How to Add Breadcrumbs in WordPress Using Yoast SEO Plugin

Do you want to add breadcrumbs to your site? They help users to know where they are on your site and as well as help search engines to understand your site structure data. Today in this article we will guide you how to add breadcrumbs in WordPress using Yoast SEO plugin.

Add Breadcrumbs to WordPress Using Yoast Plugin

WordPress does not allow adding breadcrumbs by default but you can easily enable breadcrumbs in your site using themes and plugins.

So, let’s get started…

If you want to implement breadcrumbs on your site, you can use popular WordPress plugin Breadcrumb NavXT. This breadcrumb plugin comes with highly customizable options so that you can customize the breadcrumb according to your needs. Its interface is user-friendly.

Alternatively, Yoast SEO plugin comes with breadcrumbs function. If you are using Yoast SEO in your blog or website, you can easily enable Breadcrumbs on your site but you have to edit your theme file.

First, click on SEO >> Search Appearance >> Breadcrumbs and enable breadcrumbs settings.

Its default settings work perfectly with most websites. But if you want you can customize it according to your needs.

In the next step, you will now need to paste the code into your theme file.

<?php
if ( function_exists('yoast_breadcrumb') ) {
  yoast_breadcrumb( '
<p id="breadcrumbs">','</p>
' );
}
?>

To place the code on your WordPress theme, you can use the common Place single.php or page.phpjust above the page’s title.

In addition, you can add code to your site’s header.php at the very end.

After adding code, your site will start showing the breadcrumb navigation.

For some reason, if breadcrumb is not enabled on your site, this is not plugin’s fault. You need to contact your theme developer to locate the correct place to add the code.

Alternatively, you can manually add the breadcrumb shortcode to your specific posts, page or widget.

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