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WebP
Our current recommend is not to use WebP. is not supported by all major browsersis often a larger file size than properly optimized JPGtakes up additional disk space (1 webp per jpg, including ...
Modern Homepage White Glove Conversion
This is not longer available - please purchase the Theme + Plugin Setup instead, which includes all the required elements. For those who are too busy to follow the Modern Homepage conversion, ...
Modern Recipe Index
The Modern Recipe Index is a replacement for the theme's recipe index, by using the Simple Category Index (FSCI) Block. is more customizable to suit your styleimproves user experience by making ...
2020 Roadmap
The Wordpress core is changing quickly, and we've been busy keeping on top of it. It's time to take a step back and provide some clarity on where things were, and where they're heading. Food ...
Modern Footer
The Modern Footer replaces the theme footer, making it simpler to customize it using the block editor. Footer Themes Plugin Relies on outdated widgets✔x Requires creating complicated ...
How to change change your footer
As of Genesis 3.1.0+ and theme version 4.2.0+, your footer is edited in Customize > Theme Settings > Footer If you don't see the "Footer" page, you likely have the Genesis Simple ...
Image Optimization
Images are an essential part of recipe posts and can have far-ranging impacts on user experience, site-speed, SEO and accessibility. Pre-upload optimization Images should be optimized before ...
Google Webmaster Conference (2019)
Google finally released the presentations from the Webmaster Conference in 2019! There was so much great information that I wish I had been able to share when I left. You get a much different ...
Themes are dead
Well, in the traditional sense they are. Themes should be chosen purely for base styling, not functionality. As of 2021, we consider the Feast Plugin setup essential for all recipe sites older ...
Design
This document should serve as a current guideline for how we approach design and layout. Generally we consider the following breakpoints: Mobile: 420px and underTablet: 421px - 1199pxDesktop: ...
FSRI Shortcode
Do not use the FSRI shortcode, as it's outdated and no longer supported. We only support the FSRI block moving forward. The FSRI (Feast Simple Recipe Index) shortcode is the replacement for the ...
Modern Homepage Showcase
After converting to the Modern Homepage, you can also apply a number of different homepage styles to better match your branding. Check out the Full Width Modern Homepage for additional ...
Modern Homepage vs. Theme Homepage
Check out the Modern Homepage Showcase for examples of sites that have made the transition. The Feast Plugin is designed to allow us to release frequent, minor updates to functionality as best ...
Modern Previous + Next
The previous + next feature built into the themes was designed for a time when blogs were blogs - chronological lists of posts. But this is 2022, and blogs are dead. Modern "food blogs" require ...
Why we don't recommend minifying
In our recommended WP Rocket settings, we don't recommend minifying HTML or CSS or Javascript. Why? "Minification" is basically removing all the human-readable-but-unnecessary-for-machines white ...
Image file size vs. pagespeed
We don't actually recommend uploading images larger than 1200px, but made a point of using oversized images below to take this to the extreme as a demonstration. There's some commonly circulating ...
How thumbnails work
This post uses examples from the Modern Thumbnails of the Feast Plugin. You may also be interested in checking out the more general image optimization guide. Here's a brief breakdown of how ...
Modern post image sizes
Background: See rethinking the featured images and rethinking thumbnails. See the updated image optimization guide. Note: this was originally part of the modern thumbnail sizes, but was split ...
Troubleshooting Featured Images
Featured images can be varying sizes for a number of reasons, including: Images too small The most common cause of inconsistent image sizes is that they're being uploaded too small. Make ...
Sponsor page
The information below is to be used for creating profiles about Feast Design Co. for conferences. Logo Size: 1000x1000 Company bio Feast Design Co. helps recipe sites manage technical ...
Modern Thumbnails (Featured Images)
The Modern Thumbnails are better sized for the theme content width, and allow you to change themes without worrying about images being incorrectly sized. IMPORTANT: thumbnails are generated from ...
Block Editor Tutorials
The block editor isn't a seamless experience, but it's approaching stable and we expect it to be fully usable by the end of 2020. Come 2021, we expect to see developments that make it a ...
Understanding "penalties"
One thing we're becoming more vocal about in 2020 is the fact that running an outdated theme isn't just "not optimal", it's actively working against you. We recommend signing up for the Feast ...
How to use emojis in headings to boost your click through rates
Emojis can be used in the Advanced Jump To Links. In November 2019 at the Google Webmaster Conference one of the speakers discussed how it took a team at Google an entire year to incorporate emojis ...
Modern guidelines for page headings
The Feast Plugin's Advanced Jump To Links is a powerful tool in the hands of the right person, but can also make your recipe pages ugly and worse for visitors if misused. Here are some modern ...
Advanced "Jump To" Links
The purpose of the Feast Plugin's Advanced Jump To Links is to: The core of it breaks down into two features that when combined, can qualify you for additional links in search engines, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Block Editor Styling (Gutenberg)
The block editor styling makes the post writing experience match the output on the front-end more closely. As of August 2020, this is enabled automatically for all sites. Enabled styling ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...