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Breadcrumb Trail

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

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Tested up to WordPress 4.8
Current version1.1.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 4.8
Minimum stackWP 4.7 · PHP 5.2
Directory statusactive
Last directory update28 Nov 20178y ago
Active installations10K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.3 / 5 from 30 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Breadcrumb Trail version 1.1.0 as active, updated 8y ago and tested up to WordPress 4.8.

Overview

About this plugin

Breadcrumb Trail is one of the most advanced and robust breadcrumb menu systems available for WordPress. It started out as a small script for basic blogs but has grown into a system that can handle nearly any site’s setup to show the most accurate breadcrumbs for each page.

Before using

Please note that Breadcrumb Trail requires that you understand and know how to edit your theme’s PHP code, at least to the extent of copying and pasting one line of code. If you’re not comfortable doing this, it’s best to ask that your theme author integrate the code necessary to support this plugin.

How it works

This plugin automatically detects your permalink setup and displays breadcrumbs based off that structure. Nearly all sites have some sort of hierarchy. Breadcrumb Trail recognizes that and builds a set of unique breadcrumbs for each page on your site.

This means that it can also detect custom post types and taxonomies right out of the box. Whatever you throw at it, it’s got a solution.

Features

  • Auto-detects the permalink structure of your site for the most accurate breadcrumbs.
  • Hooks for plugin/theme developers to overwrite output.
  • Coded with object-oriented programming (OOP) methods to allow developers to extend it for those highly-custom setups.
  • Properly handles nearly any custom post type or taxonomy.

Professional support

If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can join the club at Theme Hybrid, which is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my plugins and themes for a community of 75,000+ users (and growing).

Plugin Development

If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow the development of this plugin on it’s GitHub repository.

Donations

Yes, I do accept donations. If you want to donate, you can do so from my donations page or grab me something from my Amazon Wish List.

I appreciate all donations, no matter the size. Further development of this plugin is not contingent on donations, but they are always a nice incentive.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • breadcrumbs
  • menu
  • navigation
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 4.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 4.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to4.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.7 · PHP 5.2
Update activity28 Nov 20178y ago

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