Breadcrumb Block

Description

This is a single-block plugin for the breadcrumb trail. It’s simple, lightweight, SEO-friendly, and WooCommerce compatibility. It also includes some simple separator icons.

How to customize the breadcrumb

  1. How to change the markup of the block?

    add_filter( 'breadcrumb_block_get_breadcrumb_trail', function ( $markup, $args, $breadcrumbs_instance ) {
      return $markup;
    }, 10, 3 );
    
  2. How to add or remove the items from the breadcrumb trail?

    add_filter( 'breadcrumb_block_get_items', function ( $items, $breadcrumbs_instance ) {
      return $items;
    }, 10, 2 );
    
  3. How to use a custom separator for the breadcrumb trail?

    add_filter( 'breadcrumb_block_get_args', function ( $args ) {
      // For example, change separator.
      $args['separator'] = '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 16 16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M3.646 1.646a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0l6 6a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .708l-6 6a.5.5 0 0 1-.708-.708L9.293 8 3.646 2.354a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708z"/><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M7.646 1.646a.5.5 0 0 1 .708 0l6 6a.5.5 0 0 1 0 .708l-6 6a.5.5 0 0 1-.708-.708L13.293 8 7.646 2.354a.5.5 0 0 1 0-.708z"/></svg>';
      return $args;
    } );
    

    The custom separator should be an inline SVG. To make sure it displays properly, it should have three attributes: width, height, and fill. The values of these attributes should be as follows: fill="currentColor" width="1em" height="1em".
    Using this hook, you can customize other attributes such as container, before, after, list_tag, item_tag, item_before, item_after, separator.

If this plugin is useful for you, please do a quick review and rate it on WordPress.org to help us spread the word. I would very much appreciate it.

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The plugin is developed using @wordpress/create-block.

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

  • Breadcrumb Block A simple breadcrumb trail block that supports JSON-LD structured data

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/breadcrumb-block directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

FAQ-e

What problem does this plugin solve?

It provides a simple way to add a breadcrumb trail to your site.

Who needs this plugin?

Anyone can use this plugin.

Reviews

03 February 2024 1 reply
Does exactly what I expected - without superfluous features. It works very well. Thank you.
08 November 2023 1 reply
This just works, beautifully. Does exactly what you need and with filters, you can customize it quite easily. Great support as well. Highly recommend.
12 April 2023 4 replies
Awesome plugin, far easier than building it myself. Having the filters available makes modifications easy for me. For a regular user, backend settings might be easier though.
12 February 2023 1 reply
Great plugin, works flawlessly and does exactly what I need (I have a website with categories and subcategories for the locations for a paddle tour blog, so the user can change to the parent categories easily).
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Contributors & Developers

“Breadcrumb Block” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0.12

Release Date 22 September 2023

  • Added – A new hook breadcrumb_block_get_args for customizing the output of the breadcrumb.

1.0.11

Release Date 12 August 2023

  • DEV – Refactor block metadata and upgrade to apiVerion 3
  • DEV – Add a hook apply_filters( 'breadcrumb_block_strip_shortcodes', false, $breadcrumb_instance ) to allow opt-in/opt-out shortcodes in the post title. Thanks to Steven A. Zahm (https://github.com/shazahm1)
  • DEV – Add parent crumbs to other hierarchical post types. Thanks to Steven A. Zahm (https://github.com/shazahm1)
  • DEV – Add a hook apply_filters( 'breadcrumb_block_add_post_type_name', true, $post, $breadcrumb_instance ) to allow opt-in/opt-out post type name for custom post types
  • Fix – Conflict style with Bootstrap’s breadcrumb

1.0.10

Release Date 13 Apr 2023

  • DEV – Add a setting to input a custom home text

1.0.9

Release Date 24 Mar 2023

  • FIX – Error converting WP_Post_Type to string. Thanks to @tnchuntic for reporting it.

1.0.8

Release Date 20 Mar 2023

  • DEV – Make the block compatible with woocommerce

1.0.7

Release Date 11 Mar 2023

  • FIX – Add namespace to class_exists check

1.0.6

Release Date 12 Feb 2023

  • Add new hooks breadcrumb_block_home_text, breadcrumb_block_home_url

1.0.5

Release Date 05 Feb 2023

  • DEV – Add a setting to hide the home page link

1.0.4

Release Date 19 Jan 2023

  • FIX – Gap issue: adding the semicolon to the CSS variable
  • FIX – Could not modify breadcrumb data via the breadcrumb_block_get_items filter
  • DEV – Add a new arrow icon as a separator

1.0.3

Release Date 13 Dec 2022

  • DEV – Use post_type->labels->name instead of post_type->labels->singular_name for custom post type archive name
  • DEV – Add http://schema.org as @context for structured data
  • Note: Big thanks to Yannick for this release

1.0.2

Release Date 08 Dec 2022

  • DEV – Add a setting to hide the current page title

1.0.1

Release Date 01 Dec 2022

  • FIX – Syntax error on PHP version 7.0.0

1.0.0

Release Date 22 Oct 2022