Breadcrumbs are used by many bloggers to show visitors where they are in the blog. It lists the file path from the home page to the current file, usually in a line of text between the header and the content.
Previously, the only way for Thesis users to get breadcrumbs was to use the Yoast Breadcrumbs plugin. It does what it says, but like most plugins, is inflexible in its placement, and you can’t change fonts or make other customizations.
The tutorial Easy Breadcrumbs Without a Plugin changes all of that. Besides handling parent-child relationships the right way, it is extremely configurable.
Easy Breadcrumbs has these great features:
- Quick and easy to install.
- Correctly shows the parent of a child page.
- Clickable links in the breadcrumbs to previous or parent pages.
- Has versions for breadcrumbs everywhere or everywhere but the front page.
- Can be fully configured in
custom.cssandcustom_functions.php - Very small and efficient code
- Works right out of the box with no settings or customizations.
I’d be surprised if it took you more than 15 minutes to install Easy Breadcrumbs, including time to fire up your FTP program and text editor!
So why don’t you give it a try?
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