Blog · Updated August 14, 2026

How to add recipes to a Shopify blog

Shopify does not have a recipe post type. You get a title, a body, tags, and an image. That is enough to publish a story. It is not enough for Google recipe results or an add-to-cart ingredient list.

Option 1: Native HTML

Write ingredients as a list and steps as ordered items. Fast, free, and invisible as a recipe to Google. Use this only for a one-off post you do not care to rank.

Option 2: Custom Liquid and JSON-LD

A developer can add a recipe metafield set and print Schema.org Recipe in the article template. This works, then breaks when the theme updates or the next hire cannot find the fields. Fine for Plus brands with an agency on retainer.

Option 3: A recipe card app (what most food brands do)

Install an app, fill in the recipe editor, and drop a theme app block on the blog template. The app owns schema, print layout, cook mode, and product links. Recipe Kit is the reviewed incumbent. ADYKO Recipe Cards is the free-to-install alternative.

A working ADYKO setup

1. Install ADYKO Recipe Cards from the Shopify App Store.
2. In the theme editor, add the ADYKO recipe block to your blog article template.
3. Create a recipe: photo, times, servings, ingredients, steps, nutrition.
4. Publish it to a blog post (or create the post from the app).
5. Paste the live URL into Google’s Rich Results Test.
6. Link the ingredients you sell to products and turn on add-to-cart.

Details on markup: Shopify recipe schema. Details on cart: shoppable recipes.