Note: due to ambiguity, we'll be calling this drop-down category menu the select category widget.Put simply, the select category widget is a poor user experience, and has been replaced by updated … [Read more...]
Modern Google Fonts
Note: this feature is still in BETA for testing and bug fixes and not officially recommended. Subscribe to the newsletter to be notified of its release.The fonts implementation in the themes were … [Read more...]
How long does it take for a post to rank?
We've said it repeatedly: the only important thing for a recipe start is to put out as much high quality content as possible.Your first 6-12 months should be entirely dedicated to perfecting the post … [Read more...]
Change Button Styling
Some of the themes contain built-in customizer settings for button styling. However, these are saved to the theme settings, which means they're lost between updates.Instead, we recommend copying this … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Modern Homepage Setup
This is the setup tutorial for the Modern Homepage, which is available exclusively through the Feast Plugin. The Modern Homepage replaces the theme homepage, greatly improving SEO, accessibility, and … [Read more...]
Rethinking the Homepage
This is a post covering the thought process behind the Modern Homepage.2020/03/29: See the Modern Homepage vs. Theme Homepage for a side-by-side comparison of the two setups, and the Modern Homepage … [Read more...]
Add an h1 tag to your homepage
This tutorial is for the classic theme setup, which is outdated. Only follow this if you're on the classic theme setup without the Feast Plugin.All sites should be using the Modern Homepage through … [Read more...]
Block Editor
The Block Editor is what is used to write posts. Wordpress doesn't do a great job making the user interface intuitive, and tends to hide a lot of features. We've included some tutorials below based on … [Read more...]
What are "content archives"
Content archives (or just "archives") is technical jargon that is no longer relevant in 2019 and beyond. The only type of archive that is used or supported are the categories. We no longer refer to … [Read more...]
WHITE FRIDAY UNSALE
Welcome to the White Friday Unsale! Today only, you get to pay 50% extra for the same product.Is this a joke?Not at all.Sign up for the Feast Plugin today and pay $373.50/year, instead of … [Read more...]
Remove the Entry-Meta (below content)
Note that this is unnecessary if you're running the Feast Plugin with the Remove Entry-Meta from post footer set up. The plugin is preferable to this theme setting, because it will be saved between … [Read more...]
November 2019 Compatibility Updates
A number of updates were released this month that need testing. We're going to docu-blog this process for quality control and review. The first step is going to be working on the Foodie Pro theme … [Read more...]
Update your author bio
Make sure that you've set the edit post info field in the Feast Plugin.Set your author bio URL to your about page, in Admin > Users > Your Profile in the Website field under the Contact Info … [Read more...]
Demo Site Updates
The demo sites have long been an example of how the themes are designed to look, without actually being a food blog themselves. Their layout, design and organization has been a stylistic reflection … [Read more...]
Edit Body Font Size
All modern themes from Feast (version 4.0.0+) come with 16px as the standard body font size, for reasons outlined in the font size for food blogs article. This was done to bring the themes more … [Read more...]
Post Images
This is an updated set of recommendations as of late 2019, for recent versions of the theme (4.2.0+):These are our recommendations and if you have no idea what you're doing, you should follow them. … [Read more...]
How to use Categories
Categories allow you to organize your recipes in a way that's good for your site visitors, as well as search engines.This is an opinionated post, based on what we see happen to the majority of … [Read more...]
FSCI Shortcode
The shortcode is outdated, and we do not recommend or support using it.Use the FSCI block, in the block editor: Old shortcode settings:categories="" - specify exactly which categories to display, … [Read more...]
Feast Category Images (FSCI) Block
The Feast Category Images (FSCI) Block lets you visually display your categories, by assigned images to categories.This lets us to build a more user-friendly Modern Recipe Index that helps users … [Read more...]
Content Idea: Get specific with ingredients
Adding content for the sake of adding content has long been a bad idea. When someone comes to your website looking for a recipe, don't go on a 5-paragraph rant about your weekend and mother in law … [Read more...]
