Cooked – Recipe Management

75 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

With only 3,000 active installs, Cooked is a niche player in the recipe plugin space and lags well behind alternatives like WP Recipe Maker at 50,000 installs.

Update Freshness

25/25

A last update in mid-2026 and tested with WordPress 7.0 indicate the developer is actively maintaining the plugin against current core releases.

User Rating

12/15

A 78 out of 100 from 90 reviews is a solid rating, though the small sample size means the average is more easily skewed than for plugins with hundreds of reviews.

Support Health

8/15

All 4 support threads are resolved, which is encouraging, but the very low thread count makes it hard to judge how the developer performs under heavier support demand.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full marks here, as the plugin is tested with WordPress 7.0, requires a modern PHP 7.4 minimum, and works with current core versions.

Scores higher than 39% of indexed plugins

About

Cooked is the absolute best way to create & display recipes with WordPress. SEO optimized, galleries, timers, and much more.

Active Installs 3k+

Rating ★★★½ 3.9/5

Last Updated 2026-09-12 6:53pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.8+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

12 known vulnerabilities, all patched

12 Medium

Most recent: September 16, 2026

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Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.16.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference Medium

September 16, 2026 Patched in ["1.16.1"] CVE-2026-73999

Cooked <= 1.11.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

December 31, 2025 Patched in ["1.11.4"] CVE-2025-62989

Cooked <= 1.11.3 - Missing Authorization Medium

December 24, 2025 Patched in ["1.11.4"] CVE-2025-68586

Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.8.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Medium

August 4, 2024 Patched in ["1.8.1"] CVE-2024-41816

Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update Medium

July 17, 2024 Patched in ["1.8.0"] CVE-2024-39680

Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Template Apply Medium

July 17, 2024 Patched in ["1.8.0"] CVE-2024-39681

Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Template Reset Medium

July 17, 2024 Patched in ["1.8.0"] CVE-2024-39679

Cooked – Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) HTML Injection Medium

July 17, 2024 Patched in ["1.8.0"] CVE-2024-39682

Cooked – Recipe Management <= Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

June 13, 2024 Patched in ["1.8.0"] CVE-2024-37308

Cooked <= 1.7.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

September 29, 2023 Patched in ["1.7.15.1"] CVE-2023-44477

Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get Medium

July 18, 2023 Patched in ["1.1.13"] CVE-2023-33999

Cooked <= 1.7.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

June 21, 2021 Patched in ["1.7.9.1"]

What It Does

Cooked is a recipe management plugin that lets WordPress users create, organize, and display recipes with structured data, cooking timers, galleries, and nutrition fields. It outputs a dedicated recipe post type with its own editor rather than working through standard block content, which keeps recipe-specific metadata separate from regular posts.

Who It's For

This plugin fits food bloggers, recipe-focused sites, and small culinary brands that want an all-in-one recipe system without stitching together separate plugins for SEO, galleries, and timers. It is also a reasonable fit for cooking instructors and meal planning services that need a structured recipe format with nutrition data.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone running a high-traffic food publication should look at WP Recipe Maker instead, since it has over 16x the install base and a stronger support reputation. Casual bloggers who only need a basic recipe card on occasional posts will find Cooked heavier than necessary.

The Bottom Line

Cooked delivers a well-maintained, feature-complete recipe management system with solid ratings and modern WordPress compatibility, but its small install base is a real concern for anyone betting on long-term support. It earns a 74.77/100 quality score and is best suited to smaller food sites that want a dedicated recipe post type without paying for premium alternatives. Larger publishers or anyone needing a proven track record should default to WP Recipe Maker.

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