Settings reference

All settings are under Recipes → Settings (administrators only). Help & docs at the top opens this guide; Run setup again reopens the setup wizard. Each section’s ? icon links to its help article. Click Save Changes at the bottom of the main settings. The AI section at the bottom has its own Save AI settings button.

Many options are defaults: each Recipe Card block can override them in its Card display panel.

Recipe card

Setting	Default	What it does
Accent color	Raspberry (#e11d74)	Colour of headings, bullets, step numbers, buttons and stars on cards, Jump buttons and grids.
Default card style	Full	Full, Compact (ingredients beside steps) or Minimal (no box, blends with your theme). See Recipe Card block.
Buttons → Show a Print button on recipe cards	On	Adds Print recipe to cards. See Print view.
Buttons → Automatically add “Jump to Recipe” at the top of posts with a recipe	Off	Adds Jump to Recipe buttons above the content of every post with a recipe, unless the post already has the block or shortcode. See Jump to Recipe.
Show on the card → Image, Summary, Times & servings, Share buttons, Gallery, Notes, Nutrition	All on	Which sections cards show. Ingredients and instructions are always shown. Hidden sections still appear in Google recipe data.

Reader features

Setting	Default
Star ratings	On	Readers can rate; the average shows on the card and in Google results. See Star ratings.
Servings scaling (− / + and 1×, 2×, 3×)	On	See Reader features.
US / Metric conversion	On
Cook mode (keeps the screen on while cooking)	On

With all four off, recipe cards load no JavaScript.

Setting	Default
Share buttons → Pinterest, Facebook, X (Twitter), WhatsApp, Email, Copy link	All except X	Which buttons cards show. See Share buttons.
Button style	Round brand icons	Round brand icons or Brand icons with names.
Position on the card	At the bottom	At the bottom, after the recipe or At the top, small, under the title.

Recipe pages

Setting	Default
Public recipe pages → Give every recipe its own page	Off	Adds a page per recipe and a recipe index. See Recipe pages.
Recipe URL base	`recipe`	`yoursite.com/recipe/chewy-cookies/`
Recipe index URL	`recipes`	`yoursite.com/recipes/`. Must differ from the base (an s is added if they match).
Comments → Allow comments on recipe pages	On	Recipe pages only; blog posts follow Settings → Discussion.

SEO & data

Setting	Default
Google recipe data → Output Recipe structured data (JSON-LD)	On	Leave on unless another plugin outputs Recipe data for the same recipes. See Google recipe data.
Uninstall → Delete all recipes and settings when the plugin is deleted	Off	See below.

Uninstall

Deleting the plugin (Plugins → Delete) removes:

Always: saved AI keys.
Only if this box is ticked: all recipes, courses/cuisines/diets, ratings, settings, and the undo copies kept by the importer.

With the box unticked (default), your recipes are kept, so reinstalling later picks up where you left off. Deactivating the plugin never deletes anything.

AI (bring your own key)

See Setting up AI for every option in this section.