Get Published Recipe - Plugixa Recipe

GET /plugixa-recipe/v1/frontend/recipes/{id}

Read one published recipe with everything its page shows: ingredients, instructions, taxonomy and nutrition.

Public: no sign-in needed. It only ever returns published recipes and a fixed list of public columns.

Note. Every call counts as a view: view_count goes up by one. A front end that fetches the recipe on each page view gets the same count a rendered page would; one that polls inflates it.

Note. Unlike the admin read, tags, equipment and gallery come back as JSON text, not decoded. Parse them yourself, or use gallery_urls.

Request

GET https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-recipe/v1/frontend/recipes/12

Path parameters

Responses

200 OK. data is the recipe.

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "",
  "data": {
    "id": "12",
    "language_code": "",
    "translation_group": "",
    "title": "Lemon Pancakes",
    "slug": "lemon-pancakes",
    "description": "<p>Light, fluffy pancakes with lemon zest.</p>",
    "excerpt": "",
    "notes": "",
    "tips": "",
    "image_id": "345",
    "gallery": "[346,347]",
    "tags": "[\"breakfast\",\"brunch\"]",
    "equipment": "[\"Frying pan\"]",
    "video_url": "",
    "servings": "4",
    "servings_unit": "servings",
    "yield_amount": "",
    "yield_unit": "",
    "prep_time": "10",
    "cook_time": "15",
    "rest_time": null,
    "total_time": "25",
    "difficulty": "easy",
    "cost": "budget",
    "season": "",
    "is_featured": "0",
    "is_editor_pick": "0",
    "display_order": "0",
    "source": "",
    "source_url": "",
    "author_name": "",
    "view_count": "128",
    "rating_average": 4.5,
    "rating_count": 2,
    "like_count": "9",
    "is_vegetarian": "1",
    "is_vegan": "0",
    "is_gluten_free": "0",
    "is_dairy_free": "0",
    "is_keto": "0",
    "is_low_carb": "0",
    "is_nut_free": "0",
    "is_paleo": "0",
    "is_sugar_free": "0",
    "is_halal": "0",
    "is_kosher": "0",
    "published_at": "2026-11-12 09:30:00",
    "created_at": "2026-11-12 09:30:00",
    "image_url": "https://your-site.example/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/lemon-pancakes-1024x683.jpg",
    "image_thumbnail": "https://your-site.example/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/lemon-pancakes-150x150.jpg",
    "gallery_urls": [
      {
        "id": 346,
        "url": "https://your-site.example/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/pancake-stack-1024x683.jpg"
      },
      {
        "id": 347,
        "url": "https://your-site.example/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/pancake-berries-1024x683.jpg"
      }
    ],
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": "3",
        "name": "Breakfast",
        "slug": "breakfast"
      }
    ],
    "cuisines": [],
    "courses": [
      {
        "id": "8",
        "name": "Breakfast",
        "slug": "breakfast"
      }
    ],
    "ingredients": [
      {
        "id": "101",
        "recipe_id": "12",
        "group_name": "",
        "group_order": "0",
        "sort_order": "0",
        "quantity": "2",
        "unit": "cups",
        "name": "flour",
        "notes": "",
        "link_url": "",
        "amount": "2.000",
        "amount_max": null,
        "is_optional": "0",
        "substitution": ""
      },
      {
        "id": "102",
        "recipe_id": "12",
        "group_name": "",
        "group_order": "0",
        "sort_order": "1",
        "quantity": "1 1/2",
        "unit": "cups",
        "name": "milk",
        "notes": "",
        "link_url": "",
        "amount": "1.500",
        "amount_max": null,
        "is_optional": "0",
        "substitution": "oat milk"
      }
    ],
    "instructions": [
      {
        "id": "201",
        "recipe_id": "12",
        "group_name": "",
        "group_order": "0",
        "sort_order": "0",
        "title": "",
        "instruction_text": "Whisk the flour, milk and lemon zest.",
        "image_id": null,
        "video_url": "",
        "duration": null,
        "timer_seconds": null,
        "tip": ""
      },
      {
        "id": "202",
        "recipe_id": "12",
        "group_name": "",
        "group_order": "0",
        "sort_order": "1",
        "title": "",
        "instruction_text": "Cook each pancake for 2 minutes a side.",
        "image_id": null,
        "video_url": "",
        "duration": "4",
        "timer_seconds": "240",
        "tip": ""
      }
    ],
    "nutrition": {
      "id": "7",
      "recipe_id": "12",
      "serving_size": "1 pancake",
      "calories": "180.00",
      "total_fat": "6.50",
      "saturated_fat": "2.00",
      "trans_fat": null,
      "cholesterol": "45.00",
      "sodium": "210.00",
      "total_carbohydrate": "26.00",
      "dietary_fiber": "1.00",
      "total_sugars": "6.00",
      "protein": "5.00",
      "vitamin_a": null,
      "vitamin_c": null,
      "calcium": null,
      "iron": null,
      "potassium": null,
      "source": "manual"
    },
    "is_favorited": false
  }
}

Drafts, pending and archived recipes answer 404, as do the private columns: status, SEO fields, author ids and submission details are never selected.

Errors

Plus the errors every endpoint can return.

Examples

curl -s "https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-recipe/v1/frontend/recipes/12"

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-recipe/v1/frontend/recipes/12');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

const response = await fetch('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-recipe/v1/frontend/recipes/12');
const { data } = await response.json();