Hi folks, this post is short and sweet, but I thought it might be a good time toย officially announce a WordPress plugin which I’d been working on which I unleashed released at the beginning of this month.
Simply put, it’s a conversion widget, allowing you to easily convert different ingredients between grams, cups, millilitres, and ounces. Some of you might have noticed it in my sidebar to the right of this post already. As different ingredients all have different densities, there is no “standard” conversion between volume (such as cups) and weight (such as grams). As such, each one needs to be manually added, and so if any of you have any feedback on ingredients I could add, or other ways I could generally improve the plugin, please do let me know!
You can check out my official “Simple Converter” page hereย and you can also find the plugin from the official WordPress plugins repository:
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As always, if you like the plugin, don’t forget to rate it!
Hotly Spiced says
This is great Charles. Thanks so much. I’ll be sure to add it. Congrats on creating your own widget xx
Charles says
Thanks Charlie – let me know if you have any feedback!
Lisa says
Clever plugin! Thanks for sharing!
Charles says
Thanks Lisa ๐
corrie says
wow. this plug in is just in time for my new look web site. thanks for unleashing….releasing it. ๐
Charles says
Hi Corrie – no problem! Do let me know if you have any feedback!
shu says
SO CLEVER! I almost wished I use Wordpress now..
P.s. Put up a photo of little willy on the blog, hope you’re ok with it ๐ was so fun cooking and eating with you that day in Paris; I promise I’ll get all the photos to you really soon. Good luck with everything xxx
Charles says
Thanks Shu – no problem about the photo… was so lovely to see it ๐
You could get the plugin working on Blogger, although you’d need to make a couple of modifications. Let me know if you wanted to try it!
Anneli (Delicieux) says
You are a clever stick! Thats brilliant Charles. I am super impressed ๐
Charles says
Thanks Anneli… thought it was about time someone made one, since such a thing didn’t seem to exist before ๐
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
What a useful plugin, Charles! Thanks for sharing!
Charles says
Cheers Laura ๐
betsyb says
What a great plugin Charles! I’m guessing it doesn’t work on free Wordpress hosted sites, correct?
Charles says
Hi Betsy – you could get it working on the free sites, absolutely, although it would require a bit of manipulation. Let me know if you were interested in setting it up – I could send you instructions!
Helene D'souza says
yeah this is going to come super handy on my blog! I was looking for such a widget after some readers had asked me to covert grams to cups. Of course I have no clue what a cup is, so your widget is just brilliant Charles. Thank you, love it!
Charles says
Thanks Helene – I hope it comes in handy, and do let me know if you can think of any ingredients I can add!
Minnie@thelady8home says
That’s one handy lil widget!! I will surely add it. Congrats for getting your own widget!
Charles says
Thanks Minnie! Let me know if you can think of any ingredients I should add!
Sissi says
Congratulations for this plugin again, Charles! I am a very proud user ๐ It’s a real jewel for food bloggers and cooks all around the world. I strongly recommend to everyone!
Charles says
Thank you so much for your kind words Sissi, and your help in testing it for me ๐
Marta @ What Should I eat for breakfast today says
It sounds very useful.
Charles says
Thanks Marta ๐
Nami | Just One Cookbook says
Thank you Charles! We just installed on our side bar. ๐ With this, I can refer readers to this helpful widget instead of answering each one of their question! ๐ Thank you for the great tool and make it available for us!
Charles says
Thank you so much Nami – if you can think of any ingredients I could add, do please let me know! I hope I can improve it more with peoples’ feedback!
Coffee and Crumpets says
Thank you! This is a life and time saver! Congratulations on your widget! I will be sure to add it.
Nazneen
Charles says
Thank you Nazneen – do let me know if you have any suggestions for it!
Kristy says
How much do you rock Charles! Just when I think you can’t surprise me any more with your programming wizardry… ๐ This is a hugely useful plug-in too.
Charles says
Thanks Kristy – if you can think of any ingredients which I might have missed out do be sure to send them my way! ๐
mjskit says
this is SO cool Charles! I’m constantly going back and forth from my site to google. I will definitely be checking this out! And you know that the new picture of you and William is THE BEST!!! The first thing I did when your page opened was smile, because I saw that picture! ๐
Charles says
Thanks MJ, and glad the updated pic could bring a smile to your face ๐
GourmetGetaways says
Oh you are so clever!
I can’t imagine being able to do something so nifty ๐
Congratulations!
Charles says
Thanks GG – I hope you’ll be able to find it useful at some point ๐
Malli says
It has always been a hassle for me to convert from the Metric system to the US measuring system of ounces/pounds especially while trying out my Mother’s recipes. I’ve come to realize how much it matters to use precise measures while baking cakes or breads-so you’ve saved me a lot of pain with this brilliant Wordpress plugin!! Thanks
Charles says
Thanks Malli – I hope you’ll find it useful! If you have any ideas on how I could improve it, don’t hesitate to let me know ๐