Best trail plugins for WordPress
The most popular trail plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Breadcrumb NavXT leads with 800K+ active installs, ahead of Breadcrumb (10K+) and Catch Breadcrumb (2K+). All 16 plugins tagged “trail” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 trail plugins
- 1.
Breadcrumb NavXTThe most installed trail plugin, with 800K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 132 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Breadcrumb10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 34 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Catch Breadcrumb2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Breadcrumb TMC400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 5.
SEO Breadcrumbs200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 6.
Breadcrumb NavXT Multidimension Extensions200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
X3P0200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
DP RDFa Breadcrumb Generator100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0.
- 9.
Animated Mouse Cursor Trail100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.
Carbon Breadcrumbs50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 16 plugins tagged “trail”
Breadcrumb NavXT
Down in the last 7 days:1#81by John Havlik2 months ago
Adds breadcrumb navigation showing the visitor's path to their current location.
- Installs
- 800K+
- Rating
- 4.6(132)
- Downloads
- 3.1K/day
Breadcrumb
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,699by PickPlugins10 months ago
Super light weight & easy breadcrumb navigation for wordpress site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(34)
- Downloads
- 70/day
Catch Breadcrumb
Down in the last 7 days:12#4,824by Catch Themes5 months ago
Catch Breadcrumb lets you display Breadcrumb Navigation anywhere on your website elegantly.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Breadcrumb TMC
Up in the last 7 days:6#9,894by wptmcdev2 years ago
Use [breadcrumb-tmc] shortcode to display the breadcrumb trail.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
SEO Breadcrumbs
Up in the last 7 days:5#11,256by Krnm Saikrishna5 years ago
SEO Breadcrumbs is powerful and easy to use plugin that can add five different breadcrumbs navigation to your wordpress website.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Breadcrumb NavXT Multidimension Extensions
Down in the last 7 days:16#12,175by John Havlik1 year ago
Automates the generation of multidimensional list breadcrumb trails with Breadcrumb NavXT.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 10/day
X3P0
Down in the last 7 days:61#12,186by Justin Tadlock8 months ago
Add breadcrumb navigation to any site. Works with block and classic themes. Auto-detects site structure and custom post types. Improves SEO.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
DP RDFa Breadcrumb Generator
Down in the last 7 days:160#14,440by mylo2h2s12 years ago
A RDFa breadcrumbs generator, specifically made for SEO purposes, that works in every scenario and displays the correct rich snippets in Google.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Animated Mouse Cursor Trail
Down in the last 7 days:6#16,755by Dear5 months ago
Beautiful Animated Mouse Cursor Trail For Your Website
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Carbon Breadcrumbs
Up in the last 7 days:198#20,178by Marin Atanasov10 years ago
A basic WordPress plugin for breadcrumbs with advanced capabilities for extending.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Trail Status
#39,371by Chris - On the Grid Web Design LLC2 months ago
Display the status of trails on your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Trail-Passion
#45,458by trail-passion.net12 years ago
Add 2d and 3d maps into your posts. And place posts and medias onto the maps.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Glimmerwake
Up in the last 7 days:3,727#52,122by Lia24 days ago
Decorative cursor trails and tap sparkles with 13 effects: Falling Star, Fairy Dust, Fireflies, Embers, Snowflakes, Valentine's Hearts, Spring Bl …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fish Tail
Up in the last 7 days:8,139#57,299by coinkrsk5 years ago
Add a school of fish following the cursor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sparkle Mouse
Down in the last 7 days:1,786#57,632by Max van Leeuwen2 months ago
Cute particles that follow the cursor! ✨ (GPU-optimized)
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Trail Monitor
#66,598by Mark Vejvoda11 months ago
Display the status of trails on your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day