Description

A Plugin for Bakers. Makers. Adventure-takers.

Top in tech, speed, and SEO so you can focus on what you do best and CREATE.

Now you can craft multiple Google Schema.org types using just one plugin.

Recipes
How-to guides and craft instructions
Lists and round-ups
More to come!

Now: Automatically calculate nutritional data for your recipes for free.

Create is for…

Recipes — Easily import content from other plugins. Includes free nutrition calculator and video embeds.
Lists and round-ups — Showcase images, links and more in a user-friendly manner.
How-to guides — Display beautiful printable materials lists, instructions and videos for DIYs, crafts and more.

Create by Mediavine was built with the following in mind:

1. Speed
Lightweight, with our strong focus on site speed

2. Optimized for SEO
Full Google Rich Snippet support and one-button schema validation so content is marked up for mobile search carousels

3. Easy to Use
Built for optimal user experience, for you and your readers

4. Top-notch Importers
Easily transfer your content from other recipe plugins

5. Multiple Themes
Five gorgeous themes by Purr Design with more on the way

6. Ad-Ready
Fully monetize your content using the most-ad-optimized themes

7. Matches your site
All themes mimic your site’s unique design so no two look the same

8. Live Preview
See your content how it will appear on your site, in real time, with full Gutenberg support

9. Mobile First
Responsively designed to engage the majority of your audience

Screenshots

Choose between Recipe, How-To and List cards. (More types coming soon.)
Refreshed interface design provides a better user experience.
View all of your cards at a glance in the Create card gallery.
Search and sort all of your cards for easy editing.
Create SEO-ready Recipe cards in minutes.
A published Recipe card using the Hero Image card style.
A published Recipe card using the Simple Square card style.
Our automatic nutrition calculator saves you time and headaches.
Publish beautiful lists and round-ups with the List card type.
A published List card using the Big Image layout.
A published List card using the Circles layout.
How-to cards can be used for any kind of instructional guide.
A published How-To card on the Dark Classy Circle card style.
A published How-To card on the Hero Image card style.
Add recommended products to your Recipe and How-To cards.
All card styles adapt to your site's existing design.

Installation

Minimum Requirements

PHP version 5.4.45 or greater (PHP 7.2 or greater is recommended)
MySQL version 5.5 or greater (MySQL 5.6 or greater is recommended)

Automatic Installation

Go to Plugins > Add New
Type “Create by Mediavine” in the search field and click “Search Plugins”
Click “Install Now” to install and then click “Activate”
Go to Settings > Create by Mediavine and choose your card style
Register your Create plugin
If using another recipe card plugin and you’d like to import your recipes from that plugin, download and install the Mediavine Recipe Importers utility

Manual Installation

Download a copy of the “Create by Mediavine” plugin
Upload mediavine-create to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress
Go to Settings > Create by Mediavine and choose your card style
Register your Create plugin
If using another recipe card plugin and you’d like to import your recipes from that plugin, download and install the Mediavine Recipe Importers utility

For more, please see our help center.

FAQ

How do I import my existing recipes?

Download and install the Mediavine Recipe Importers utility

Which recipe card plugins does the importer support?

Cookbook
EasyRecipe
Meal Planner Pro Recipes
Purr Recipe Cards
Simple Recipe Pro
WP Recipe Maker
WP Tasty
WP Ultimate Recipe
Yummly
Zip Recipes
ZipList Recipe Plugin

How will the cards display?

Our cards are displayed using a WordPress shortcode.

This means that if the plugin is disabled, the recipes themselves will not display on the front end of a blog post. This is typical behavior for most WordPress plugins.

If the plugin is deactivated, no data will be deleted and reactivating the plugin will restore the original card display.

Will I be able to add nutritional data?

Yes! Nutritional data is an important part of Schema, which search engines love to have for optimal results.

Nutrition facts can be manually entered for a recipe. They will also transfer over if the recipe already contains it.

We also provide automatic nutrition calculation through our partnership with Nutritionix. Learn more about this feature.

How much does it cost?

Create is free to the blogging community at large. You do not need to be a Mediavine publisher to use it. All core functions of the plugin will always remain free.

There may be features in the future that non-Mediavine publishers would need to license for a fee, but the core functionalities will always remain free and supported for everyone — including plugin updates to keep Create in compliance with WordPress releases.

Reviews

tastyrecipelovers July 4, 2020

We started our food blog and searched and went through all the plugins there was available, and when we came across this it was the game-changer our site (tastyrecipelovers) needed. It has everything you need, that other recipe plugins put in their premium section, and its free. The Recipe card has great looking cards to choose from and your users won't be disappointed.

thetasteofkosher May 31, 2020

I've used three recipe plugins including create. All I can say is that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Create! As soon as I started using it reviews came rolling in and they've been snowballing ever since. I've also started making money as an Amazon affiliate using creates recommended products. I've used it for recipes, round up lists, and how-to's. It's easy to use both as a creator and a reader and the SEO is wonderful! Honestly, I cannot say enough good things and highly recommended it to everyone.

