Breadcrumb Trail for WordPress Plugin Directory
Breadcrumb Trail is the #22 ranked menu app on WordPress, with a 4.3 average rating from 30 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Breadcrumb Trail is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Justin Tadlock. With a rating of 4.3★ from 30 reviews, it currently ranks #22 in the Menu category.
AppRanks data: Breadcrumb Trail ranks #22 in Menu on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 5% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Breadcrumb Trail is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Menu category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 30 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Justin Tadlock — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (30) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Breadcrumb Trail works
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Breadcrumb Trail is one of the most advanced and robust breadcrumb menu systems available for WordPress. It started out as a small script for basic blogs but has grown into a system that can handle nearly any site’s setup to show the most accurate breadcrumbs for each page.
Before using Please note that Breadcrumb Trail requires that you understand and know how to edit your theme’s PHP code, at least to the extent of copying and pasting one line of code. If you’re not comfortable doing this, it’s best to ask that your theme author integrate the code necessary to support this plugin.
How it works This plugin automatically detects your permalink setup and displays breadcrumbs based off that structure. Nearly all sites have some sort of hierarchy. Breadcrumb Trail recognizes that and builds a set of unique breadcrumbs for each page on your site.
This means that it can also detect custom post types and taxonomies right out of the box. Whatever you throw at it, it’s got a solution.
Features
Auto-detects the permalink structure of your site for the most accurate breadcrumbs.
Hooks for plugin/theme developers to overwrite output.
Coded with object-oriented programming (OOP) methods to allow developers to extend it for those highly-custom setups.
Properly handles nearly any custom post type or taxonomy.
Professional support If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can join the club at Theme Hybrid, which is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my plugins and themes for a community of 75,000+ users (and growing).
Plugin Development If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow the development of this plugin on it’s GitHub repository.
Donations Yes, I do accept donations. If you want to donate, you can do so from my donations page or grab me something from my Amazon Wish List.
I appreciate all donations, no matter the size. Further development of this plugin is not contingent on donations, but they are always a nice incentive.
Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Menu#22of 505Top 5%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Breadcrumb Trail stands in the Menu category
Breadcrumb Trail ranks #22 of 505 apps in the Menu category, placing it in the top 5% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Breadcrumb Trail?
Breadcrumb Trail is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.3-star rating from 30 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Menu category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Justin Tadlock.
Who uses Breadcrumb Trail?
Currently around 10,000 active stores have installed Breadcrumb Trail. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Menu category on WordPress.
Where does Breadcrumb Trail rank on WordPress?
Breadcrumb Trail currently sits at position #22 in the Menu category on WordPress. That places it in the top 4% of 505 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.