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    Home » News & Updates

    Recipe Post Template

    Published: Jul 13, 2021 · Modified: Jan 10, 2022 by Skylar · 8 Comments

    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. Most recipes take a full day to shoot, edit and publish, with the writing taking up about ¼ of that time on average.

    Use the Recipe Update Checklist for guidance on updating existing posts.

    Instead of relying on the recipe update checklist to update and improve posts after they've been written, how much time would you save from using a pre-formatted recipe template?

    Introducing the Recipe Post Template, which creates a new post with key headings and sections all ready for you to fill out.

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    Rather than coming up with the headings and formatting yourself each time from scratch, use the default template and add and remove content as needed to fit your recipe.

    Jump to:
    • What's included
    • SEO
    • Modify it
    • FAQ

    What's included

    The actual content and format of the template will change over time, depending on best practices and feedback we get.

    In general, it's formatted in "sections" that begin with a heading, followed by paragraphs and images.

    This follows our guidelines for creating quality content, such as:

    • Modern guidelines for page headings
    • How to write a recipe post
    • Recipe page guidelines for food bloggers

    SEO

    The post is formatted in a way that's optimized for search engines, with headings breaking up the different sections of content.

    Imagine you're writing an outline

    Similar to writing an outline for a large paper, put some thought into what the main points and sub-points of the content on the page will be and decide where to use heading tags appropriately.

    Google Webmaster Guidelines for Heading Tags

    This makes it simpler for search engines to understand the different sections of content and rank them appropriately.

    It also encourages the use of lists where appropriate, and answers common questions that readers will run into when buying ingredients, preparing them, creating the recipe and storing them. This create more comprehensive topic coverage.

    The Advanced Jump To is included by default, which can encourage in additional links in the search engines for high quality content.

    Modify it

    This template is not comprehensive, and not the absolute best layout for all recipes.

    You should add and remove sections as you think is necessary for your recipe.

    FAQ

    Do I have to use every section/heading?

    No! Remove anything that doesn't belong, like cooking time for a salad, or storage instructions for one-mug brownies.

    Can I add to the content?

    Yep! As soon as you create "Create a recipe post from template", you're taken to the normal post editor where anything can be edited, just like a regular post.

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Sarah says

      July 20, 2021 at 6:55 pm

      This looks and sounds great, however, how do we access it?

      Reply
      • Cathy says

        July 22, 2021 at 5:01 pm

        I'm wondering the same thing.

        Reply
        • Amanda says

          August 03, 2021 at 1:52 pm

          Fest Plugin/Recipe Update Checklist

          Reply
    2. marni says

      July 22, 2021 at 11:30 am

      Amazing resource! thanks for creating it!

      Reply
    3. Sandra says

      July 23, 2021 at 11:20 am

      The link to the template is not working.

      Reply
    4. Gladys Soriano says

      March 23, 2022 at 5:48 pm

      Hello, how do we access the template file to change the template?

      Reply
    5. Maretha Corbett says

      April 05, 2022 at 10:54 am

      This sounds fantastic! However, is this a plugin we need to install? I can't seem to find anything related to it, help!

      Reply
      • Skylar says

        April 05, 2022 at 11:14 am

        You'll find this in the Feast Plugin!

        Reply

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