Lisa April 27, 2020

This is a wonderful plugin which is user friendly and which produces beautiful recipes with many helpful extras. Mediavine provided me quick and exceptional assistance with an installation issue I needed help with. I can’t say enough good about this company and their plugin!

pauldrecksler April 13, 2020

I'm giving this plugin 5 stars for the fact that it works well (ie: doesn't crash the site, no big errors) and offers features for free that other recipe plugins package as premium. One big example is their Recipe Reviews, which is a premium feature on most others, however something that I consider essential to creating proper structured data for recipes. Great work so far with the plugin.

mira4flor June 24, 2019

THE BEST!

erikrperez March 11, 2019

Schema options and the list feature are awesome and importing from Ziplist works good.

Read all 13 reviews

Contributors & Developers

“Create by Mediavine” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Interested in development?

Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.

Changelog

1.6.7

FEATURE: Adds Skip to Recipe and Skip to How-To links for screen readers.
FEATURE: Adds Output JSON-LD Schema in Head setting. When setting is enabled, JSON-LD schema will be output in tag instead of within the card’s markup. Also, when multiple lists are rendered on a post, the JSON-LD schema will be combined into a single schema object for all matching canonical lists.
FIX: Adds rel=”noopener noreferrer” attribute to social call-to-action links
FIX: Fixes issue where star ratings in Create cards were causing CLS
FIX: Corrects help doc link when expanded Amazon link error appears
FIX: Fixes issue with links disappearing in Lists when adding similar Amazon urls
FIX: Adds THA-enabled theme support for Jump to Card buttons
FIX: Adds no-pin attribute to Amazon images in Lists
FIX: Prevents rare race condition when associating categories with cards

1.6.6

FIX: Prevents PHP notices from showing up when plugin is upgraded
FIX: Fixes issue with Always Enable Review Popup setting
FIX: Improves database performance when pulling reviews
FIX: Corrects parsing of external and internal link text on lists
COSMETIC: Removes extra character from Numbered List style

1.6.5

FEATURE: Add support for custom post types in Lists
FIX: Fix accessibility issue where button elements (focusable) with aria-hidden="true" was causing issues for screen readers
FIX: Fix admin accessibility issue so toggles are now high contrast if the Enable High Contrast setting is enabled
FIX: Remove calls to missing CSS and JS map files
FIX: Corrected a rare PHP undefined index notice
FIX: Only load Create meta block if there’s support for it, fixing issue with imports
FIX: Fix card review validation bugs and add asterisks to review title and content labels
FIX: Update to latest Trellis hook (tha_entry_before) for Jump-to-Card insertion
FIX: Amazon links can now be manually added to lists if original scrape fails
FIX: Block Pin button from outputting if Pin URL is pointing to pinterest.com
FIX: Remove old unused settings from database
FIX: Display seconds for card times if needed
FIX: Normalize nutrition of reimported recipes
FIX: Show custom nutrition disclaimer and custom affiliate message in admin previews
FIX: Prevent Shortpixel webp images from breaking Create card’s featured image
FIX: Restored functionality of Single Ad Density setting
FIX: Fix issue where the custom affiliate message wasn’t displaying properly on List cards
FIX: Fix issue where nutrition wouldn’t save for sites that were on the first generation of Create betas
FIX: Re-adds missing times when set to display on a list item
FIX: Show the register prompt in single product view if the user isn’t registered
FIX: Add rel=”nofollow” to buttons in list items that require it
FIX: Exclude Create’s inline JS from WP Rocket’s combined javascript
FIX: Fix missing Card Styles thumbnails
FIX: Fix issue where other plugins adding output to Gutenberg editor was causing Create cards to crash in Gutenberg
FIX: Pre-populates card title on new cards in Gutenberg editor
FIX: Fix issue where a user could not specify a custom thumbnail for Amazon links
COSMETIC: Adjust optimize button tooltip language
COSMETIC: Mediavine ads will never be floated on smaller screens

1.6.4

FIX: Fixes an authorization bug with Mediavine Control Panel 2.4.0, which prevented videos from being added to cards.

