Tasty Recipes Lite – WordPress Recipe Card Plugin with Built-In Recipe Schema
by Strategy11 Team · SEO
Also makes 6 other plugins · 317.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
The WordPress recipe plugin food bloggers and recipe creators love. Schema comes baked in, so Google shows off your recipes!
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.6K estimated
Momentum
+68%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “schema” for “recipe plugin”. “schema” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “recipe plugin” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 65 average across 2,230 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.7%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 29.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 15 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 20 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
42
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
26%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| food blogging your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| recipes | #3 | #19 | 0 |
| recipe card your tag | #3 | #13 | 0 |
| recipe maker your tag | #3 | #12 | 0 |
| recipe plugin | #5 | #20 | 0 |
| recipe your tag | #6 | #21 | 0 |
| recipe schema | #6 | #18 | 0 |
| nutrition | #6 | #13 | up 2 |
| built | #13 | #24 | 0 |
| cooking | #8 | #14 | down 1 |
| wp recipe maker | #6 | #16 | down 1 |
| food recipe | #6 | #14 | 0 |
| post recipe | #7 | #20 | up 1 |
| card maker | #7 | #18 | 0 |
| schema your tag | #23 | #23 | up 1 |
| blogging | #14 | #20 | down 2 |
| blogging tool | #10 | #20 | up 1 |
| blogging tools | #11 | #19 | 0 |
| googlebot | #19 | #16 | down 2 |
| id card | #22 | #20 | down 1 |
113 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 92 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “schema” for “recipe plugin”. “schema” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “recipe plugin” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 9 Feb 2025 · 632 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
15
releases in the last 12 months
20d ago
latest release · v1.2.11 · 13 Oct 2026
23
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 72% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 60% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Feb 2025
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.2.6 New: Save Recipe/Newsletter setting to allow visitors to send a recipe via email New: Action hook tasty_recipes_before_ingredients_section for developers to add content above the ingredients section Enhancement: Improved 1.2.6
- — Version 1.2.5 New: AI Scraper Prevention setting to block AI crawlers from scraping your recipes via robots.txt rules and meta tags New: “Trust With Google” quick link option that lets visitors set your site as a Google Preferred Sour 1.2.5
- — Version 1.2.4 Enhancement: Updated the Tasty Affiliate settings to the new affiliate system 1.2.4
- — Version 1.2.3 Fix: Issue with script loading causing unnecessary load. Shout out to Carla at Foodie Digital for finding the issue! Fix: Issue with color customizations being applied inline as !important for the recipe buttons. 1.2.3
- — Version 1.2.2 Fix: “Jump to” issues on pages with ads Fix: New taxonomies showing in sitemaps when disabled 1.2.2
- — Version 1.2.1 New: Taxonomy links and archive pages are disabled by default New: Option to enable/disable the taxonomy links and archive pages Fix: Bug with detail value color for the new taxonomy links Fix: Bug with permalinks on rea 1.2.1
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.2.11). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Share of voice
How often each assistant names Tasty Recipes Lite when asked about this topic, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 1 Nov 2026.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude
- Topics tracked
- Schema markup
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The WordPress recipe plugin food bloggers and recipe creators love. Schema comes baked in, so Google shows..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, Block editor, Instagram and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 17 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 10,212 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-28 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-27 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 163 days in tier
- 2025-10-13 900+ → 1K+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2025-10-06 800+ → 900+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-09-28 700+ → 800+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-09-24 600+ → 700+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2025-09-13 500+ → 600+ up after 6 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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Recipe Card Blocks Lite 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A -
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WP Recipe Maker 50K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Recipe Cards For Your Food Blog from Zip Recipes 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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