Hi, Here's a patch to document the recursive option for org-publish. It's a documentation TODO on Worg.
@@ -10665,6 +10665,9 @@ extension.
@item @code{:include}
@tab List of files to be included regardless of @code{:base-extension}
and @code{:exclude}.
+
+@item @code{:recursive}
+@tab Non-nil means, check base-directory recursively for files to publish.
@end multitable
@node Publishing action, Publishing options, Selecting files, Configuration