Cooked – Recipe Management

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Crossed into this band 13 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ pem30

   4mo ago

   Je remercie vraiment le développeur, qui est sympathique, a l’écoute, et qui règles les problèmes plus vite que son ombre, je recommande le plugin et sont équipe .

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2. ★★★★★ friskespirer

   10mo ago

   I have been using this plugin on two of my blogs for several years. I love its simplicity and elegance. Thank you <3

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3. ★★★★★ maleabar

   1.1y ago

   I’ve tried quite a few recipe plugins, and this one is by far the best. The support team is responsive and really goes out of their way to help you. This topic was modified 10 months ago by maleabar.

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4. ★★★★★ Yasin

   1.5y ago

   I have been using Cooked and Cooked Pro for 5 years now and have more than 350 recipes on my website (especially for cooking food processors). So I need a strong plugin specifically for these unique recipes, which Cooked and Cooked Pro provide. The integration with Elementors also works smoothly and the community feature is really worth every penny. Users can easily upload their own recipes to my website. The support is also first class. I had problems on my website, which was caused by myself because I configured the site incorrectly. Armand got back to me very quickly by e-mail and was able to solve the problem on my website. What I particularly like are the many options for customizing the design of your website so that the recipes fit seamlessly with the rest. I therefore give Cooked 5 stars and can only recommend it without any limitations.

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5. ★★★★★ Cecilia Svensson

   1.6y ago

   I have been searching for a recipe plugin for a while and was not satisfied with the ones I found—you know, the big ones that everybody uses and that make every recipe blog look the same. There must be at least one more plugin out there for me; it’s just that I haven’t found it yet, so I set out for yet another search. And then suddenly it appeared: Cooked. I went to the Plugins Review and Support page to see what others had to say, and I was a bit puzzled. There was something odd about the timeline and what people wrote. A lot of the older stuff was unhappy, and the more recent ones, on the other hand, were very happy. I went on to check out the live preview page of Cooked (I love it when there is one). Here, I could play around and try it out. I started creating a recipe, and as soon as I saw how it worked, I knew this was the plugin for me! It works the same way as Lego, i.e., you build up the template for a recipe with shortcodes! This means I can decide in what order things should appear in the recipe. (Now that I’ve used the plugin for a while, I’ve changed the template a few times, and with the click of a button, I can make the new template reflect on the already created recipes. Brilliant!) It’s possible to add headings to the ingredient and instructions lists, and it’s easy to move them around with drag-and-drop to reorder them if needed. I didn’t know it then, but I later learned that this lovely gem of a plugin had been abandoned and later rescued by the current developer. That explained my confusion when reading the reviews and support tickets earlier. I love this plugin. The support is rapid and invaluable if I need help or have questions. I have the Pro version because I wanted to show my support for this plugin. It has a charming price, but if that’s not in your budget, you’ll find that the free version already has a lot of functionality. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by Yui. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by Cecilia Svensson.

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6. ★★★★★ justeaten

   1.8y ago

   This plugin is okay, but it’s not the easiest to use if you have lots of recipes to manage. You can’t create recipes directly from your posts in Gutenberg or Classic Editor. Instead, you have to use the plugin’s custom post type, which is a bit of a hassle. Here’s how it works: you create a recipe in the plugin and go through all creating post tasks, then copy a shortcode, and paste it into your blog post. After that, you still have to go through all the usual post setup again—like adding a title, featured image, tags, writer and so on. If you only plan to add a few recipes to your blog, it’s fine. But if you’re running a recipe-heavy site, this workflow gets tedious fast. So if you have food blog, there are better options. This topic was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by justeaten.

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7. ★★★★★ Braian Menkhoff

   2.2y ago

   Bugs fixed, new features added and an awesome new developer with passion to enhance the plugin plus he is quick in support.