1.6.3

FEATURE: Add support for custom Jump To Recipe placement inside themes
FEATURE: Add Intercom chat widget directly inside the Create app!
FIX: Disable nofollow on external List items by default
FIX: Require review title and content for low ratings
FIX: Render reviews styling on page load for paginated comments
FIX: Update usage of routing functions to remove PHP Notice
FIX: Prevent GumGum from applying ads to Create product images
FIX: Prevent WPRM from deleting converted Create cards
FIX: Exclude Lists from Comment Ratings Field Pro ratings
FIX: Fix external list scrape error

1.6.2

FIX: Fixes issue where domains with “alt” in the name were losing their featured image
FIX: In List cards, the Pinterest button now uses the Pinterest fields of each item
FIX: Optimizes revisions deletion on publish, improving admin performance
FIX: Fixes retrieval of Create card custom fields
FIX: Adds method and target to form tag for AMP support
FIX: Moves Jump to Card button outside of content on Trellis and Genesis themes
FIX: Corrects an issue where ordered and unordered lists were not appearing correctly in description text
FIX: Fixes mv_create_print_card_style filter
FIX: Removes automatic download of Amazon product link images
FIX: Corrects a problem in Circle layout lists where the wrong image ratio is used
FIX: Sets alt attributes on list images to blank as they are for decorative purposes only
FIX: Adds position, URL, and Images to recipe instruction JSON-LD schema
FIX: Adjusts slugs of old Create cards, preventing redirection conflicts with Yoast SEO Premium
COSMETIC: Buttons in card previews are now consistent with theme
COSMETIC: Sets base colors for review forms

1.6.1

FIX: Removes noreferrer attribute from external links as it causes conflicts with Amazon Affiliate links
FIX: Fixes performance timeouts caused by overly large revisions tables by temporarily removing card revision limits

1.6.0

Social Footers
The primary feature of the 1.6 Create release is the addition of a social sharing footer. Encourage your followers to share your cards on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest!

To enable this setting, register your plugin if you haven’t already. Then, go to “Pro” settings. Click the Enable Social Footer checkbox. Then select the default service, enter your usernames, and update the text you want displayed on the cards.
Social footers can be adjusted on a per card basis user the Custom Fields section in the admin for each card.

Other Changes
Additionally, we have some other features and improvements.

FEATURE: Create now only generates additional image sizes when an image is added to a card, saving disk space
FEATURE: Adds setting to select which Create image sizes should never be generated
FEATURE: You can prevent images within cards from being pinned by adding no-pin="true" to the shortcode [mv_img] so it will look something like [mv_img id="100" no-pin="true"]
FEATURE: Adds noopener noreferrer to external links
FEATURE: Limits the number of revisions a given card can have
FIX: Adds language localization support for Prep, Cook, and Additional Time labels
FIX: Fixes over-expanding of traditional nutrition display
FIX: Prevents nutrition disclaimer from appearing within traditional nutrition display
FIX: Improves notices when an Amazon Product Advertising API error occurs, with the goal of providing more specific error messages
FIX: Updates image tags to have better data attributes for Pinterest
FIX: Prevents fatal errors when deleting recommended products
FIX: Improves front-end javascript performance
FIX: Prevents unnecessary database calls from backend requests
COSMETIC: Removes unnecessary text on card Previews

1.5.10

FIX: Improves compatibility with eStore and AmaLinks Pro plugins

1.5.9

FIX: Adjusts namespaces of 3rd-party scripts to prevent ALL conflicts between our Amazon implementation and other plugins
FIX: Fixes issue where some Amazon affiliate keys were permanently set as provisioning
FIX: Better error prevention for older versions of WordPress and PHP
FIX: Prevents app from crashing when a list item was initially added as a revision of a post

1.5.8

ENHANCEMENT: Adds minor UI improvements to Gutenberg
ENHANCEMENT: Adds “Add Manually” link to any Amazon error when adding an Amazon link to a list
ENHANCEMENT: Improves warning messages from incorrect Amazon credentials
ENHANCEMENT: Card author fields can now have more than 30 characters
ENHANCEMENT: Better normalization for Amazon keys when pasting into a field
ENHANCEMENT: Adds review button near the comments/reviews tab
ENHANCEMENT: Cards rendered in the first viewport will have full styles instead of waiting on scroll
ENHANCEMENT: Auto-calculated zero nutrition values for Net Carbs and Sugar Alcohols will not display. Global and per card settings added to enable.
ENHANCEMENT: Numbered list items without an image are styled and no longer overlap into descriptions
FIX: Adds proper error message and deactivates plugin instead of fatal on PHP 5.3
FIX: Fixes an issue where removing the canonical post of a card didn’t adjust the canonical post
FIX: Print card pages are now compatible with DMS theme
FIX: Escapes quotes in and truncates Pinterest descriptions to prevent Pin button errors
FIX: Improves reliability of UI with older cards
FIX: Reviews tab will now load if jump to comments button is clicked
FIX: Colors on Hero lists are corrected to match rest of description area

1.5.7

FIX: Fixes fatal conflict with more plugins using older version of Guzzle
FIX: Restores star ratings to default color of gold instead of black
FIX: Fixes a slow query related to the Amazon API feature

