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Breadcrumb Trail
A powerful script for adding breadcrumbs to your site that supports Schema.org HTML5-valid microdata.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.3★ from 30
- Active installs
- 10k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Nov 2017
- Added
- Apr 2009
- Requires WP
- 4.7
- Tested up to
- WP 4.8.30
- Requires PHP
- 5.2
- Downloads
- 254,157
Our analysis
AI-assistedBreadcrumb Trail is a WordPress plugin designed to create breadcrumb navigation for your site. It automatically detects your permalink structure and generates unique breadcrumbs based on the page hierarchy, accommodating custom post types and taxonomies. This plugin is suitable for users who are comfortable editing their theme’s PHP code to integrate the necessary functionality.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users who need breadcrumb navigation and have some coding skills.
What it does well
- ✓Automatically detects permalink structure
- ✓Handles custom post types and taxonomies
- ✓Allows developers to extend functionality
- ✓Coded with object-oriented programming methods
- ✓Professional support available from the author
Where it falls short
- •Requires basic knowledge of PHP to integrate
- •Last updated in November 2017
Verdict
Breadcrumb Trail offers a robust solution for breadcrumb navigation but requires some technical knowledge for installation. It's a suitable choice for those comfortable with PHP and looking to enhance their site's navigation.
From the developer
Justin Tadlock's own description of Breadcrumb Trail, lightly tidied.
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.
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