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