Edit Leave a Reply
The "Leave a Reply" text appears above the comment form. It uses very generic, direct language that may not resonate with all audiences, and may even be considered demanding and therefore … [Read more...]
Modern Mobile Menu
This is a feature of the Feast PluginThe Modern Mobile Menu replaces the theme header and menu with a mobile and accessibility-optimized layout. As of 2021, with pagespeed, SEO and accessibility being … [Read more...]
Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons.
When attempting to upload custom font files (eg. .woff) you may encounter a security error in Wordpress: "font.woff" has failed to upload. Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security … [Read more...]
Feast Plugin: Styling Update
Version 2.8.0 of the Feast Plugin comes with a styling update for the settings page in the admin. Previously, the options were simply listed chronologically as they were released, and listed … [Read more...]
Feast Plugin: Remove Entry-Meta from Post Footer
The Entry-Meta in the post footer displays the "Filed Under:" and "Tagged With:", which clutters up the screen and has low visitor usage.improves pagespeed by removing unnecessary DOM nodesimproves … [Read more...]
How to do email marketing right for food blogs
The one thing you truly own in food blogging is your email list. Social media? That can disappear over night. Algorithms change. These are the people who you've received permission from to enter … [Read more...]
Use Foodie-Pro-Style Recipe Index with Cook'd Pro
FacetWP is a beautiful setup for the recipe index, but overly complicated, and costs money. It also encourages visitors to stay on a single page that's dynamically updated, rather than jumping into … [Read more...]
Types of Customizations
The single biggest question we get when someone is looking to update their theme is "what about my customizations". The problem is that we have no idea what customizations you're talking about - how … [Read more...]
Feast Plugin: Remove link from date in comments
This is a feature of the Feast PluginToggle this setting to remove the links from the date in the comment section.On today's talk about "technical things you didn't know or care about", we're diving … [Read more...]
Like all social networks, Instagram wants people to interact and view content within its "closed garden", where it can track your actions and show you ads.This means that Instagram (like all social … [Read more...]
Add Yoast Breadcrumbs
Yoast has a feature which enables adding breadcrumb schema to your website, creating a more complete schema graph, which search engines love. For the full writeup, see: Yoast SEO BreadcrumbsHowever, … [Read more...]
Genesis 3.1.0 - GENESIS_PRE_GET_OPTION_FOOTER_TEXT
Genesis 3.1.0 came out August 21 2019. Themes from Feast Design Co. prior to 4.2.0 are not compatible with this change. This update introduces a new method of editing the footer, by going to … [Read more...]
Feast Plugin: Mobile Browser Color
This has been removed from the Feast Plugin as of version 5.6.0, due to poor adoption by other browsers. If you'd like to implement it manually, create a code snippet with the following:ArchiveSet the … [Read more...]
Feast Plugin: Previous + Next on Posts
When your readers reach the end of a post, they face the choice of either leaving or looking for more content. This has a direct impact on your income as a food blogger: if you can keep them around … [Read more...]
Feast Plugin: Disclosures
How do you make sure you've covered off all your disclosures? The FTC, search engines and ad companies require a number of disclosures when money changes hands, and paid content requires clear … [Read more...]
Posts per page
This is a feature of the Feast PluginThe posts per page has been modified to be set by Feast. It's currently set to display 40 posts per page.Simply enable the setting in the Feast Plugin: We've … [Read more...]
Link Parties
Link parties are a way for bloggers to exchange recipe links, in an attempt to get backlinks to new posts. And they suck. Why? Let's count the ways. No visitor value Search engines are … [Read more...]
301 Redirects, Links, Canonical and Pagespeed
This is a slightly more advanced coverage of a few pagespeed topics, as an extension of the SEO for food bloggers post. If you've been running a food blog for a few years, you need to correct … [Read more...]
Hosting
When it comes to hosting your blog, you get what you pay for. The minimum we recommend spending on hosting is $30 per month. Anything less than that, and you're hurting your ability to rank in search … [Read more...]
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