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Breadcrumb NavXT
Adds breadcrumb navigation showing the visitor's path to their current location.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.6★ from 132
- Active installs
- 800k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 2 Jul 2026
- Added
- Dec 2007
- Requires WP
- 5.8
- Tested up to
- WP 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- Downloads
- 17,358,680
Our analysis
AI-assistedBreadcrumb NavXT is a WordPress plugin that generates customizable breadcrumb trails for your website. It is designed to enhance navigation by providing locational context to users, making it easier for them to understand their position within the site hierarchy.
The plugin includes a user-friendly administrative interface for setting options and is compatible with various extensions such as WPML, Polylang, bbPress, and BuddyPress. It is suitable for any WordPress site looking to improve navigation and user experience.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress site owners who want to improve site navigation.
What it does well
- ✓Highly customizable breadcrumb trails
- ✓User-friendly administrative interface
- ✓Compatible with multiple extensions and plugins
- ✓Supports RDFa format Schema.org BreadcrumbList
- ✓Network admin settings for managing multiple sites
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on specific features
- •No details on support or documentation
Verdict
Breadcrumb NavXT offers a solid solution for enhancing navigation with customizable breadcrumb trails. Its compatibility with various plugins makes it versatile for different site setups.
From the developer
John Havlik's own description of Breadcrumb NavXT, lightly tidied.
Breadcrumb NavXT, the successor to the popular WordPress plugin Breadcrumb Navigation XT, was written from the ground up to be better than its ancestor. This plugin generates locational breadcrumb trails for your WordPress powered blog or website. These breadcrumb trails are highly customizable to suit the needs of just about any website running WordPress. The Administrative interface makes setting options easy, while a direct class access is available for theme developers and more adventurous users.
PHP Requirements
Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0 and newer require PHP7.0
Breadcrumb NavXT 5.2 and newer require PHP5.3
Breadcrumb NavXT 5.1.1 and older require PHP5.2
Features (non-exhaustive)
- RDFa format Schema.org BreadcrumbList compatible breadcrumb generation.
- Extensive breadcrumb customization control via a settings page with appropriate default values for most use cases.
- Network admin settings page for managing breadcrumb settings for all subsites with configurable global priority.
- Built in WordPress Widget.
- Extensible via OOP and provided actions and filters.
- WPML compatible (enhanced compatibility with WPML extensions plugin).
- Polylang compatible (enhanced compatibility with Polylang extensions plugin).
- bbPress compatible (enhanced compatibility with bbPress extensions plugin).
- BuddyPress compatible (enhanced compatibility with BuddyPress extensions plugin).
Translations
Breadcrumb NavXT now supports WordPress.org language packs. Want to translate Breadcrumb NavXT? Visit Breadcrumb NavXT’s WordPress.org translation project.
Tagged as
industry
Community & Forum
platform
WPML & Polylang
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