A Recipe Index page is a must-have on every food blog. It’s the page that lists all of your recipes in one organized place, making it easy for visitors to browse and find recipes. Recipe Index pages typically have search, sort, and filter options to improve recipe discoverability.
Some WordPress food blog themes, like Foodica, might come with page templates out of the box that display all your recipes in a beautiful grid. However, other themes may not have such a feature built-in.
The good news is you can create a Recipe Index page on your food blog (no matter which theme you’re using) with Elementor. It’s incredibly easy to do and you don’t have to be developer to set it up on your recipe website.
Here’s what the final Recipe Index page will look like after you’re done completing all the steps below:
How to Create a Recipe Index Page Using Elementor
To get started, you will need to install and activate the following plugins on your WordPress website:
Once that’s done, follow the steps outlined below to create a recipe index page on your WordPress recipe website.
Step #1: Create a new page with Elementor
Log into your WordPress website’s back-end. If you haven’t done so already, install both Elementor and Elementor Addons by WPZOOM plugins on your WordPress website.
Next, create a new page and switch to the Elementor builder:
Step #2: Import the Recipe Index Template
Click on the W icon at the bottom of the page to import the layout needed for our Recipe Index page.
In the pop-up with templates, look for the template called Recipe Index and click the Insert Template button:
Once the layout is imported, you can customize or duplicate sections. Right-click on a section to find the option to Duplicate it:
Step #3: Choose Which Recipes to Display
In the “Query” section of the Posts Grid widget, you can configure which recipe posts are displayed.
Don’t forget to add links to the complete recipe category page for each button:
For example, if you choose to display three recipes per category, you should have a recipe category button under each section that takes users to the recipe category page where they can see all recipes in that category.
You can create sections in your Recipe Index for:
- Starters
- Main Courses
- Snacks
- Drinks
- Desserts
That’s it! These are all the steps you need to follow to create a Recipe Index page using Elementor.
Elementor is a powerful page builder, so you can create as many sections as you need for different recipe categories. Some food blogs have categories based on what their target audience would be most interested in. For example, if you run a keto blog, you could have categories like:
- Easy Keto Meals
- Keto Comfort Foods
- Keto Desserts
- Meal Prep and Low-Carb Lunches
- High-Protein Keto
You can also create different indexes to sort your recipes by ingredients, dietary preferences, cuisine, occasion, season, or skill level.
Bonus Tips for Creating a Recipe Index
You may notice that the imported layout also includes a column with a sidebar. That’s fine if you like sidebars and want to add different widgets.
However, if you prefer a full-width layout, then you can easily remove the Sidebar column:
Lastly, depending on the theme you’re using, you may want to choose a page template suitable for a page builder.
All of our themes available at WPZOOM are bundled with special “Full-width” page templates.
You can change the page template using Elementor’s interface as well. To do this, click the gear icon in the bottom-left corner of the Elementor screen, make sure you’re in the Settings tab, and change the Page Layout option to Full-width Page:
Conclusion
Creating a a Recipe Index page for your food blog using Elementor is incredibly easy and works with any Elementor-compatible theme.
Having a Recipe Index page on your food blog or recipe website helps you deliver a good user experience and is also good for SEO. If you’re looking to enhance your food blog with powerful Schema.org recipes, make sure to check the features included in our recipe plugin to further enhance SEO.
And if you have any questions on how to create a Recipe Index in WordPress using Elementor, drop them in the comments section below!
