LRob - La Carte: the ideal WordPress plugin for displaying a restaurant or bar menu

There are plenty of WordPress plugins for displaying a restaurant menu... but none of them ticked all the boxes: simplicity, Gutenberg compatibility, elegant display and clear structure for complex menus.
To meet this need, we have created LRob - La Carte, a plugin designed for restaurants, bars and brasseries, carefully developed by LRob, WordPress specialist.

🍽️ A plugin born of a real need

It all started with a customer project: the bar orléanais Coal.
Their team wanted a site that was modern, fast and easy to manage. Problem: no “menu” plugin offered a fluid experience in the Gutenberg editor.

Many existing solutions still relied on shortcodes, hard-to-update pages and outdated interfaces.
We therefore decided to design our own solution, which is lightweight, ergonomic and perfectly integrated with WordPress : LRob - La Carte.

⚙️ Main features

The plugin provides complete menu management, designed for both simplicity on the admin side and performance on the frontend:

• Product management name, description, image, multiple prices, badges and allergens
• Hierarchical categories classify your dishes or beverages by section, sub-category or theme
• Dynamic filtering the user can display only what he wants (categories, types, etc.)
• Allergen display and badges to highlight important information
• Native Gutenberg block no shortcodes! Content integrates directly into your pages or templates
• Multilingual English version included, full French translation supplied
• Import / Export back up or migrate your data with ease

🧠 Designed for pros... and developers alike.

LRob - La Carte is not just a visual tool.
Under the hood, it boasts a solid structure:

• Customized tables for better performance (wp_lrob_categories, wp_lrob_products, wp_lrob_product_prices)
• Ready-to-use translation files (.pot, .po, .mo)
• Automated release script (compilation, packaging, cleanup)
• WordPress 6.8+ and PHP 8.4+ compatible

The result is a reliable, scalable plugin perfectly suited to professional environments.

🚀 Download and installation

The plugin is available for free on GitHub :
👉 https://github.com/LRob-FR/wp-la-carte

Simple installation :

1. Download the latest ZIP version from the “Releases” page”
2. Install it in your WordPress via Extensions → Add → Upload extension
3. Activate the plugin and configure your categories and products

Note: For the moment, the plugin is not yet available on the official WordPress directory - so updates must be done manually.

🧩 What's coming soon

We are already working on several improvements:

• More customization options in Gutenberg
• Services“ mode (for non-food cards)
• Advanced search on the administration side
• Compatibility with other LRob extensions

And of course, other plugins are already in the pipeline:
LRob - Gutenberg Blur, to add blur to block backgrounds,
and LRob - Age Verification, a simple, customizable age verification popup.

❤️ A free, scalable project

LRob - La Carte is our very first public plugin.
It's a solid foundation that we'll continue to build on with your feedback.

Don't hesitate to test, forker or offer your suggestions directly on GitHub.
Every piece of feedback helps us improve the experience for the WordPress community.

🔗 Resources

• GitHub repository : github.com/LRob-FR/wp-la-carte
• Demonstration to come: bar site Coal (Orléans)