1.5.6

FIX: Fixes fatal conflict with plugins using older version of Guzzle

1.5.5

FIX: Fixes issue with manually adding list items
FIX: Fixes fatal conflict with other Amazon WordPress plugins

1.5.4

ENHANCEMENT: Adds support for Amazon Affiliates in recommended products
FIX: Fixes issue where old beta Create cards were preventing post from saving in the Classic Editor
FIX: Half star ratings render correctly on cards
FIX: List items again respect internal and external link settings

1.5.3

FIX: List items with numbered style are clickable again

1.5.2

FIX: Fixes an issue where older videos caused cards to not render

1.5.1

ENHANCEMENT: Prevents some 3rd-party plugins from affecting Create card previews
ENHANCEMENT: Front-end renders now support IE11 with custom colors
ENHANCEMENT: Admin UI display improvements
ENHANCEMENT: Better display of Mediavine ads on JTC click
ENHANCEMENT: Tweaks list markup for better SEO
ENHANCEMENT: Improves error messages for unscraped external list items
FIX: Reviews section no longer pushes down comments with white space on front-end render
FIX: Correct resolution image displays on Big Hero card renders
FIX: Fixes issue where pre-1.0 users couldn’t edit recommended products

1.5.0

Jump To Card
We heard you! The primary addition of the 1.5 Create release is the addition of Jump To Card links within posts. In order to make this feature great, we worked to optimize placement of Mediavine ads within cards when users click the jump button. We understand the value of great reader experiences, so we made sure to mitigate potential issues with ad viewability for publishers who enable this feature. (If you’re not a Mediavine publisher, you have nothing to worry about here!)

To enable this setting, register your plugin if you haven’t already. Then, go to “Pro” settings. Click the Jump To Card checkbox. That’s it!
Links will automatically be added to the top of posts – no need to add them manually!
Links can be disabled on a post-by-post basis with the “Disable Jump To Recipe” control in the Create sidebar. Note that this feature requires Gutenberg – refer to our Gutenberg help guide if you need to install Gutenberg].
Buttons can be one of three styles – a link, or a solid or hollow button. Buttons can either use gray or – if you’ve enabled custom colors for your cards – your primary color. Both of these settings can be adjusted from the “Pro” tab.

Other Changes
Additionally, we have some other features and improvements.

New color picker: We’ve replaced the primary and secondary color selection tools with a text field that allows hex input, as well as some nice defaults.
Video schema improvements: Videos added to Create cards will now include video data as part of the Recipe or How-To schema instead of adding standalone Video schema, preventing duplicate schema issues. Schema is nice, but just to a limit!
Rating display: We fixed a bug that caused some sites to display inaccurate ratings within cards.
Ad display improvements: We fixed a bug that would cause Mediavine ads to always render after cards at the very end of posts, regardless of whether or not they should.
Performance enhancements: We’ve sped up the way cards render on a page, helping to increase page load performance.

1.4.19

ENHANCEMENT: Adds screen reader only text to Pinterest button
ENHANCEMENT: Better ad previews on live card preview
ENHANCEMENT: Adds option to disable ads between list items
ENHANCEMENT: Mediavine ads are centered within cards when rendered on smaller devices
ENHANCEMENT: Images added to Instructions and Notes now render in live card preview
FIX: Authors with no display name are filtered out from author dropdown, and all authors appear in How-To dropdown
FIX: Fixes issue where recommended products were not always reordering properly
FIX: Highlighting an inline link and editing no longer causes the modal to disappear immediately after render
FIX: Firefox cursor no longer jumps to beginning of text line
FIX: Ampersands look correct in live card preview
FIX: Mediavine ads appear on grid list cards
FIX: Current user’s capabilities are properly checked when custom permissions set in Create Settings
FIX: Product thumbnail images can now be changed without requiring a page refresh
FIX: Fixes issue where publish button would stay disabled after publishing
COSMETIC: Classy Circle cards now have centered descriptions

1.4.18

ENHANCEMENT: Updates video JSON-LD to match latest GSC requirements
ENHANCEMENT: Adds anchor tags to list item titles
ENHANCEMENT: Adds floating arrows to move through recipes in admin
ENHANCEMENT: Increases admin performance by removing unnecessary admin enqueues
ENHANCEMENT: Adjusts Mediavine ad logic
ENHANCEMENT: Removes brackets from detail view ingredients when the link is deleted

