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Every release of the Food Recipes theme and Pro plugin, with notes on what changed and why.

Updated May 2026 · 1 min read

Food Recipes Theme

2.1.0 — May 2026

  • Editorial hero refresh with sharper typography and a 2-column featured layout.
  • New circular category strip on the homepage, with horizontal scroll-snap on mobile.
  • Optional recipe meta (cook time, servings) on homepage cards via _fr_cook_time and _fr_servings custom fields.
  • 4-column footer with auto-generated category and recent post lists.
  • Mobile drawer navigation polish and reduced-motion support.
  • Fixed missing foodrecipes_sanitize_checkbox callback (Theme Check now passes cleanly).
  • New Customizer settings: Show category strip and Footer about text.

2.0.0 — May 2026

  • Complete editorial redesign — luxury food magazine aesthetic.
  • Switched to Cormorant Garamond + Jost as the type system.
  • Live news ticker bar in the masthead.
  • Centered magazine masthead with decorative line work.
  • Dark sticky navigation with animated underline hover effect.
  • Hero grid: 1 large + 4 secondary posts.
  • 3-column card grid with hover lift.
  • Removed Bootstrap and jQuery from frontend.
  • PHP 8.2 minimum; tested up to WP 6.8.

1.6.0 — earlier

Last release of the previous design. Replaced entirely by 2.0.0.

Food Recipes Pro Plugin

1.0.0 — May 2026

  • Initial release.
  • Recipe Card Block with full Schema.org/Recipe JSON-LD output.
  • Five homepage layouts: Grid, Masonry, Magazine, List, Featured.
  • Dark Mode with system-preference auto-detect and optional manual toggle.
  • One-click demo content importer (categories, recipes, customizer settings).
  • Newsletter widget with styled wrapper for any ESP form.
  • License activation, automatic updates via the standard WordPress flow.

What's coming next

Tentative roadmap for v1.1, expected mid–2026:

  • Mega menu with image previews per category.
  • Google Fonts library (1000+ fonts) selectable from the Customizer.
  • Recipe video field (Schema video) for embedding YouTube/Vimeo within the card.
  • Nutrition facts panel.
  • Migration importer from WP Recipe Maker, Tasty Recipes, and WP Ultimate Recipe.

Roadmap is iterative and shaped by user requests. Tell us what you need.