Cocktail Recipes makes it easy to add structured, readable cocktail recipes to any WordPress page or post. It uses a simple shortcode with the recipe data to render ingredients, glassware and preparation instructions. Recipes are displayed in a clean, modern layout with automatic scaling and unit conversion, rendered in a consistent theme-independent format to allow seamless integration into any website. The plugin is designed for speed, maintainability and minimal frontend impact.
Key Features
- Simple [cocktail] shortcode for embedding recipes
- Clean, responsive recipe layout
- Automated parsing and normalization of ingredients and garnishes
- Supports a complete range of mixing methods, glassware and ice types
- Unit detection and automatic conversions
- Imperial units for US and metric units for Europe, Japan and elsewhere
- Switchable summary and full step-by-step instruction views
- Controls for serving sizes and unit conversions
- Works with any theme; no frontend dependencies
- Configurable rendering options and controls via settings page
- Customizable CSS for integration into any design
- Frontend assets loaded only when required
- Supports Gutenberg and the classic editor
- Caches parsed recipes for fast rendering
- Accessible, semantic markup with screen-reader-friendly structure and keyboard-friendly controls
- Supports localization and translation
Why Cocktail Recipes?
Cocktail Recipes was built to solve a simple problem: cocktail recipes in WordPress posts are often unstructured and tied to a theme’s formatting. This plugin provides a consistent and reliable format which keeps content clean, portable and easy to maintain. It is optimized for bloggers, bartenders and anyone writing about cocktails. It also makes it quick and easy to include a recipe without writing out lengthy instructions. The plugin generates a complete presentation from basic input, automatically. You just list the ingredients and garnishes, specify the method, glassware and ice, and it does the rest.
Example Shortcode
[cocktail]
2 oz gin
1 oz St-Germain
3/4 oz lime juice
method: shaken
glassware: coupe
garnish: lime twist
[/cocktail]