1.4.17

ENHANCEMENT: Adds support for WP Accessibility Helper plugin on print page
ENHANCEMENT: Prevents canonical post from being selected as a list item
ENHANCEMENT: Adds global default list button texts to dropdown
FIX: Normalizes apostrophes in WYSIWYG shortcodes
FIX: Improves display of primary image in card preview
FIX: Prevents errors on sites with older versions of Mediavine Control Panel
FIX: Images are now equally sized when viewing list with Grid style on mobile
FIX: Fixes “Choose from existing” link when editing card from a post
FIX: JSON-LD improvements to instructions anchor links
FIX: Disables nutrition calculation with ranged servings and adds tooltip notice
FIX: Fixes lists so the headings respect selected setting
FIX: Makes sure Mediavine ads are never placed in header
FIX: Supports “ugly” permalinks
FIX: Pinterest button location settings properly respected
FIX: Moves affiliate disclaimer above recommended products
FIX: JSON-LD schema now properly displays when canonical is second card on post

1.4.16

FIX: Ad Hint Conflict
FIX: Prevents Mediavine ads from loading in Recommended Products
FIX: Nutrition calculate button no longer disabled when Create registered

1.4.15

ENHANCEMENT: Loads admin font from CDN, reducing plugin file size
FIX: Fixes issue with card creation on older versions of PHP (below 7.0.13) with opcache disabled
FIX: Pinterest button on cards again works when Mediavine Control Panel is activated
FIX: Prevents too many Mediavine ads from loading in rare circumstances
FIX: Front-end reviews by visitors no longer appear clickable

1.4.14

ENHANCEMENT: Ads for Mediavine publishers are now generated more reliably within instructions
ENHANCEMENT: The ability to rate a recipe with a half star has been removed
ENHANCEMENT: Video thumbnails are now displayed in a card’s preview
ENHANCEMENT: Messaging for errors when adding list items is now more descriptive
ENHANCEMENT: 3/4 and 2/5 are now options in the Special Characters selection modal
FIX: Ads for Mediavine publishers are no longer placed at the end of Lists
FIX: Brings in custom thumbnails on Mediavine videos
FIX: List items pointing to a subdomain now appear in JSON-LD
FIX: Fix issue where categories haven’t been selected
FIX: Prevent duplicate list items
FIX: Fix issue where an additional line break was insterted while adding materials
FIX: JSON-LD anchor link for How-To cards now links to correct step
FIX: Adding a card to a post can no longer create duplicates if publish button is double clicked
FIX: Adding a list item to a list will now always place the item in the correct spot
FIX: Correctly round the aggregate rating in the JSON-LD output
FIX: Clicking the print button on a card more reliably brings up the print dialog

1.4.11

ENHANCEMENT: Manual Nutrition fields for Net Carbs and Sugar Alcohols
FIX: List’s support for pages
FIX: Check for Server support of PHP Extenstions xml and mbstring
FIX: Issue where logged in users couldn’t use external links services
FIX: Insert products at the beginning of the list
FIX: Ensure updates to Products would propogate across the site
FIX: Possible issue with reviews if comments were empty
FIX: Possible issue with upgrading mv_recipe shortcodes to mv_create shortcodes
FIX: Issue where number of servings wasn’t updated in API request
FIX: Surface Nutrition API Error to UI

1.4.10

ENHANCEMENT: List items can now easily be added between others, and all items can be collapsed with a button
ENHANCEMENT: Better filter support in admin
ENHANCEMENT: Pasting content into WYSIWYG now retains formatting
ENHANCEMENT: Admin notice displayed if outdated Mediavine Recipe Importer plugin is found
ENHANCEMENT: Featured images pulled from a website for a list will provide a notice if they weren’t downloaded
ENHANCEMENT: Warning is provided when a new category is about to be added
ENHANCEMENT: Setting added to remove popup review prompt on ratings above 4 stars
ENHANCEMENT: Filter mv_create_ratings_prompt_threshold can be returned with a number for a different popup review prompt threshold
ENHANCEMENT: Filter mv_create_ratings_submit_threshold can be returned with a number for a different required review for rating level (Default is 4)
ENHANCEMENT: You can now add an internal page as a list item
ENHANCEMENT: JSON-LD can be disabled on individual How-To cards.
FIX: Minor bugs with WYSIWYG editor
FIX: Fix bugs when pasting ingredient URLs with extra spaces
FIX: Amazon links now properly save in the URL field for external list items
FIX: Hero Lists now render longer titles properly on mobile devices
FIX: Fix issues with certain UI elements improperly overlapping others
FIX: Cleaner deletion of reviews through admin
FIX: Remove style descrepancy of descriptions in cards
FIX: Ingredients now display in the correct order in the card preview
FIX: Fix issue where blank settings were being created on a few sites
FIX: Fix issue with reordering list items through the use of buttons
FIX: Google Search Console will no longer error when there are multiple How-To cards on a post

1.4.9

ENHANCEMENT: WYSIWYG editors now support hard line breaks in lists with the use of Shift+Enter
ENHANCEMENT: Card ratings modal now has a close button
FIX: Detail editor no longer has disappearing text of previous ingredients when editing another
FIX: Styled text in WYSIWYG can now be edited after initial publish
FIX: List items and ingredients no longer disappear when reordering
FIX: When the importers plugin is active, the re-importer works again with the new 1.4 UI

