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 ...
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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 ...
Changing domains
In general, it's best not to change domains. But if you have to, this process has worked for us in the past.PreparationIt's best to start this process 12 months ahead of time. The longer you're able ...
GA4
Taken from Mediavine: GA4!!!! Learn what to do now and what to expect laterGoogle sent out this email to everyone still using Universal Analytics this week (or maybe everyone hard to say ...
Smooth scrolling
In the Feast Plugin 10.3.5, you can now enable a CSS-only smooth scroll affect site-wide which will also apply to the Advanced Jump To links:This is found under the "General" section of the Feast ...
Modern 404
The Modern 404 replaces your generic "not found" page with a page that's more useful to readers, encouraging them to click through to related posts.This is purely a user-experience upgrade and has no ...
Protected: January 2023 Update
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Private Label Rights (PLR)
Private Label Rights (PLR) content is content which you have rights to use with certain restrictions imposed by the provider.PLR content typically must be purchased, and is only meant to be used after ...
Focus
Our tutorials and recommendations are geared towards building a 100% recipe-focused content site.User experienceThe majority of search engine traffic lands on specific pages looking for a specific ...
Process Shots
We recommend using the columns block to lay out process shots for instructions.GalleriesWe do not recommend galleries because they're not well developed and have undergone a couple changes - and we ...
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: ...
Blog insurance
Food bloggers may benefit from Professional Liability / Errors & Ommissions insurance for their site.A popular source for this is BiBerk, which can cost about $800 per year depending on coverage. ...
Productivity
As part of the transition to the Feast Plugin, we've expanded the scope of what we cover to include: We try to focus on areas where there currently are no alternative solutions (eg. pre-existing, ...
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: Note: do not add us to support ...
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 styling ...
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.MobileHorizontal scrolling seems to be ...
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 logicBy default we only add this to ...
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 things ...
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
You should always insert images into posts at "Full Size": Note: this is different than the "default thumbnail size" in the Feast Plugin which is specifically for the FSRI block and the Modern ...
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 pricingExisting active subscriptions (at ...
Full Site Editor (FSE)
The "Full Site Editor" (FSE) is the next evolution in Wordpress, bringing the functionality of the block editor to the entire website. This is not ready for use on live sites and we don't expect it to ...
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 ...
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 post.Create the ...
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".AccessibilityMost screen readers ...
Holidays
The purpose of the Holidays taxonomy is to make it simpler to organize recipes, to be displayed on the homepage and sidebar during the relevant time of year.The holidays are only designed to be ...
OBJ
Sites with an OBJ piece of text in a box are having broken javascript inserted into their page, typically by the ad company.Please contact your ad company for support with removing this. ...
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=-1If the affected ...
Hooks
List of hooks by theme/framework: Theme Hooks AllianceGenesis Visual Hook Guide ...
Link color
You can change the link color of your site by navigating to Customize > Colors > Content > Link Color: AccessibilityNote that selecting a color with sufficient contrast ratio is key to avoiding ...
System Fonts
The System Font and web safe fonts are the only font supported via the Feast Plugin.On average, we've seen a 3-4 point increase in overall score from replacing the theme (or custom) fonts with System ...
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 not a ...
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 above ...
Linking
Check out the TopHatRank webinar on links, from Mediawyse, Nerdpress and TopHatRank.Internal linksAndrew's tips for internal links: make sure they're NOT nofollow use good anchor text make sure ...
Fonts
Learn about fonts for your site below.System fontsOur default setup in the Feast Plugin uses System Fonts, which is the same font your device (desktop, tablet or phone) uses for all its settings. ...
Themes vs. Feast Plugin
If you've historically used just the themes without the Feast Plugin, we hope to clarify what the Feast Plugin provides relative to the individual themes. We recommend all sites use the Feast Plugin ...