Publishing Content

Recipe posts

Create a new Ghost post and add:

1. A clear recipe title.
2. A custom excerpt for cards, the featured recipe section, and search results.
3. A feature image with useful alt text.
4. The Recipe template in post settings.
5. Recipe content using the headings and lists below.

Use normal Koenig editor cards:

• Ingredients followed by a bullet list.
• Method followed by a numbered list.
• Optional Notes followed by tips or substitutions.

Cookory detects these headings and adds recipe styling, ingredient checking, print mode, cooking mode, and Recipe JSON-LD. The headings must be spelled as shown; Directions and Instructions are also recognized as Method alternatives.

Use the post’s Custom excerpt field for a short description. This keeps ingredients and method steps from being combined into an awkward automatic description on the homepage and recipe cards.

Recipe details

For rich recipe metadata, use the included HTML-card pattern from demo/sample-recipe.html. Keep its cookory-recipe class and data-recipe-* attributes. Use ISO 8601 durations such as PT10M for ten minutes and PT1H for one hour. Structured data is generated only when ingredients and method steps are present.

Tags and discovery

Use lowercase prefix tags for consistent filtering:

cuisine:italian · diet:vegetarian · meal:dinner · skill:easy

The prefix before : identifies the tag group. On the homepage discovery section, Cookory hides that prefix and displays only the descriptive part—for example, cuisine:italian appears as italian. The full tag name remains available for archive filtering, and its URL does not change.

For the homepage discovery section to show all four links, create and assign at least four public tags to published posts. The section selects the four most-used tags automatically. If only one, two, or three tags are available, it shows only those tags and adjusts the layout automatically.

Add descriptive tags such as one pot, summer, or comfort food. Cookory uses these tags in archive filters and related recipe queries. Avoid changing tag names after publishing because tag URLs depend on their slugs.

Featured recipes and archives

Mark a post as Featured in Ghost to show it in the homepage Editor’s pick section. The latest section displays non-featured posts. The /recipes/ page provides archive search, tag filtering, and a grid/list toggle.

Pages and members

Use regular Ghost pages for About, Contact, or other static content. Select the Members template for a membership-focused page when needed. Signup and account actions use Ghost Portal.

Publishing checklist

Check title, excerpt, feature image, alt text, author, primary tag, ingredients, numbered method steps, serving information, times, related recipes, mobile layout, and print output before publishing.