1.4.8

ENHANCEMENT: Filter mv_generate_intermediate_sizes_return_early can be returned false to disable image regeneration of older images
ENHANCEMENT: Set default ingredients view to bulk instead of detail
FIX: Fix issue where card style setting was incorrect from older versions of Create
FIX: Reviews now display the correct date/time, with absolute time in a tooltip
FIX: Safari users can now edit list descriptions in Classic and Gutenberg editors
FIX: Adding an image no longer will break list format in instructions
FIX: Custom nutrition disclaimer is now used, falling back to global setting
FIX: Image picker no longer refreshes page when importing a recipe
FIX: Shortcodes with IDs of deleted cards will no longer attempt to render
FIX: Fix obscure bug with JSON-LD output on custom PHP installs
FIX: Fix bug with styled instruction content disappearing

1.4.7

FIX: Images display in instructions again
FIX: Fixed an issue where instruction content was disappearing
FIX: Editing a card no longer removes content in the Classic Editor if another shortcode exists
FIX: Support again for versions 4.7-4.9 of WordPress

1.4.6

FIX: Fix issue where admin UI wasn’t displaying for some people
FIX: Safari users can now edit list descriptions
FIX: Nested modals such as adding videos and links no longer break in Gutenberg
FIX: Ingredients are saved in the correct order

1.4.5

Versions 1.4.0-1.4.4 were for beta testing
We hired a designer! The admin has been re-skinned. (We love you, Kat!)
Changes to List UI: Lists now support text in between items.
Changes to video: new videos will include duration data in schema.
Changes to products: Products use our services API, which improves reliability of image scraping.
Changes to autosave: Autosave actions will occur more predictably.
Improves size and performance of client-side JavaScript.

New features:
* Cards can now use your brand colors! Go to Settings > Display and click “enable” under “Colors.”
* Changes to instructions: The Instructions UI limits content to those which are best for SEO. Existing content can be optimized using the “Optimize” button.
– User reviews can be made public and will display in a tab next to your comments. Go to Settings > Advanced and “Enable Public Reviews.” Then, add a DOM selector for your comments div.

1.3.22

FIX: Fix an issue where video data for cards was missing contentUrl

1.3.20

ENHANCEMENT: Add JSON-LD schema toggle to How-To cards
ENHANCEMENT: Add contentUrl property to video schema
FIX: Zero cook and prep times should no longer give Google Search Console errors

1.3.19

ENHANCEMENT: Add stepped instructions to JSON-LD
FIX: Link Parsing in Ingredients
FIX: Some creations weren’t mapping to canonical posts
FIX: Restore Ads on Print pages

1.3.18

FIX: Fix missing thumbnails for list items in admin UI
FIX: Prevent conflicts with other plugins using common function names

1.3.17

FIX: Fix activation error with certain versions of MySQL
FIX: Fix issue where pre-0.3 recipes could not be cloned

1.3.16

ENHANCEMENT: Cards no longer can be cloned when using modal editor
ENHANCEMENT: Add new hook to print card output
FIX: Fixes occasional databases errors when saving cards
FIX: Only external list cards open in a new window

1.3.15

FIX: Fixes issue with list URLs

1.3.14

ENHANCEMENT: Setting added to adjust H1s in cards to H2s
ENHANCEMENT: JSON-LD schema now only displays on canonical post
FIX: Prevents nutrition and products from incorrectly being linked to lists
FIX: Pinterest buttons in lists respect “off” setting
FIX: Prevents Social Warfare from affecting related product images
FIX: Prevents Chicory from appearing on How-To cards
FIX: Fixes issue where nofollow attribute wasn’t always saving on supplies
FIX: Lists now output proper URL for all internal items
FIX: JSON-LD validation test button works again
FIX: Better data management of associated posts

1.3.13

FIX: Fixes issue where previously created instructions may not properly display within the editor

1.3.12

FIX: Better conversion of shortcodes into Gutenberg
FIX: Pinterest button no longer attached to top of list when rendering after another card
FIX: Fixes issue where a MySQL error appeared on some server environments
FIX: Prevent Chrome autocomplete when adding cuisine or category to card
FIX: More reliable WYSIWYG component

1.3.11

FIX: Aggressive Buttons setting now applies to Lists
FIX: Prevents a PHP error when a card is added after a List
FIX: Fixes issue where time UI wasn’t visible

1.3.10

FIX: Prevent List descriptions from being tiny
FIX: Amazon images will display in dropdown
FIX: Prevent misordered ingredients from detailed editor
FIX: Prevent multiple List JSON-LDs from outputting
FIX: Prevent a bug where typing in time inputs will insert “minutes” sporadically
FIX: Improve performance of image rendering in instructions preview
FIX: Buttons in lists will sync with theme
FIX: Add missing “Cost” field to front-end How-To renders

