Not every recipe is meant to be eaten. WP Recipe Maker handles DIY projects, crafts and other how-to instructions just as well, and this soap recipe shows how.
This is a demo of our recipe plugin. Lye is caustic and needs real safety precautions, so please follow a tested soap-making guide if you want to make soap yourself.
Recipes that aren’t food
Google uses different structured data for food recipes and for how-to instructions. Set a recipe’s type to “How-to” and WP Recipe Maker outputs HowTo metadata instead of Recipe metadata: supplies instead of ingredients, tools instead of equipment, and no nutrition or cuisine.
Everything else works like it does for food: the times, the adjustable yield (5 bars here), step photos, timers and printing.
What a how-to recipe card can show
- A list of tools, like the mixing bowl and soap molds.
- Supplies with amounts that scale when you change the number of bars.
- A photo for every step, so readers can check their progress.
- A custom “Resting Time” for the 48 hours the soap needs to set.
Try it on this recipe card
- Metadata for How-to Instructions: The card outputs HowTo metadata for Google instead of Recipe metadata.
- Clickable Images for Lightbox: Every step has a photo. Click one to see it full size.
- Kitchen Timer: Start the 5-minute stirring timer in step 2.
- Adjustable Servings: Make 10 bars instead of 5 and the supplies double.
Homemade Natural Soap
Equipment
- Mixing bowl (stainless steel or glass)
- Silicone soap molds
Materials
- ⅔ cup coconut oil
- ⅔ cup olive oil
- ⅔ cup sunflower oil
- ¼ cup lye
- ¾ cup water distilled or purified
- herbs any herbs you want for fragrance
Instructions
- Slowly pour the lye into the water while stirring. Be careful and avoid the fumes.
- Add all three oils together in the mixing bowl and slowly pour the water-lye mixture into the bowl. Stir for at least 5 minutes.
- Add the herbs to the mixing bowl, stir thoroughly and pour into the soap bar molds.
- Your soap will be ready after 48 hours of resting!
