Currently the schemaorg recipe plugin only provides a single text field for recipeInstructions. This makes it practically impossible to create valid or useful recipe markup. Real recipes usually consist of multiple steps, but the plugin forces everything into one plain text field.

According to https://schema.org/recipeInstructions the property can also be structured as HowToStep or ItemList.

Suggestion: Similar to how recipeIngredient is implemented as a repeatable field, recipeInstructions should allow multiple steps. This would make it possible to output structured steps (HowToStep) instead of plain text.

Benefits:

• Better compatibility with Google Rich Results (step-by-step instructions).
• More accurate Schema.org markup.

Example:
"recipeInstructions": [
{ "@type": "HowToStep", "text": "Boil water with vinegar." },
{ "@type": "HowToStep", "text": "Poach eggs for 3 minutes." }
]