Waterloo Plugins

Enables Rich Snippets for search engines. Show recipe name, rating, image, preparation time, and more on Google’s search results.
This plugin allows 1 recipe per post. For example, to set the preparation time of your recipe post, add the following shortcode into your post: 
 [recipe type=”prepTime”]1 hour and 45 minutes[/recipe]
All supported properties with examples:
<ul>
<li>name
<ul>
<li>The name of the dish.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>image
<ul>
<li>URL of an image of the dish being prepared. </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>description
<ul>
<li>A short summary describing the dish.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>rating
<ul>
<li>A numerical rating for the item.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>ratingCount
<ul>
<li>The count of total number of ratings.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>prepTime
<ul>
<li>The length of time it takes to prepare the recipe for dish.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>cookTime
<ul>
<li>The time it takes to actually cook the dish.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>totalTime
<ul>
<li>The total time it takes to prepare the cook the dish.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>yield
<ul>
<li>The quantity produced by the recipe. For example: number of people served, or number of servings.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>instructions
<ul>
<li>The steps to make the dish.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>ingredient
<ul>
<li>An ingredient used in the recipe. (can have multiples)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
These properties will be used by search engines and other services to serve better content to your users. If you want to add a property but you don’t want to display the property, you can add <code>display="none"</code>. For example: 
 [recipe type=”description” display=”none”]You can see this on Google, but not on my blog[/recipe]
Here’s an example of a fully annotated post: 
 [recipe type=”name”]Grandma’s Holiday Apple Pie[/recipe]
 [recipe type=”image” display=”none”]apple-pie.jpg[/recipe] 
 Published: [recipe type=”datePublished”]November 5, 2009[/recipe] 
 [recipe type=”description”]This is my grandmother’s apple pie recipe. I like to add a dash of nutmeg.[/recipe]
<pre><code>[recipe type="rating"]4.0[/recipe] stars based on
[recipe type="ratingCount"]35[/recipe] reviews

Prep time: [recipe type="prepTime"]30 min[/recipe]
Cook time: [recipe type="cookTime"]1 hour[/recipe]
Total time: [recipe type="totalTime"]1 hour 30 min[/recipe]
Yield: [recipe type="yield"]1 9" pie (8 servings)[/recipe]

Ingredients:
[recipe type="ingredient"]Thinly-sliced apples: 6 cups[/recipe]
[recipe type="ingredient"]White sugar: 3/4 cup[/recipe]
...

Directions:
[recipe type="instructions"]
1. Cut and peel apples
2. Mix sugar and cinnamon. Use additional sugar for tart apples.
...
[/recipe]
</code></pre>

SEO Recipe Snippets

Very good

Show recipe snippets on Google search results.

weiluri

A colourful display of your posts as a widget, with many options for content and colors change. 
The widget will display your post as a snippet on the sidebar or on the content area. 
The widget on-click behavior can be link to the post or as a vertical accordion which folds and shows the post content. 
You can control almost any aspect of display including two different templates for the widget.
Something is wrong with this plugin on your site? Please create a ticket at WordPress forum, 
Or email me to <a href="mailto:weiluri@gmail.com" rel="nofollow ugc">weiluri@gmail.com</a> and I’ll fix it.
You are welcome to suggest and request features to be added to the next versions. I’ll be glad to hear.
The widget also registers 2 widget areas in addition to those you have on your theme. 
one will locate the widgets after the post/page content, and one before the content. 
You will see them as Before Content Area and After Content Area on the widgets page.
The widget settings has content definitions, where-to-display logic and styling options.
Content Settings
<ul>
<li>List of all site Posts/Pages to choose where to take the content from.</li>
<li>Options for overriding the post/page title and excerpt with other text.</li>
<li>Option for limiting the excerpt length to a specific length.</li>
<li>Option to choose not to display any element of the widget. meaning: title, excerpt and featured image.</li>
</ul>
Where-To-Display Settings
<ul>
<li>Choose specific page/s to display the widget</li>
<li>Choose specific post-type/s to display the widget</li>
<li>Choose specific categorie/s to display the widget</li>
<li>Choose whether to display widget when it is on the page that it displays its content or linked to.</li>
</ul>
Styling Settings
<ul>
<li>Choose colors for the title, excerpt and background of the widget.</li>
<li>Choose widget template.</li>
<li>Define height of the widget.</li>
<li>Choose whether it will act as accordion or as a link to post/page, on clicking the widget.</li>
<li>Some settings to choose for tuning the display on small displays if you need to.</li>
</ul>
*Credit to Organic Themes with the theme <a href="http://organicthemes.com/theme/profile-theme/" rel="nofollow ugc">profile</a>. Content on the screenshots is from the demo content of their theme.
I’ll appreciate if you rate me on the plugin page. 
I’m doing my best to maintain and improve this plugin. if you feel like donating a small amount, of your choice, through the donation link on the plugin page, I will be very glad 🙂
Enjoy…

Post Snippet

A colourful display of your posts as a widget, with many options for content and colours change.

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