Cook’d Pro is an Appetizing Food Blogging Theme for genesis framework, listed on Studiopress. This theme is developed by Feast Design Co. who have developed many best genesis templates previously. The theme gives you true experience of minimalism and crisp layout that works smoothly on all devices.
The responsive design is quiet impressive, because it can fit to all over with any devices. Be it tablet, smart phone or iPad, it has no rule. You just pick any internet devices to browse website made with this theme, and it will deliver same experience.
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Who Should Try Cook’d Pro Studiopress Genesis Theme ?
This WordPress theme is recommended for all bloggers but to be more specific, it is good for food bloggers and recipe writers. The theme gives you support for eCommerce plugin and so you can try to sell recipes or and goods by starting an online store. If we talk about some main areas then you will find widgetized homepage where you can display posts form various categories and different recipes.
Another best part is “Recipe Index” page, where you can share all your recipes at one place. Cook’d Pro WordPress theme has general custom blog template so you can start a simple blog easily. Apart from that, it includes Landing page for marketing and Archives page to display contents in well arranged style.
If you are an advanced blogger then you will like to play with multiple page layout options. You will find layout options on page/post editor, so bloggers can choose custom layouts for all pages. Do you like sidebar on left or on right or full-width page ? it has covered everything. The theme uses featured images and bold typography to make your website look more attractive.
In-short, this is a best WP blogging theme for food experts and recipe kings. Please note, you will have to use Genesis Framework to install this theme. So make sure to have it during setup time or you can purchase it from Studiopress website.
Cook’d Pro Studiopress : Main Features
Widgetized Front-Page : Just like all other genesis WP themes, this theme also comes with same flexible homepage layout. Hence, bloggers can select different categories to highlight featured posts for homepage area. The homepage doesn’t provide pagination to maintain it’s flexibility, but you can still connect visitors to other areas using custom menus.
Genesis Featured Post Widget allows you to add full-width and grid type featured sections on homepage area. If you look over homepage then you will find big hero section with featured posts, newsletter section and recipe posts. The featured widget gives you opportunity to specify how you want to display articles. You can choose to display posts with title, small/large thumbnail, excerpt etc.
The homepage of Cook’d Pro theme is made of 3 parts : Homepage 1,2, and 3. You can pick any widgets of your choice for these areas and display meaningful contents. The header offers a custom logo uploader and widget space to display ad-banner. Same way, you can also utilize footer and sidebar sections to display custom widgets like Author Intro, Social links, Recent posts or Ad-banners.
Recipe Index Page : This page section is for those people who wants to share food recipe in proper way. Developers has offered custom page attributes with this theme, so you can pick “Recipe Index” attribute to add recipe page on your site. The documentation explains everything on how to add custom homepage and recipe page so it won’t be difficult for you, even if you are doing it first time.
The recipe page in Cook’d Pro demo highlights recipe filter index, if you also want to use same feature for your site. Then you have to purchase FacetWP premium plugin to add filter options. The recipe listings process is very easy, you can add texts, videos and photos to make it look more attractive.
More Details : Cook’d Pro WordPress Theme
The customization process is very straight, you can edit blog section, archive page or any area using WordPress customizer. The theme let’s you apply flexible grid layout for blog and archive pages. In addition, you can also apply right color skin, background style and layouts to your website. The customizer has all options that helps you to setup navigation, header, styling all other stuff.
The single post preview shows that it has engaging layout where you can display some best elements on footer area. You can also apply hero image to every post where you are allowed to display big full-width image with every article. Apart from that, you can also add “After Entry Widget” to promote social links, banners or any widget right below article.
Additionally, it helps you to display Author box, Social media sharing options (top/bottom) and Next/Previous articles using in-post navigation. I would recommend all food and general bloggers to try out this theme. We just love it because of SEO friendly and light weight design.
All Features :
- Featured Hero Area : Make your posts/website look more attractive
- Widget friendly flexible homepage
- Upload retina logo or add blog title
- Favicon uploader
- Various locations to display opt-ins and ads
- Supports HeartThis plugin : Let people like your posts
- Shortcodes to highlight limited categories
- WooCommerce : Sell products or add affiliate links for 3rd party sellers
- Read More button support
- Stylish Share buttons and Subscribe widget
- Use any email subscription management services
- Free recipe plugin guide
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