1.3.9

ENHANCEMENT: Create List items manually
ENHANCEMENT: Improved Error Messages for user timeouts
ENHANCEMENT: Make Notices for API Registration dismissible
FIX: Output alt text in images
FIX: Prevent activations for incompatible PHP and WP
FIX: Conflict with Jetpack YouTube embeds
FIX: User validation in secondary UIs
FIX: TinyMCE state reset
FIX: Multipage Print Margins
FIX: Print Image sizes
FIX: Display of No Follow state for Lists
FIX: Photo Credit layout styles
FIX: Moving between internal and external links
FIX: Remove image if Pinterest is turned off

1.3.8

FIX: Prevents duplicate images within Lists
FIX: Duplicate List item prevention
FIX: Properly saves List thumbnail images

1.3.7

FIX: Fix bug in List Drag and Drop functionality
FIX: Improve relationship mapping in Clone tool
FIX: Check for pre v1.7.7 of Mediavine Control Panel

1.3.6

FEATURE: Improves UX and speed of List search
FEATURE: Add a setting to disable JSON-LD output for individual posts
FEATURE: Add mv_create_card_before_render and mv_create_card_after_render hooks
FEATURE: Adds support for Amazon links as List items
FIX: Prevents output of JSON-LD markup in RSS feeds
FIX: Removes duplicate ad hints when rendering a List after a recipe card in a single post
FIX: Fixes error in List render
FIX: Prevents display of special characters as HTML entities in List search
ENHANCEMENT: Protect client-side resources from caching plugins
ENHANCEMENT: Refactor client-side JavaScript to optimize page load

1.3.3

ENHANCEMENT: Adds ability to no-follow external List items
ENHANCEMENT: Optimize the ad hint used for Mediavine publishers
ENHANCEMENT: Adds a setting to override the author for all cards with default Copyright Attribution
FIX: Prevents Social Warfare and Pinterest browser extension from targeting List images for which we already include a Pinterest button
FIX: Prevents issue where List items would sometimes display in incorrect order
FIX: Fix an issue where adding previously-added products without thumbnails would result in the thumbnail not being re-scraped
FIX: Fixes issue where including Recipe and List in the same post would sometimes result in duplicate descriptions
FIX: Fixes an issue where Cards used as List items would link to incorrect page
FIX: Center ads used in Lists
FIX: Prevents an issue where backspacing immediately after clicking a card would create an error when re-inserting the card
FIX: Prevents issues where editor would sometimes load with empty content
FIX: Improves size of images used by Grid layouts
FIX: Prevents an error when global affiliate notice has not been set
CHANGE: Changes the “Save” notice on the Settings page to be more visible
CHANGE: List JSON-LD will only display in the canonical post for that link

1.3.1

FIX: Change ad target for Mediavine publishers
FIX: Fix missing Pinterest buttons
FIX: CSS improvements for circle List layouts
FIX: Grid layouts will display ads for Mediavine publishers in a separate row
FIX: Regenerate images for List items if they don’t exist
CHANGE: Change “Duplicate” button to “Clone” button

1.3.0

New Content Type: Lists!
* The new “List” content type allows you to create curated link roundups of your other Create Cards, other posts on your site, or external URLs
* Lists support four beautiful layouts:
* Hero – includes a large, Pinterest-friendly image
* Grid – displays in a two-across grid
* Numbered – includes a large number, great for “X Best _______” lists
* Circles – displays images in a circle, looks great with the Classy Circle card theme!
* Links to Create cards can reference data from that card, for instance, cook time for a List of quick meals, calories for a List of diet-friendly recipes, or difficulty for a List of around-the-home projects
* Lists correspond to the Google’s “Carousel” structured data type: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/guides/mark-up-listings
* All Lists include built-in content hints for Mediavine ads, including a setting to control frequency

Features & Enhancements
* Creating content on the run? The Create dashboard will look better on your phone or tablet
* Want to use one card as a base to make another? Cards now include a “Duplicate” button to save you from tedious copying and pasting
* Using a shortcode-friendly page builder instead of TinyMCE or Gutenberg? Cards now include shortcode snippet for you to copy and paste
* Never going to make a recipe or a how-to and overwhelmed by choice? We’ve added a setting to limit the types of content to choose from
* Support for dashboard internationalization
* Navigating to another page of cards will scroll you to the top of the new page
* Fixes an issue where the “Select Existing” UI in Gutenberg would display the wrong content type when multiple types of cards are added to a single post

Changes
* Cards without an author will use the default copyright attribution setting as the author
* Printed cards will include a URL back to the original post
* Icons in the Gutenberg block selector are now under their own heading and have a new and lovely splash of teal

1.3.2

FIX: Restored card editor to last published data.

