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
* Terms: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/terms
* Privacy: https://spoonacular.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.
* Terms: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
* Privacy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy
* The plugin remains usable without OpenAI.

Getting a Spoonacular API key

Official page:
https://spoonacular.com/food-api

Usage

Shortcode:

[cedrrex_recipes]

Gutenberg block:

Search for Cedric Recipe Explorer in the block inserter.