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

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Show recipe snippets on Google search results.

Jeff Matson

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Search engines are putting more weight on structured data than ever before. By leveraging JSON-LD schema markup as part of your SEO strategy, a whole world of opportunities arise within Google’s Rich Results.
Really Rich Results works with your WordPress site’s existing content to quickly and accurately generate JSON-LD schema markup with minimal effort required. In addition to generating markup for the primary content on the page, Really Rich Results also detects any additional child elements that are being displayed, such as related content, products, page context, and more.
In addition to a large library of standard patterns that are automatically recognized, Really Rich Results offers limitless customization to fit your unique needs. Whether you’re customizing your structured data from within the GUI or by providing your own custom code, Really Rich Results has you covered.
RRR makes structured data for WordPress really rich, and really easy.
<h4>Supported Schema Types</h4>
Really Rich Results features several schema types that can be used as-is, extended, tweaked, or entirely replaced on a granular basis. These types include the following:
<ul>
<li>AboutPage</li>
<li>Action</li>
<li>Article</li>
<li>BreadcrumbList</li>
<li>CollectionPage</li>
<li>Comment</li>
<li>ContactPage</li>
<li>CreativeWork</li>
<li>ImageObject</li>
<li>ItemList</li>
<li>ListItem</li>
<li>MediaObject</li>
<li>Offer</li>
<li>Organization</li>
<li>Person</li>
<li>PostalAddress</li>
<li>Product</li>
<li>Review</li>
<li>SearchAction</li>
<li>Thing</li>
<li>WebPage</li>
<li>WebSite</li>
</ul>
And many more through contextual properties within these types.
<h4>Support</h4>
For support requests, please <a href="https://github.com/pagely/really-rich-results/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">open an issue on GitHub</a>.
<h4>Contributing</h4>
To contribute, please see the <a href="https://github.com/pagely/really-rich-results" rel="nofollow ugc">Really Rich Results repo on GitHub</a>.

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