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title: "How to Add Breadcrumbs to WordPress Category Page?"
url: https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-breadcrumbs-to-wordpress-category-page/
date: 2024-11-28
modified: 2026-09-13
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description: "On a site with many categories, a breadcrumb on each category page shows visitors where that category sits and takes them back to the parent category. Add the free Breadcrumbs..."
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# How to Add Breadcrumbs to WordPress Category Page?

## Key Takeaways

- Nexter Blocks Breadcrumbs block adds breadcrumbs to WordPress category pages, which the post says helps visitors browse and find relevant content on sites with complex hierarchy and multiple categories.
- Category archive template uses the Breadcrumbs block when breadcrumbs appear only on category pages and there is no separate header template for those pages.
- Nexter Builder creates the category archive template with the Post Listing block, and the Breadcrumbs block goes in the header template to show breadcrumbs across the entire website.

On a site with many categories, a breadcrumb on each category page shows visitors where that category sits and takes them back to the parent category.

Add the free Breadcrumbs block from Nexter Blocks to your category archive template.

*For every Breadcrumbs setting in one place, see the [Breadcrumbs block guide](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-breadcrumbs-in-wordpress/).*

[LIVE BLOCK LINK](https://nexterwp.com/nexter-blocks/blocks/wordpress-breadcrumb-bar/)

## Before You Start

- **Edition:** Free — works in Nexter Blocks (free) and with Nexter Blocks Pro.- **Block to enable:** Breadcrumbs, switched on under **Nexter > Blocks** in your WordPress dashboard.- **A category archive template:** build one with the free [Nexter Builder](https://nexterwp.com/docs/nexter-theme-builder-explained/) (**Nexter > Theme Builder**).

## Steps

- Open your category archive template and add the **Breadcrumbs** block above the post list.

- Click **Design from Scratch** and choose a **Style** in **Breadcrumbs Bar**.

![The Breadcrumbs Bar panel with the Simple and Modern styles](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/breadcrumbs-style.webp)

- Optional: change the first crumb in **Home Title / Icon**.

![The Home Title / Icon panel with the Home Title field](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/breadcrumbs-home-title.webp)

- Save the template and open a category page on your site.

## How It Behaves

- On a child category, the trail is Home, the parent categories, then *Archive by “Category”*.- On a top-level category, the trail is Home, then *Archive by “Category”*.- The last crumb is plain text; the others are links.- With **Enable Schema Markup** on, the page also gets BreadcrumbList structured data.

![Breadcrumbs on a category archive page ending with Archive by Clothing](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/breadcrumbs-archive-page-categories-demo.png)

## Limitations

- The words *Archive by* are part of the block and cannot be changed in the sidebar.- In the template editor the block shows a sample trail. Check the real trail on a category page.

## Troubleshooting

### The breadcrumbs do not show on category pages

The template is not set to display on category archives. Check its display settings in Nexter Builder.

### Only Home and the category show

The category has no parent category. Set a parent in **Posts > Categories** if you want one.

## Related Docs

- [Breadcrumbs block: all settings](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-breadcrumbs-in-wordpress/)- [Add breadcrumbs to blog posts](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-breadcrumbs-on-blog-post-single-page-in-wordpress/)- [Add breadcrumbs to WooCommerce products](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-breadcrumbs-on-woocommerce-product-single-page-in-wordpress/)- [Nexter Builder explained](https://nexterwp.com/docs/nexter-theme-builder-explained/)