Cedric Recipe Explorer
Cedric Recipe Explorer adds a recipe exploration block to WordPress.
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.