Breadcrumb NavXT
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Breadcrumb NavXT

Breadcrumb NavXT

Adds breadcrumb navigation showing the visitor's path to their current location.

4.6(132 ratings)

Description

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).
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Installation

Breadcrumb NavXT can be installed from within WordPress’ administration panel. After installing and activating the plugin, to get breadcrumb trails to display either use the included widget, or call the breadcrumb trail in your theme (or child theme). See the Calling the Breadcrumb Trail article for more information on calling the breadcrumb trail.

To customize the breadcrumb trail you may edit the default values for the options in the administrative interface. This is located in your administration panel under Settings > Breadcrumb NavXT.

Please visit Breadcrumb NavXT’s Documentation page for more information.

WP-CLI Installation:
wp plugin install breadcrumb-navxt --activate

Changelog

7.4.1

Release date: January, 9th 2025

  • Bug fix: Fixed issue where the legacy widget was not available due to changes introduced in 7.4.0.

7.4.0

Release date: December, 30th 2024

  • New feature: Added bcn_admin_post_root_args filter.
  • Bug fix: Fixed issue where the ignore the breadcrumb cache option within the Breadcrumb Trail block resulted in the breadcrumb trail not getting generated on the home page.
  • Bug fix: Fixed issue where breadcrumb trails generated within the loop were improperly missing the home breadcrumb when on the home page.
  • Bug fix: Fixed issue breadcrumb-navxt textdomain is loaded too early (improved WordPress 6.7 support).
  • Bug fix: Improved bcn_breadcrumb_trail::post_hierarchy() resiliency to unexpected returns from get_post().
  • Bug fix: Fixed translation text typos in Breadcrumb Trail block.

7.3.1

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Statistics

Active Installs900K+
Downloads16.1M+
Version7.4.1
Last UpdatedInvalid Date

Requirements

WordPress
5.8+
PHP
7.0
Tested up to
6.7.4

Support

Resolution Rate50%
Total Threads2
Resolved1

Tags

blockbreadcrumbbreadcrumbsnavigationtrail