Breadcrumbs (breadcrumbs) means 'bread crumbs', derived from the way bread and crumbs are displayed on the path of brother and sister in Hansel and Gretel.
The function shows the way in which the current page of your web site can come from, such as the name of the name, as if you were displaying breadcrumbs on the way, as in 'Home'> 'Categories'> 'Current page' Provides an intuitive interface to the user, allowing them to see at a glance how they reached the page they were staying in, what category they belonged to, and more.
Therefore, using this breadcrumb provides a better user experience than it would otherwise be, and is reflected in high search engine optimization (SEO) scores.
When I searched on Google, the search results show a permalink and a URL in green just below the title. Sometimes,
How to apply a breadcrumb to a WordPress site
There are many ways of inserting breadcrumbs, of course, because WordPress is a high degree of freedom. The most effective way to do this is by using the functionality of the 'Yoast SEO' plugin.
The reason we say this is effective is because it is simple and stable, and we use it because of the SEO optimization, because the 'Yoast SEO' plugin is a plug-in for SEO optimization, .
It is quite a difference that the same breadcrumbs are just texts and the breadcrums appear in the right way to the search engines. Because of that, I use a professional guy who uses breadcrumb for SEO, so let's get the right effect.
How to use the breadcrumb with the 'Yoast SEO' plugin
First of all, setting up a breadcrumb with the 'Yoast SEO' plugin is really simple. WordPress menu when installing 'Yoast SEO' plugin
Once you have done this and saved 'Save changes', all of the settings in 'Yoast SEO' are over.
Setting up breadcrumbs in a theme
If you have successfully set up your breadcrumbs in 'Yoast SEO' as described above, most of the themes (compatible with Yoast SEO) are called 'Yoast SEO Breadcrumbs' at the bottom of the 'Appearance'> 'Customize' A menu would have been created.
However, do not make a theme in this menu, just check 'Yes' and then go to 'Compatibility'> 'Customize' theme> 'Breadcrumb' menu.
- Location mark:You can choose to 'Behind the header', 'In the cover / title bar', or 'Move to site main'. The 'Behind the Header' menu is the most common, so it is user-friendly, which is advantageous for SEO. However, depending on the site configuration, other menus may be more efficient.
- Display:Set which pages show the breadcrumbs. You can literally check where you want the breadcrumb to appear. The menus that can be set are as follows.
- letter:Defines the character design of the breadcrumb. The menus that can be set are as follows.
- Styling:Styling the area containing the letters of the breadcrumb.
Once you have done this, click on the 'Publish' button at the top to complete the 'Customize' and you will now see a breadcrumb on your site.
Set themes without a breadcrumb menu, or manually
If your theme does not automatically recognize the "Yoast SEO" plugin's breadcrumbs, or if you want to display your custom breadcrumbs in the location you want (such as at the bottom of posts like GKKmon), you can use the following techniques .
firstFormal help for 'Yoast SEO' with breadcrumbsYou can insert it directly into the page you want to represent using 'PHP' code like this
<?php
if ( function_exists('yoast_breadcrumb') ) {
yoast_breadcrumb( '<p id="breadcrumbs">','</p>' );
}
?>
Or, it is recommended to use the following short code.
[wpseo_breadcrumb]
However, there are cases where the two methods do not work. In this case, you can apply the breadcrumb without error by using the code of GKKmon's combined short code with php as below.
<?php echo do_shortcode('<div id="breadcrumbs">[wpseo_breadcrumb]</div>'); ?>
You can insert the above code directly into the section you want, such as 'single.php' (posting page). Also, if you insert a direct breadcrumb in this way, you will have to specify the styles one by one.