1.2.8

FIX: Fix issue with scrolling breaking upon modal close
FIX: Fix issues with editing images in posts

1.2.7

FIX: Fix issue with taxonomy dropdowns sometimes not updating on click
FIX: Fix issue where scheduled posts wouldn’t create card associations necessary for canonical posts or review syncing

1.2.6

ENHANCEMENT: Print button compatibility with security plugins that strip \<form> tags from post content
FIX: Prevent pinning of print pages
FIX: Yield displays on Centered card themes when times have not been provided
FIX: Fix issue where bulk ingredients would display as blank field during importing

1.2.5

FIX: Fixes dropdowns like author and category in Gutenberg
FIX: Provides a button to register with a different email address
FIX: Prevents a nutrition notice from displaying when it shouldn’t
FIX: Fixes a bug in Mediavine Control Panel preventing videos from being deleted from posts

1.2.4

Adds an upgrade notice for upcoming changes in the 1.3.0 release
FIX: Fixes error on single Product pages
FIX: Correctly disables card hero images from being targeted by Pinterest browser extension
FIX: Fixes issue that was causing infinite loops with themes or plugins using the ‘save_post’ hook
FIX: Provides backwards compatibility for custom card templates that used ‘disable_nutrition’ and ‘disable_reviews’ settings

1.2.3

FIX: Add support for block tags
FIX: Duplicate post association issues

1.2.2

ENHANCEMENT: Improve UX around calculate button
ENHANCEMENT: Add global nutrition disclaimer setting
FIX: Fix issue with PHP 5.4 conflict
COSMETIC: Better UI render on low-DPR screens

1.2.1

FIX: Fix local storage conflict with nutrition calculation auth

1.2.0

FEATURE: Free automatic nutrition calculation with simple plugin registration
FEATURE: Option to have traditional nutrition label display
FEATURE: Preview Google Rich Snippet with one click
FEATURE: Full Gutenberg support
FEATURE: Disable thumbnails in print cards
FEATURE: List view of Create Cards
FEATURE: Classic Editor button to access Create Card editor without scrolling

1.1.12

FIX: Fix a bug with Pinterest not picking up Pinterest image

1.1.11

FIX: Fix a bug with adding recommended products

1.1.0

FIX: Provide ability to translate plural time units (e.g. “minutes”)
FIX: Fix issues with recommended product search
FIX: Fix front-end JavaScript errors in IE11
FIX: Fix “Add New” URL in sites running in subdirectories
FIX: Print card style will always be default style

1.1.9

FIX: Highest resolution image check only pulls from available sizes
FIX: ShortPixel will no longer re-optimize images after card publish

1.1.8

FEATURE: Track new ratings from Comment Rating Field pro
FIX: Prevent TinyMCE application from mounting on the wrong editor

1.1.7

FIX: Prevent app crash when adding multiple cards to a Gutenberg post
FIX: Prevent error when filtering JSON-LD by unique image
FIX: Prevent warning when rendering cards with no thumbnail images

1.1.6

FIX: Adhere to recommendations for JSON-LD image sizes

1.1.5

ENHANCEMENT: More reliable JSON-LD object for Google
FIX: Remove unnecessary Autoptimize clear on activate and deactivate
FIX: More reliable category and cuisine term names in JSON-LD
FIX: Fixes issue where MCP videos would use mv_create shortcode
FIX: Featured image displays properly in Gutenberg

1.1.4

FIX: Make Pinterest description available to browser extension
FIX: Fix display of thumbnail editor
FIX: Improve rendered card styles for small phones
FIX: Better display of images in card instructions
FIX: Fix issue with print view on some servers
FIX: Prevent Autoptimize from aggregating script localizations
FIX: Prevent mv_create post types from creating redirects

1.1.3

FIX: Improve responsive image size for recommended products
FIX: Allow for default localization of time labels
FIX: Improve Gutenberg integration

1.1.2

ENHANCEMENT: Add .pot with plugin so users can generate translations (note: at the moment, translations will only appear on the front-end of the site. Back-end support is coming in a future release!)
FIX: Prevent re-saving posts extraneously, fixing issues with tags being stripped and pingbacks being triggered
FIX: Resolve issue where deleting content from Instructions or Notes fields would leave remaining content
FIX: Prevent admin CSS and JS from being cached
COSMETIC: Various improvements for admin CSS and copy

1.1.1

FEATURE: Remove tooltip from Instructions WYSIWYG
FEATURE: Adding async to front-end javascript tag
FEATURE: Track active filters when page is refreshed
FIX: Eliminate Duplicate DB Call
FIX: Prevent error with undefined properties field
COSMETIC: Adding namespaces to admin CSS
COSMETIC: Increase base font size to 16px on rendered cards