Import & Migration

MisePress includes import and migration tools to help move existing recipe content into structured MisePress recipes.

Supported import paths

Depending on the installed build, import tools can support:

• WP Recipe Maker.
• Tasty Recipes.
• WP Delicious.
• Mediavine Create.
• Ziplist legacy.
• Paprika/JSON-style imports.
• JSON-LD URL imports.
• Generic JSON imports.
• Recipe CSV import/export is available from MisePress → Tools. It supports core recipe fields, JSON ingredient/instruction/equipment columns, and taxonomy columns separated with | or commas.

Migration readiness

The migration readiness panel detects supported plugins and shows which sources are available.

Dry-run migration audit

Run a dry audit before migrating. A dry run should identify how many recipes can be migrated and whether any fields may not map cleanly.

Migration behaviour

Migration should preserve existing content where possible. Existing posts are not deleted by default. Imported recipes may be created as drafts depending on settings and source data.

Fields to check after import

After migration, audit:

• Title.
• Featured image.
• Recipe description.
• Ingredients.
• Instructions.
• Times.
• Servings.
• Nutrition.
• Allergens.
• Cuisine/course/diet terms.
• Ratings/reviews where supported.
• Schema completeness.

Post-import workflow

1. Run migration or import.
2. Rebuild search/discovery index.
3. Recalculate nutrition if needed.
4. Run quality audit.
5. Run schema audit.
6. Review a few recipes manually before publishing broadly.

v1.35.46 migration/readiness notes

MisePress Recipes now includes per-recipe Export JSON and Clone recipe actions in the Recipes list table. Use Export JSON before testing migrations so a recipe can be inspected outside WordPress and kept as a portable backup. The importer currently supports MisePress JSON-style payloads, Paprika-style data, and common recipe-plugin migration paths, but real migrations should still be tested on a staging site before running on production.

For editorial workflows, the recipe editor also includes grouped ingredient/instruction sections, instruction media URLs, associated ingredient chips, custom Pinterest metadata, and a recipe quality score box to make publish-readiness easier to audit.

Import from text

MisePress can create a structured draft recipe from pasted plain text. Go to MisePress → Tools → Import & migration → Import recipe from text and paste a recipe from notes, a document, an email, or a rough kitchen prep sheet.

The parser now tries to detect:

• title
• description/intro text
• servings/yield/makes
• prep, cook, and total time
• ingredients with quantities, units, notes, and groups such as “For the sauce”
• instructions/method/directions with optional instruction groups
• numbered steps, bullet steps, and compact multi-step lines
• associated ingredients mentioned inside steps
• basic cuisine/course/difficulty hints where obvious

It intentionally creates a draft recipe so editors can review and polish the result before publishing. Paste import should be treated as a smart drafting assistant, not a guaranteed perfect migration tool.

Migration audit

The migration audit scans the current site for supported recipe-plugin content before importing. It reports likely recipe counts for WP Recipe Maker, Tasty Recipes, Mediavine Create, WP Delicious, and legacy Ziplist-style data. Always run imports on staging or after a backup.