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8. ★★★★★ lowthian

   3.2y ago

   Used this plugin for years on several sites. Lately buggy and slowing down admin. We have pro version so I wrote to their support almost 2 weeks ago, got an auto response, then nothing since despite several reminders. I am afraid this has been abandoned. Quite frustrated as we are paying for the pro version. Since they have our money, would be good to at least respond with a “we’re working on it.” Time to cancel and convert all my recipes over to ACF.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.15.0 NEW: Metric/Imperial measurement system switcher. Convert ingredient units between systems with a new toggle alongside the servings switcher. Option available in settings to enable/disable the switcher. NEW: Added allerg 1.15.0
2. — Version 1.14.0 NEW: Added a new “Add Bulk Ingredients” and “Add Bulk Directions” buttons to the recipe builder. FIX: Validated style attribute for the [cooked-recipe-card] and [cooked-categories] shortcodes. TWEAK: Added Ingredient Sub 1.14.0
3. — Version 1.13.0 NEW: Added CSV import functionality for bulk importing recipes from CSV files. Supports all recipe fields including ingredients with substitutions, directions, nutrition data, categories, and tags (thanks to @mgiannopoul 1.13.0
4. — Version 1.12.0 NEW: Added the ability to add ingredients substitutions thanks to @mgiannopoulos24. NEW: Added new [cooked-related-recipes] shortcode to display related recipes based on categories, cuisines, ingredients, and other facto 1.12.0
5. — Version 1.11.4 FIX: Addressed the CVE-2025-68586 security vulnerability. FIX: Addressed the CVE-2025-62989 security vulnerability. 1.11.4
6. — Version 1.11.3 NEW: Added the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program . 1.11.3

All 14 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.16.2). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 Cooked <= 1.16.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via [cooked-timer] Shortcode Content ↗
   2026-10-15 CVE-2026-77829 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.16.1 Patched in 1.16.2
2. Patched Medium · 4.3 Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.16.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference ↗
   2026-09-16 CVE-2026-73999 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 1.16.0 Patched in 1.16.1
3. Patched Medium · 4.4 Cooked <= 1.11.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-12-31 CVE-2025-62989 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.11.3 Patched in 1.11.4
4. Patched Medium · 5.3 Cooked <= 1.11.3 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-12-24 CVE-2025-68586 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.11.3 Patched in 1.11.4
5. Patched Medium · 6.4 Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.8.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2024-08-04 CVE-2024-41816 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.8.0 Patched in 1.8.1
6. Patched Medium · 4.3 Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update ↗
   2024-07-17 CVE-2024-39680 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.7.15.4 Patched in 1.8.0
7. Patched Medium · 5.4 Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Template Apply ↗
   2024-07-17 CVE-2024-39681 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.7.15.4 Patched in 1.8.0
8. Patched Medium · 4.3 Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via cooked_get_recipe_ids ↗
   2024-07-17 CVE-2024-39678 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.7.15.4 Patched in 1.8.0
9. Patched Medium · 4.3 Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Template Reset ↗
   2024-07-17 CVE-2024-39679 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.7.15.4 Patched in 1.8.0
10. Patched Medium · 5.0 Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) HTML Injection ↗
    2024-07-17 CVE-2024-39682 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affects <= 1.7.15.4 Patched in 1.8.0
11. Patched Medium · 6.4 Cooked – Recipe Management <= Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2024-06-13 CVE-2024-37308 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.7.15.4 Patched in 1.8.0
12. Patched Medium · 6.4 Cooked <= 1.7.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2023-09-29 CVE-2023-44477 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.7.14 Patched in 1.7.15.1
13. Patched Medium · 6.1 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ↗
    2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.12 Patched in 1.1.13
14. Patched Medium · 6.1 Cooked <= 1.7.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2021-06-21 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.7.9 Patched in 1.7.9.1

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Growth timeline

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1. 2025-10-02 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-10-01 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-09-30 4K+ → 3K+ down after 9 days in tier
4. 2025-09-21 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2025-09-19 4K+ → 3K+ down after 11 days in tier
6. 2025-09-08 3K+ → 4K+ up after 3 days in tier
7. 2025-09-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-09-04 3K+ → 4K+ up after 11 days in tier

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Cooked – Recipe Management: 3K+ active installs, 3.9★ (90 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/cooked