Shortcodes - Plugixa Recipe

Plugixa Recipe registers two main shortcodes for recipe display/submission and eight widget shortcodes for smaller recipe-related components.

[plugixa_recipe]: the main shortcode

Renders recipes in grid / slider / masonry / list layouts.

Basic usage

[plugixa_recipe]

Uses the default view and shows the most recent 12 recipes.

With attributes

[plugixa_recipe categories="breakfast" limit="9" view="featured-grid"]
[plugixa_recipe cuisines="italian" min_rating="4" pagination="true" per_page="12"]
[plugixa_recipe featured="true" columns="4"]
[plugixa_recipe difficulty="easy" orderby="rating_average" order="DESC"]

All attributes

Attribute	Values	Notes
id	shortcode ID	Loads a saved shortcode config from the DB
view	view ID or slug
categories	comma-separated slugs or IDs
cuisines	comma-separated slugs or IDs
courses	comma-separated slugs or IDs
limit	integer	Max recipes to fetch (default 12)
orderby	created_at, title, rating_average, view_count, display_order, rand
order	ASC / DESC
featured	true	Only featured recipes
min_rating	1–5	Cached rating_average ≥
difficulty	easy / medium / hard / expert
columns	integer	Override desktop columns
dark_mode	true / false	Apply the view’s dark-mode palette
pagination	true / false	Enable pagination
pagination_style	numbers, loadmore, infinite
per_page	integer	Items per page

The visual builder (saved shortcodes)

Rather than memorising attributes, use the Shortcodes menu to build reusable configurations.

Click Add New to open the builder.

The builder has sections for:

• Content source - categories, cuisines, courses, difficulty, diet flags, featured flag, search text.
• Display - view selection, columns override, dark-mode toggle.
• Behavior - orderby / order, pagination (on/off, style, per-page), limit.
• Filters - which filter controls (category bar, search box, sort dropdown) to show on the frontend.

Save. The builder gives you a shortcode like:

[plugixa_recipe id="7"]

Paste that into any page - the saved config drives everything.

The [plugixa_recipe_form] shortcode

Renders a frontend submission form so visitors can suggest recipes.

[plugixa_recipe_form]
[plugixa_recipe_form status="pending" require_login="true"]

Submitted recipes land in the recipe list with status="pending" (configurable) and submission_ip stored for moderation. See Frontend Submission.

Widget shortcodes

The free plugin bundles seven widget shortcodes for lightweight embeds - perfect for sidebars, footers, and landing pages.

Shortcode	Template	Purpose
[plugixa_categories]	widgets/categories.php	Gallery of category cards
[plugixa_cuisines]	widgets/categories.php	Gallery of cuisine cards (reuses the categories template with type switch)
[plugixa_latest_recipes]	widgets/latest-recipes.php	Most-recent recipes
[plugixa_popular_recipes]	widgets/popular-recipes.php	By view_count or rating_average
[plugixa_related_recipes]	widgets/related-recipes.php	Related to the current recipe
[plugixa_recipe_search]	widgets/recipe-search.php	Standalone search box
[plugixa_recipe_of_day]	widgets/recipe-of-day.php	Daily rotating recipe
[plugixa_recipe_count]	widgets/recipe-count.php	Integer count

See Widget Shortcodes for the full attribute reference for each.

AJAX & pagination

When pagination="true" and pagination_style="loadmore" or infinite, the “Load more” button / scroll trigger hits the AJAX handler:

POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=pxr_load_recipes

The handler (Shortcodes::ajax_load_recipes()) renders the next page server-side and returns HTML - keeping behavior identical between initial render and subsequent pages.

Performance notes

• The plugin enqueues the frontend CSS / JS only when [plugixa_recipe] (or a widget) is rendered. No bloat on pages that don’t use it.
• Google Fonts picked in a view are enqueued only on pages where that view is used.
• Schema JSON-LD (Pro) is printed in the footer, after recipe data is known.