Best breadcrumb trail plugins for WordPress
The most popular breadcrumb trail plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Breadcrumb TMC leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Breadcrumb based on URL (300+) and WP Breadcrumb (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “breadcrumb trail” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 breadcrumb trail plugins
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Breadcrumb TMCThe most installed breadcrumb trail plugin, with 400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 2.
Breadcrumb based on URL300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
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WP Breadcrumb10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 3 plugins tagged “breadcrumb trail”
Breadcrumb TMC
Up in the last 7 days:11#9,905by wptmcdev2 years ago
Use [breadcrumb-tmc] shortcode to display the breadcrumb trail.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Breadcrumb based on URL
Down in the last 7 days:28#10,963by Dear5 months ago
This Breadcrumb will show the permalink url, also clickable all part
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Breadcrumb
#46,999by Sygnoos9 years ago
Breadcrumb Builder will allow you to add Breadcrumbs navigation section to your site and your visitors will know current path.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day