Cook Pro is a complete recipe management plugin for WordPress. Publish recipes, let visitors submit their own, and display listings, chefs, and categories in multiple layouts — from shortcodes, Elementor widgets, or WPBakery addons.

It is built for recipe listing sites that need frontend submission, user profiles, ratings, likes, favorites, print pages, and a full set of display options. Install, assign a few pages from the dashboard, and start publishing.

Version 5.0 is a major update: a unified admin dashboard, Elementor widgets with Style tabs, new listing layouts (including Featured Recipe Style 3), PHP 8 compatibility, and in-plugin documentation.

What’s new in 5.0

Aivah-style admin dashboard with Dashboard, Settings, Backup, Documentation, Changelog, and Support tabs
AJAX settings save with sidebar sections, sticky footer, and toast confirmations
Elementor widgets for every Cook Pro module, grouped in a dedicated Cook Pro category
Style tabs in Elementor: Style 1 overlay cards, Style 2 stacked cards, and Style 3 editorial strips (Featured Recipe)
Featured Recipe multi-select, Style 3 layout, and 2 / 3 / 4 column grids for Style 1 and Style 2
Alternate Style 1 and Style 2 for Featured Chef, Top Contributors, Categories List, Top Rated, Most Liked, Most Favorite, and Most Viewed
Recipe Information meta box grouped into Display, Timing & Details, Ingredients & Steps, and Media & Extras
Recipe Gallery side meta box
Drag-and-drop Equipment and Nutrition rows with labeled Duplicate / Remove controls
Automatic ingredient count while editing ingredients
JSON backup and restore of plugin settings from the Backup tab
PHP 8 and WordPress 6.7+ compatible

Features

Recipe custom post type with ingredients, steps, nutrition, equipment, gallery, video, and timing
Taxonomies: Categories, Cuisines, Cooking Methods, and Tags (category thumbnails for overlay lists)
Place modules on any page or post with shortcodes, Elementor, WPBakery, or sidebar widgets
Style 1, Style 2, and Featured Recipe Style 3 listing layouts
Recent recipes, search & filters, category listings, and hand-picked featured recipes
Top rated, most liked, most favorite, and most viewed lists
Featured Chef cards and Top Contributors
Frontend login / register, recipe submit, edit own recipes, and user profiles
Likes, favorites, ratings, and view counts
Ajax load more on listing modules
Print-friendly recipe pages
Email notifications for submit, update, registration, and profile update (user and admin)
Show / hide almost every block on the single recipe page
Custom recipe, category, cuisine, and cooking method slugs
Color options for frontend accents and buttons
Export / import plugin settings as JSON

Modules (shortcode or Elementor)

Each module is available as a shortcode and as an Elementor widget in the Cook Pro category. WPBakery addons expose the same options when WPBakery is active.

Login Form — [rcp-login]
Recipe Submit Form — [rcp-submit]
User Profile — [rcp-user-profile]
Users List — [rcp-users-list]
Recent Recipes — [rcp-recent-recipes]
Search Recipes — [rcp-search-recipes]
Recipes by Category / Cuisine / Method — [rcp-categories]
Top Rated Recipe cards — [rcp-top-rated]
Featured Recipe (multi-select, columns, Style 1–3) — [rcp-featured-recipe]
Top Rated / Most Liked / Most Favorite / Most Viewed lists
Featured Chef — [rcp-featured-chef]
Top Contributors — [rcp-top-contributors]
Categories List — [rcp_categories_list]

Recipe Settings

Recipe, Category, Cuisine, and Cooking Method slugs
Submit, login, profile, and browse recipe page assignment
Custom difficulty levels
Frontend submission limits and logged-in / logged-out messages
Recipe ads content
Facebook App ID (Open Graph) and sharing icons
Google reCAPTCHA site and secret keys
Color options for buttons and accents

Single Page Settings

Show / hide: title, sub title, short information, featured image
Show / hide: time, servings, difficulty
Show / hide: likes, favorites, views, print, email
Show / hide: ingredients, nutrition, steps, equipment, reviews
Show / hide: social sharing, advertisement, about author, related recipes
Related recipes: columns (2, 3, 4), limit, orderby, order
Comments: display limit, orderby, order
Gallery slider: speed, fade / slide effect, direction nav

Print Page Settings

Print page logo
Custom copyright in the print footer
Show / hide: logo, recipe image, steps, copyright

Email Settings

Email template logo
Submission, update, registration, and profile-update messages and subjects
Separate user and admin email templates

Profile Settings

User recipes: limit, orderby, order, load more
User favorites: limit, orderby, order, load more
User reviews: limit, orderby, order, load more

Full changelog:
https://www.aivahthemes.com/cook-pro-plugin/changelog/

MAJOR UPDATE NOTICE FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS (v5.0)

Version 5.0 is a major Cook Pro update: a new admin dashboard, Elementor widgets with Style tabs, new listing layouts, PHP 8 compatibility, and security hardening. Shortcodes and WPBakery addons still work. Follow these steps before you update a live site:

TAKE A FULL BACKUP: Do not update without a complete backup of your WordPress files and database.
UPDATE VIA PLUGINS → ADD NEW → UPLOAD: Upload the new cook-pro.zip from this package. The old in-plugin “Manual Plugin Update” button has been removed. Deactivate the current Cook Pro plugin, replace it, then activate again if WordPress asks you to.
FIND SETTINGS IN THE DASHBOARD: Recipes → Settings and Backup Options now open inside Recipes → Dashboard (Settings, Backup, Documentation, Changelog, Support). Your saved options are kept; only the admin screens moved.
PURGE CACHES: Hard-refresh the browser (Ctrl+F5 / Cmd+Shift+R) and clear any cache plugin or CDN so the new frontend CSS loads. In Elementor, click Update on pages that use Cook Pro widgets so the preview refreshes.
OPTIONAL — ELEMENTOR: You do not have to rebuild existing shortcode or WPBakery pages. Elementor widgets are additive (Cook Pro category) and match the same shortcodes, with Style 1 / Style 2 (and Style 3 on Featured Recipe).
THEME TEMPLATE OVERRIDES: If your theme copies Cook Pro templates (for example archive-recipe.php or taxonomy templates), compare them with the files in this update before going live.

After updating, open Recipes → Dashboard and complete the setup checklist if any pages are missing. Full notes: changelog.

Cook Pro WordPress Plugin