Lack of Export cost at least 2 stars.
I’d love to rate this plugin much higher, but the, in my view, embarrassing neglect of an export function really hurts the plugin. This is a huge oversight on the part of the developer, one that has been brought to their attention in the support here, but nothing has been done. Export should really be a no brainer feature for any content plugin/software.
Not Sure
I’d love to rate Create with 5-stars, but unfortunately I can’t. I thought it was an excellent plugin to begin with. I changed all my recipes over to it, which was a bit stupid. The cards are quite good, but if you want some changes, you need to know a little coding. Star ratings are paramount because Google wants them; however, Creates star-rating really sucks. It offers a comment area and write a review area; there are no alternatives; they confuse readers, so you get less comments and ratings..not good. It’s great it offers so much for free, but like any free plugin it has its limitations. I switched back to WP Recipe Maker it’s much better.
Excellent Recipe Plugin
Firstly! I have been a chef for 50 years, and I know recipes and have tried many WP plugins for being able to post and store my recipes in a way that they can be used by other professionals and also beginners, and Create Studio has most certainly met those requirements. I am trialing the Pro version ATM and although I want it I can’t afford it right now for a couple of months but I will be getting this Plugin as it meets and ticks every box when it comes to being able to write up an online recipe for others to sue and follow as well as calculate recipe sizes and weight table conversion from metric to pounds.I think the interactive mode is also very well laid out as the fact that you can go back and forth and tick ingredients off as you go is perfect.I know from experience that for a developer to create a perfect recipe card plugin would be extremely difficult, as they are not in the trade so knowing exactly what is expected or required and how to perfectly lay it all out isn’t easy and it’s only from professional users providing positive feedback and suggesting minor corrections that developers will be able to offer users an amazing plugin, so don’t be harsh or insulting if your not happy but instead work with them to help solve any issues before leaving negative feedback as I can personally say that their support compared to many plugins’ support I have dealt with in the past and currently is second to none, as they want this to work for you just as much as you want it to work.Disclaimer! I am not endorsed or paid or have any affiliation with this company or its developers, and I have posted this type of review because after having tried so many different recipe plugins out there, this is by far the absolute best one, and seeing it disappear or stop because of so many negative reviews would just be a shame and a major great loss to both the WP community and you recipe creators out there. Work with them instead of against these fine developers. Have a Great all.
Great plugin!
I use Create for my how-to articles. It works great, and JM is terrific if there are any issues. Always quick to respond, helping explain things that I’m not familiar with.
lynnwoll
August 11, 2026
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Love this plug in!
This plug in is great and the support is top notch. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to add recipe or how to cards or lists to their site.
cgspeake
August 11, 2026
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Excellent Support
Excellent support from JM. We needed to import recipes from GetMeCooking (retired in 2020) into Create Recipes but there was no importer for GetMeCooking. Contacted JM and he released an importer a few days later!
Great plugin!
I use Create for my how-to articles. It works great, and JM is terrific if there are any issues. Always quick to respond, helping explain things that I’m not familiar with.
lynnwoll
August 11, 2026
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1 reply
Love this plug in!
This plug in is great and the support is top notch. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to add recipe or how to cards or lists to their site.
cgspeake
August 11, 2026
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1 reply
Excellent Support
Excellent support from JM. We needed to import recipes from GetMeCooking (retired in 2020) into Create Recipes but there was no importer for GetMeCooking. Contacted JM and he released an importer a few days later!
This used to be THE recipe card plugin
It’s really disappointing to see a company like Mediavine let their once-excellent recipe card plugin fall apart like this.
tyroleancutie
July 17, 2025
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5 replies
Not well maintained – incompatible with 6.0
For recipe blogs that rely on a plugin for cards, this is a critical component of their sites content. Wordpress announces changes and allows for proper development updates prior to releasing a new version. When a critical plugin is not updated with a major release to the extent that it breaks your site….time to find a reliable alternative.
Waste of time
Been writing a roundup for several hours and after I hit save and publish all of the links are removed. This has happened to me twice now and I’ll never waste my time using this plugin ever again.
