{"id":102176,"date":"2023-01-14T16:52:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T21:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feastdesignco.com\/?p=102176"},"modified":"2026-03-11T17:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:24:49","slug":"getting-started","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/feastdesignco.com\/getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-full-width-feature-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-feast-branding-heading-font-font-family has-large-font-size\">Getting started<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people fall into one of 3 different entry-points, when looking to get their site updated with best practices for SEO, mobile, accessibility, pagespeed, user experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This page will help you decide if our <strong>New<\/strong>, <strong>Established<\/strong> or <strong>Pro<\/strong> plans are right for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-group-asterisk\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>With the Feast Plugin, you get access to all 5 themes, and all themes are <strong>functionally identical<\/strong> and the only decision about which theme to choose is based purely on aesthetics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n[feast_advanced_jump_to]\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-group-asterisk\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 id=\"hobby\"   class=\"wp-block-heading\" >Hobby<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you plan to run your site as a hobby and never earn money, you should focus on minimizing expenses. Our services will always be a money sink for hobby blogs, and we're just not a good fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bare minimum you need from a theme to operate a successful online content business is covered in \"New\".<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-group-send\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 id=\"try-it-free-for-30-days\"   class=\"wp-block-heading\" >Try it free for 30 days!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We now offer a 30 day trial of one of our demo sites, so that you can familiarize yourself with the setup using placeholder content. Start adding your own custom recipes, customize the site, and sign up before 30 days is up to keep everything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-button-right-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/feastdesignco.com\/product\/demo-site-trial\/\">Get a demo site<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-group-asterisk\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 id=\"new-0-12-months\"   class=\"wp-block-heading\" >New (0-12 months)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The fastest and easiest way to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/feast-plugin-starter\/\"><strong>Feast Plugin Starter<\/strong><\/a> ($97\/year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/feastdesignco.com\/product\/starter-site-white-glove\/\"><strong>Starter Site White Glove<\/strong><\/a> ($0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>According to our <a href=\"https:\/\/feastdesignco.com\/how-to\/launch-your-food-blog\/\">how to launch a food blog guide<\/a>, your only focus for the first 12 months should be publishing 100+ high quality, keyword-researched recipe posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Feast Plugin Starter<\/strong> offers the same modern setup as the full Feast Plugin, with best practices locked in place so that you don't have to worry about technical configurations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What this means: you can't change the <a href=\"\/feast-plugin\/\">Feast Plugin<\/a> settings without upgrading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Starter Site White Glove<\/strong> creates a clone of one of our demo sites with everything already set up, so that you don't have to spend time setting up a site yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this means that you <strong>skip the time-consuming, confusing, wasteful process of configuring the technical parts<\/strong> of your site so that you can focus on the only thing that matters for a food blog: making recipes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"\/monetization\/\">monetization roadmap<\/a> for rough estimates on the average time it takes to monetize.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-group-star\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 id=\"established-12-months\"   class=\"wp-block-heading\" >Established (12+ months)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bring your existing site up to modern best practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/feast-plugin\/\"><strong>Feast Plugin<\/strong><\/a> ($249\/year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/feastdesignco.com\/product\/theme-plugin-setup\/\">Theme + Plugin setup<\/a> <\/strong>($89)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The <strong>Feast Plugin<\/strong> is the result of 8+ years of continuous development and improvements on our themes, resulting in a recipe site setup that <strong>just works<\/strong>. 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