Use hRecipe for creating Google Rich Snippets, for leveraging SEO results, and for attractively displaying your recipes.
45 health vs 64 average across 1,225 SEO plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5393 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
77
now · peak 93
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
14.8y ago
latest release · v0.6.1
43
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-11-18 · 1,383 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ runnerb0y12.6y ago
I’ve been using this plugin for about 3 years for a private website. I absolutely love it. It has simply worked from day one. I have evaluated many other recipe plugins, but I’ve continued to choose hRecipe. My site is heavily modded with a custom theme (Atahualpa) and all the other recipe plugins either don’t work or don’t look very good with my site’s theme. hRecipe is a really slick implementation and I only wish the author was able to find time/funding/passion to continue its development.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous13.5y ago
No bugs, no problems, no confusion. It’s straightforward, simple, and beautiful. Well done!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ YossarianC13.7y ago
Great piece of work! Keep it up
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-09 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 70+ → 80+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-03-23 80+ → 70+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 70+ → 80+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-02-19 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-17 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-16 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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WP Recipe Maker 50K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
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Classic Editor 8M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A - C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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