+ is a designer-curated set of styling options that help you define your brand, and attract high paying brand sponsorships.The Feast Plugin setup comes with best practices baked right in, for ...
Redis Object Cache
Wordpress has added the Redis Object Cache as a recommended plugin to their health check page.This is a poor recommendation and we do not recommend or support it.The redis object cache is potentially ...
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 Wordpress ...
Pricing
The launch of Feast+ took careful consideration when it came to figuring out where it belongs in the eco system.Feast+ offers a set of elevated styling options that complies with requirements for: ...
Frameworks
There's multiple "frameworks" available on top of Wordpress, which provide additional functionality.If you're looking for specific functionality, we recommend using plugins rather than new, ...
Content Rot
This post is just an introduction to a concept I think is important for content sites to be aware of, and that is content rot.It's not based on any SEO principle.What is content rot?Content rot is the ...
fetchPriority
The fetchPriority attribute allows sites to load quicker by telling the browser how the site thinks content (scripts and images) should load.This is a pagespeed update we're able to roll out to all ...
Video
We've seen a trend over the last few years towards video being the preferred way for users to consume content, including food and recipe content online. This has become more important over the last 2 ...
Feast Layouts
The Feast Layouts tab is found under the "Feast Plugin" admin sidebar (after being enabled), and is where you'll find the: Why the changeThis gives us better control over how certain parts of the site ...
Social
Social channelsSocial sharing pluginWe recommend and support Hubbub lite for social sharing functionality. Upgrade to Hubbub Pro for additional sharing functionality!What you should knowWe've had a ...
Gutenberg
The term "Gutenberg" is confusing and misunderstood, so we'll define some things here: GutenbergGutenberg is not the block editor. Wordpress itself uses the term confusing so this is simply our ...
Modern Search
The Modern Search behaves the same as the Modern 404, showing searches for individual words if no results are found for a search query.Customizing search resultsThe search results are not ...
June 2023 Search Updates
There's a lot of changes popping up recently, some related to AI and some related to normal search updates and some are just experiments that may or may not roll out to the wider search ...
Posts vs. Pages
Posts and pages confuse some users so this is an attempt to clarify the key differences in how recipe sites implement them.Posts are used to write recipe posts, or anything that is substantially ...
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 ...
Optimize block typography
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 ...
Tools
The Tools page was introduced in the Feast Plugin v.9.4.0 in order to provide quick services to fix common issues. The initial release features two tools:Open all comments on postsComments are a great ...
Feast Plus vs. Feast Plugin
Short answer: The Feast Plugin is designed for compatibility with best practices and low maintenance, so that you can focus on content development. Customizations usually increase maintenance and ...
Recipe Cost
Note: this is specifically for sites whose audience are budget or cost conscious. If your audience doesn't specifically ask for this type of information, we wouldn't recommend using it because it's a ...
Modified dates
We no longer recommend attempting to restrict the modified date from being updated (explanation below). If you still feel like this is important to you, we've heard the change last modified date ...
Buttons
Convert the feast-button to a normal Wordpress button following the tutorial here: With the button selected, simply click the backwards "P" icon and in the drop-down that appears, select transform to ...