by Justin Tadlock 4.3 (30 reviews)

Breadcrumb Trail

Name: Breadcrumb Trail
Rating: 4.3 (30 reviews)
Author: Justin Tadlock

A powerful script for adding breadcrumbs to your site that supports Schema.org HTML5-valid microdata.

Breadcrumb Trail ranks #1,745 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #251 of 8,547 in the Customization category, a 4.3/5 rating from 30 reviews, and was last updated Nov 28, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.8.30 (Current: 7.1)

v1.1.0 Current Version v1.1.0

Updated 8 years ago Last Update on 28 Nov, 2017

Refreshed 15 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#251 of 8,547 in Customization Top 5% by installs Downloads +25.5% this week No update in over a year

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Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (30 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1.0
Last Updated: Nov 28, 2017
Requires WP: 4.7+
Tested Up To: 4.8.30
PHP Version: 5.2 or higher
Author: Justin Tadlock

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 30
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Breadcrumb Trail is for WordPress theme and plugin developers comfortable editing PHP template code. It automatically builds accurate breadcrumb navigation based on a site's permalink structure, custom post types, and taxonomies.

Schema.org microdata support
Auto-detects permalink structure
Hooks for developers to overwrite output
Object-oriented programming (OOP) architecture
Handles custom post types and taxonomies

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Breadcrumb Trail

Many of my theme users had a real need for a functional breadcrumb menu without having to find and test a lot of other plugins. Therefore, I created a breadcrumbs script for those users. Eventually, I decided to package it as a plugin and share it with others. The plugin is still mostly packaged with themes and is currently being used on millions of WordPress sites.

Basically, it's a navigational tool. On many sites, you'll see something that looks like this: You are here: Home > Page > Sub-page > Sub-sub-page This plugin allows you to easily add this type of menu your site.

There are several methods, but in general, you would add the following line of code to your theme. Generally, this goes somewhere near the bottom of your theme's header.php template. However, you can add it anywhere you want in your theme, and it should work. <?php if ( function_exists( 'breadcrumb_trail' ) ) breadcrumb_trail(); ?> To see all methods and options, refer to the readme.md file included with the plugin download. You can also view the readme online.

You can disable the plugin styles by adding this to your theme's functions.php file: add_filter( 'breadcrumb_trail_inline_style', '__return_false' ); Note that the breadcrumbs will be completely unstyled at this point. You'll need to add style rules to your theme's style.css file.

Yes, breadcrumbs can show in Google search results. The breadcrumbs are coded in a way that all of the major search engines should be able to recognize them. It is marked up with the appropriate Schema.org properties to make it easier for search engines and other systems to understand. With that said, it's still left up to the search provider to actually show the breadcrumbs. Generally, they do show them.

Microdata is a way to nest metadata into your Web site's pages. It allows things like search engines and browsers to provide a more useful experience for users. Microdata provides a way for you to describe the "meaning" (i.e., semantics) of specific items on your site by using a standardized vocabulary. Schema.org is a microdata vocabulary. It is a collaboration by Bing, Google, Yahoo!, and Yandex for creating a set of standardized conventions for using microdata on the Web. With these standards in place, we can make our Web sites' data more understandable to search engines and browsers while providing a richer experience for users.

Well, it doesn't hurt. The way I see it, the more meaningful information you provide to search engines, the more likely you are to rank up. Properly-coded breadcrumbs are just one tool in a gigantic toolbox for building a search-engine optimized site. The breadcrumbs display the wrong data! This is rare, especially if you put the code in your header template. However, it can happen on occasion when your theme or another plugin messes with some of WordPress' global variables but doesn't set things back properly after doing whatever it is they're doing. There's not really much I can do to correct that within the Breadcrumb Trail plugin. The only thing I could do is help you fix the theme/plugin causing the issue. If this happens, you'll need to drop by my support forums to get help.