Breadcrumb – Breadcrumb for WooCommerce and Custom Post Types
Super light weight & easy breadcrumb navigation for wordpress site.
Use with caution
Breadcrumb works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 10K+ sites, is rated 4.6/5 and was last updated 9 months ago, and scores 60/100 on our health check.
- Proven at scale on 10K+ active sites
- Loved by users — 4.6/5 from 34 reviews
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.9 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Breadcrumb stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| breadcrumb | #6 |
| breadcrumb nav | #2 |
| breadcrumbs | #15 |
| trail | #20 |
| woocommerce breadcrumb | #4 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 from 34 reviews
About Breadcrumb
From the official readme · v1.5.54Description
Breadcrumb is easy and light-weight plugin to display breadcrumb navigation to your WordPress site, easy to customize and change style for breadcrumb. You can use filter hook and action hook to rewrite the plugin without editing the plugin code. This plugin almost working on all WordPress pages like archive, category, tags, custom taxonomies, custom post types, defult post, date, year, month, author and search page to display breadcrumb dynamically. ###
Breadcrumb by http://pickplugins.com
Tutorials
- Install & setup
- Limit link text
- Customize home text
- Change style
- Install pro and setup (Premium)
- Hide on archives (Premium)
- Hide by post types (Premium)
- Hide by post ids (Premium)
Plugin Features
Use via short-codes
You can display breadcrumb anywhere via shortcodes.
Display anywhere
Breadcrumb display on home page, any post type, page, parent pages, author page, archive page, tag page, custom taxonomy page, search page, woocommerce shop, product pages.
Custom front text
You can display custom prefix text before breadcrumb start.
Custom separator text
You can set custom separator text as you need and match with your theme. you can also hide the last separator if you want.
Limit word link text
You can limit word count or character count on link text and use set custom ending text.
Hide “Home” text
you can hide or display “Home” elements on breadcrumb
Custom font size for link text
you can set custom font size for link text
Container padding margin
Set custom margin and padding for breadcrumb container.
Custom color
you can set custom text color for link text, separator and link background color
Override via filter hook
You can override breadcrumb element via filter hook.
Premium features
Hide on archives
You can dynamically hide breadcrumb on archive pages like Front page, Home page, Blog, Author, Search, Year, Month, Date, Categories, Tags
Hide by post types
Hide breadcrumb based on different post types.
Hide by post ids
Hide breadcrumb based on post ids, you can use any post ids to hide breadcrumb to hide any specific post, Custom post types also supported.
Translation
Plugin is translation ready default default-en.po file inlcuded under following directory
breadcrumb\languages\
you can add your own translation , if you need some help please feel free to contact.
Installation
- Install as regular WordPress plugin.
- Go your plugin setting via WordPress Dashboard and find “Breadcrumb” activate it.
After activate plugin you will see “Breadcrumb” menu at left side on WordPress dashboard
How to display breadcrumb ?
use this short-code any where to display breadcrumb
[breadcrumb]
Changelog
1.5.54
* 2025-12-17 - fix - Broken builder settings page issue fixed.
1.5.53
* 2025-12-12 - fix - Escapicing issue fixed.
1.5.52
* 2025-12-05 - fix - Admin settings class escapig issue fixed
1.5.51
* 2025-11-29 - fix - Escapicing issue fixed.
1.5.50
* 2025-05-10 - fix - screen readers issue fixed.
1.5.49
* 2024-12-06 - add - Display dynamically by custom action hooks
Screenshots
For developers
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FAQ
Breadcrumb: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026
Is Breadcrumb free?
Yes. Breadcrumb is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Breadcrumb safe to use in 2026?
Breadcrumb works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 10K+ sites, is rated 4.6/5 and was last updated 9 months ago, and scores 60/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Breadcrumb?
Breadcrumb is active on 10K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 412,398 times since it launched in February 2015. It was downloaded 1,066 times in the last 30 days.
Does Breadcrumb work with WordPress 7.1?
Breadcrumb is officially tested up to WordPress 6.9.9, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Breadcrumb last updated?
The latest version, 1.5.54, was released on December 17, 2025 (9 months ago).
Who makes Breadcrumb?
Breadcrumb is developed and maintained by PickPlugins.
What are the best alternatives to Breadcrumb?
The most popular alternatives to Breadcrumb are Breadcrumb NavXT (800K+ installs), Flexy Breadcrumb (10K+ installs) and Surbma (3K+ installs).
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