Recipe Card Blocks Free vs. PRO: Feature Comparison
The free Recipe Card Blocks plugin covers everything a recipe needs to show up in Google: Schema.org structured data, ratings, nutrition facts, AI tools and Elementor support. Recipe Card Blocks PRO adds the features that keep readers on your site and help you earn from it. This is the current comparison, as of free 3.6 and PRO 7.4.
Some PRO features depend on the plan: the Professional and Business plans include Unit Conversion, Recipe Submissions and WooCommerce integration, which the Starter plan does not. See the pricing page for the per-plan list.
Recipes & structured data
Feature
Free
PRO
Recipe Card block with Schema.org (JSON-LD) markup
✅
✅
Inline structured data validator
✅
✅
Jump to Recipe & Print Recipe buttons
✅
✅
Nutrition Facts block
✅
✅
Automatic nutrition calculation from the ingredients
—
✅
Recipe video
✅
✅
Bulk Add for ingredients & directions
✅
✅
AI Recipe Generator
✅
✅
Save & reuse ingredients (Ingredients database)
—
✅
Equipment section & inventory
—
✅
Food Labels
—
✅
Import recipes from WP Recipe Maker
✅
✅
Import & export recipes (CSV, JSON)
—
✅
Readers
Feature
Free
PRO
Star ratings & comment ratings, shown in search results
✅
✅
Ratings moderation screen
✅
✅
Rating modal with written reviews, “jump to comments” mode
—
✅
Ratings analytics (top rated recipes, activity over time)
—
✅
Spam protection for ratings (Akismet)
—
✅
Cook Mode (keeps the screen awake)
✅
✅
AI Cooking Assistant (“Ask about this recipe”, via Yamidoo)
