In this update, we’ve optimized our plugin code to enhance overall performance and ensure a smoother user experience. Additionally, we’ve introduced a few exciting new features to further improve functionality and addressed the bugs that were reported by our users.
WP Delicious v1.7.0 Updates
New and Better Settings Panel
The new WP Delicious dashboard offers a clean and organized interface, providing easy access to all the essential settings for managing your recipe site.
On the left sidebar, key sections are clearly labeled, including:
- General Settings: Customize permalink structures and other essential settings.
- Recipe Settings: Manage recipe-specific configurations.
- Monetization: Options for integrating ads and other monetization features.
- User Engagement: Tools to enhance user interaction and engagement on your site.
- Miscellaneous: Additional options for fine-tuning your plugin experience.
- Performance: Controls to optimize site speed and plugin performance.
- Shortcodes: Access to various shortcodes for embedding recipe content seamlessly.
This design focuses on usability, making it easy for both beginners and experienced users to manage and customize their recipe websites without hassle. Each setting is thoughtfully categorized, ensuring quick navigation and a smooth experience for users looking to adjust or optimize their site’s appearance and performance.
In addition, we also added a search functionality to easily search for different settings.
Performance Optimization
In this update, we have made some significant progress to improve the overall performance score. The new optimized version will boost your speed score and help you rank your recipe better.
Few things we’ve done to achieve better performance includes:
- Added Lazy Loading for images to improve the loading of your images. This reduces the number of requests to load your web page faster.
- Replaced OwlCarousel library with Splide JS for improved carousel performance.
- Substituted the LightGallery and Magnific Popup libraries with fsLightbox for a more streamlined lightbox experience. This library is lightweight and load faster without compromising the feature.
- Replaced the rateYo rating library with a custom vanilla JavaScript solution.
You can read a detailed blog post on How WP Delicious is Optimized for Speed and Performance.
Our team is working on further removing the jQuery dependency to make it lightweight and even faster.
Filter feature to sort recipe by Taxonomy
In this latest update, we added this requested feature. You can now choose filters for cuisines, courses and recipes keys to filter out the recipes.
Replaced Classic Editor with Block Editor
We’ve replaced the Classic Editor with Block Editor so you can use all functionality of Block Editor. The Block Editor is now supported in Recipe Description and Recipe Notes.
Other Enhancements and Fixes
In addition to the above updates, we also worked on the some of the minor issues which includes:
- Fixes: Corrected capitalization issues in ingredient suggestions.
- Fixes: Fixed sidebar misalignment on the single recipe page.
- Fixes: Resolved various translation issues.
- Fixes: Updated the ‘Gluten Free’ taxonomy icon and fixed search functionality for taxonomy.
WP Delicious Pro v2.1.8 Updates
In addition to optimizing the free version, we also optimized the code of the Pro version for better performance. In addition, we also added one new feature.
Extended Content
We got numerous requests from our users for this feature. Finally, this feature is rolled out in the latest update.
Now, you can add content below your recipe card. It supports Block Editor so you have complete control and flexibility to add any kind of content.
Other Enhancements and Fixes
In addition to the above new feature, we also worked on some issues reported by our customers. It includes:
- Fixes: Resolved an issue with the Automatic Nutrition Calculator not recognizing certain ingredients.
What’s coming up next
Our team has already working on the next major updates which includes the following:
- Improvement in Frontend Recipe Submission
- Multiple images in instructions
- Shortcodes for each panel of User Dashboard
- Custom Link for Recipe Index
- Optimization of the existing library to reduce dependency on jQuery
Exciting Features We Released Earlier
Have you explored the exciting features we introduced in our previous version? If not, take a look at the list of features below:
- Recipe Roundup
- Enhanced Equipment
- Call to Action Settings
- Chicory In-Recipe Ads and Shoppable Button
- Automatic Unit Conversion
- Automatic Ingredients Image
- Automatic Ingredients Link
- Related Recipes
- Automatic Nutrition Calculator
- Enhanced Review Ratings
We hope these updates make it easier for you to manage your recipes and help your food blog thrive.
If you haven’t upgraded to the WP Delicious Pro yet, you can upgrade today to start using the amazing features.
Stay updated with our ongoing updates and roadmap. If you have feature suggestions, please submit a feature request. We would greatly appreciate it.
