← Use CasesFood Blog and Recipe Site Icons
A food blog already has photography, and no icon should compete with it. Icons do the other job: they label categories, mark courses on a recipe card, and hold a layout together in the places where a photo would be too heavy. They also stay legible at sizes where a cropped photo turns to mush.
Practical tips
- Use icons for navigation, not instead of your photos. The hero shot sells the recipe. Icons belong in the category menu, the sidebar and the recipe card, where a thumbnail photo would only add noise.
- Recipe card badges live around 32 to 48 px. Course, cuisine and difficulty markers sit small. Sticker style holds its shape there; softer styles blur.
- Transparent PNG is what social graphics need. Pin and story templates almost always have a brand color behind them. A file with a baked-in white box shows a rectangle the moment it lands on that background.
- WebP on the site, PNG for anything printed. WebP keeps page weight down, which matters for a recipe post with thirty photos. Printable recipe cards and PDFs are safer in PNG.
- No attribution means sponsored posts are simpler. There is no credit line to negotiate with a brand partner or to lose when a post gets syndicated.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to credit Yoricon on my blog?
No. Attribution is not required for personal or commercial use, including blogs that run ads or sponsored content.
Can I use these icons in an ebook or printable I sell?
Using icons as illustration inside a product you sell is fine — an ebook, a meal plan, a printable recipe card. What is not allowed is redistributing the icon files themselves, for example selling or giving away an icon pack made from them.
Which format should I upload to my site?
WebP if your theme and image plugin support it, since it is the smaller file. PNG is the safe fallback and the better choice for anything headed to print.
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