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.

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<ul>
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</ul>
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