About this plugin
Cedric Recipe Explorer adds a recipe exploration block to WordPress.
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The plugin can:
- search for recipes from an ingredient, dish or craving
- show an instant autocomplete
- display a random recipe selection
- open ingredients and method for each recipe
- show a nutrition profile per recipe
- translate and clean recipe content in multiple European languages when OpenAI is configured
- offer several display variants for different themes and layouts
- be inserted with a shortcode or a Gutenberg block
Use cases:
- food blogs
- editorial cooking sites
- magazine layouts
- “related recipes” sections on article pages
- standalone recipe explorer pages
Features
- Spoonacular-powered recipe search
- autocomplete and random discovery
- recipe cards with details and nutrition
- optional OpenAI cleanup and translation
- output language selector: French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch
- 3 display variants: Auto, Editorial, Compact
- shortcode and Gutenberg block support
External services
This plugin connects to third-party APIs:
- Spoonacular
* Used for recipe search, autocomplete, ingredients, cooking steps, recipe metadata and nutrition.
* Service provider: Spoonacular
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com/food-api/privacy-policy
* A Spoonacular API key is required for the plugin to work.
- OpenAI (optional)
* Used only when the site owner provides an OpenAI API key.
* Used to clean and translate titles, summaries, ingredients and method into the selected language.
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* The plugin remains usable without OpenAI.
Getting a Spoonacular API key
Official page:
com/food-api
Usage
Shortcode:
[cedrrex_recipes]
Gutenberg block:
Search for Cedric Recipe Explorer in the block inserter.