Cookely – [Ultimate] Recipe Food Blog WordPress Theme by WPZoom.

Cookely is the next generation WordPress theme for your food / recipe blog. Simple, straight-forward though packed with more complex features, it provides flexibility in arrangement of your recipes in a compact, functional and stylish layout.

Main features of Cookely Food Blog theme are:

• Theme Options Panel
  With our advanced Theme Options Panel, you can easily change every detail of your theme to best suit your needs.
• Responsive & Retina Ready
  The layout of this theme automatically adapts to fit on any screen resolution on desktop and mobile devices (iPhone, iPad).
• 6 Color Schemes
  Cookely includes 4 color schemes: Orange (default), Green, Light Blue and Red.
• Multiple Ad Zones for Banners
  Cookely includes 4 banner locations in which you can upload ad banners or insert Google Adsense.
• Visual Customizer
  Use the visual customization options to get the color and font choices which match your tastes and branding.
• Compatible with Gutenberg
  Cookely’s custom blocks allows you to create beautiful recipes using the new WordPress editor Gutenberg.

Lets see some of the features in detail:

• Responsive Layout
  Cookely boasts a fluid, responsive layout, so your articles will display perfectly across mobile and tablet devices. Images and galleries scale seamlessly when resizing the browser window. No matter what the resolution or screen size, every detail of your website will look perfect and professional.
• Compact Header and Mobile Menu
  Cookely comes packed with a compact header for smoother navigation. It includes top and main menus, Social Icons and a search field alongside the logo. All these arranged with layout efficiency in mind so that the header won’t occupy too much space on the page. The theme includes a neat mobile menu that helps you guide the visitors throughout your recipes and also promote your blog.
• Featured Area
  Cookely includes a super-flexible featured area where you can highlight your most recent or popular posts. Showcase your recipes by featuring three different categories at the same time or add a carousel slider with the posts that deserve everyone’s attention.
• 4 Color Schemes
  Packed with different color schemes, Cookely is ready to fit the style of your food blog or brand. Change through four color schemes with only one click. New color schemes coming soon!
• Two Styles for Posts: Grid and Blog
  Display posts in a grid or go for a traditional blog layout with Featured Images accompanying posts. Cookely lets you choose your default post view.
• Newsletter Area on Homepage
  By default, Cookely is integrated with MailChimp newsletter subscription forms. You can build mailing lists through the header subscription bar or with the homepage signup area. Also, you can add the MailChimp widget in any other widget areas of the theme, such as the sidebar, footer, below the single post, and others.
• Recipe Index
  Integrated with a Recipe Index feature, Cookely makes it easy to organize your recipes in one place. Order them chronologically, by category or as a simple list — it’s up to you to decide.
• NEW: Reorder & Change Post Options in Customizer
  Like no other WPZOOM theme, with Cookely you get to decide the structure of your posts. Choose to show/hide or rearrange the post details directly in the Customizer and preview the changes instantly.
• Recipe Card Blocks Integration
  Display your recipes beautifully with the Recipe Card Blocks, meaning the theme is fully compatible with the Gutenberg editor. Your recipes will include Schema markup, which lets search engines and social networks display information about your recipes. This will increase clicks and shareability, giving you an easy way to grow your food blog.
• Live Customizer
  The Live Customizer allows you to make changes to the theme and get an immediate preview. Customize Colors, Fonts, Background, Logo, Menu, Widgets and more, all with a live preview.
• 1-Click Demo Content Install
  Replicate the structure and the look of the demo page with one click by loading the dummy content and widgets.

Furthermore, some additional features are:

Cookely theme is fully feature-packed to take your website to the next level:

• Sticky Header – The menu bar at the top uses a special effect that will keep it at the top of the page when scrolling down.
• Social Icons Widget area in the Header and Footer – in the top menu bar and footer you can add links to any social networks you want.
• Image Box Widget – using this custom widget, you can easily add custom links with an image background in the featured area on the homepage or in th esidebar. Use it to focus the attention of your readers on pages, categories, blog posts or even ads.
• Disclosure Statement at the beginning of posts (to make your blog FTC-compliant).
• Footer Disclosure – widget area after the Copyright line. Can be used to add disclosure statements or links in it.
• Images Aspect Ratio – you can now change the Featured Image’s aspect ratio in different section to: Landscape, Square or Portrait.
• RTL Support – Cookely fully supports RTL languages (Right-to-Left) and includes the needed CSS code to make it look good no matter what language your website is in.

 

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