Recipe Cards For Your Food Blog from Zip Recipes
by Igor Benic · SEO
Also makes 12 other plugins · 1.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Zip Recipes is the best way to easily create a beautiful food blog with professional looking recipes that can be found by Google.
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Health
A 88/100
no flags
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “seo” and “food” for “recipe cards” and “microdata”. “seo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “recipe cards” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “food” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “microdata” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
88 health vs 65 average across 2,216 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 248.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,192 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 1 release 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
Well tuned across the board
Updated 142 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.0, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 95 reviews, smoothed to 4.56★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.3
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 blog | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| recipes | #4 | #3 | up 2 |
| zip | #5 | #2 | 0 |
| recipe card your tag | #5 | #4 | down 1 |
| recipe cards | #5 | #4 | 0 |
| recipe your tag | #7 | #7 | 0 |
| share a food blog | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| recipe blog | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| microdata | #7 | #7 | up 1 |
| food your tag | #12 | #11 | up 2 |
| food recipe | #5 | #4 | 0 |
| recipe website | #7 | #9 | 0 |
| recipe plugin | #8 | #8 | 0 |
| recipe seo | #9 | #10 | 0 |
| rich snippets | #18 | #19 | up 2 |
| rich snippet | #18 | #21 | 0 |
| plugin zip | #14 | #15 | down 3 |
| blog card | #15 | #14 | up 1 |
| post recipe | #16 | #16 | down 1 |
| schema.org your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
48 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 19 listed. 29 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “seo” and “food” for “recipe cards” and “microdata”. “seo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “recipe cards” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “food” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “microdata” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “food”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4.7K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v8.2.8 · 11 Jun 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 80% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
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.
Install history since 5 Jan 2017
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 5 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (8.2.8). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.5 Recipe Cards For Your Food Blog from Zip Recipes <= 8.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection ↗2026-06-26 CVE-2026-57663 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 8.2.7 Patched in 8.2.8
- Patched High · 8.8 Recipe Maker For Your Food Blog from Zip Recipes <= 8.1.0 - Authenticated(Contributor+) SQL Injection ↗2023-12-29 CVE-2023-52180 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects < 8.1.1 Patched in 8.1.1
- 2023-06-15 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects < 8.0.8 Patched in 8.0.8
- 2023-04-24 CVE-2023-31076 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 8.0.7 Patched in 8.0.7
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 21 languages, 3 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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Zip Recipes is the best way to easily create a beautiful food blog with professional looking recipes that c..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 413 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "recipe card", "seo" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-11 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-10 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-08 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-07 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-06 2K+ → 1K+ down after 509 days in tier
- 2024-05-15 3K+ → 2K+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2024-05-04 2K+ → 3K+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2024-04-03 3K+ → 2K+ down after 395 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 -
Recipe Card Blocks Lite 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
FAQ Schema For Pages And Posts 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Create 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes) 4K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Cooked – Recipe Management 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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