Reference
Changelog
Every release of the Food Recipes theme and Pro plugin, with notes on what changed and why.
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_timeand_fr_servingscustom fields. - 4-column footer with auto-generated category and recent post lists.
- Mobile drawer navigation polish and reduced-motion support.
- Fixed missing
foodrecipes_sanitize_checkboxcallback (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.