You can easily enable or disable breadcrumbs from displaying on posts, pages, archives and your home page using the Genesis > Theme Settings > Breadcrumbs:
You can also customize what’s displayed in your breadcrumbs using filters.
If you take a look in the breadcrumbs.php file which is included in the Genesis files, you’ll see a list of what can be customized.
Default Arguments
Here are the default parameters and values for the breadcrumbs in Genesis.
Any of these default arguments can be modified using a filter.
To remove or customize the ‘You Are Here’ text simply remove the text from the argument or replace it with your own custom text.
All custom functions should be copied from the view raw link in the Gist and pasted at the end of your child themes functions.php file using a code editor.
Remove ‘You Are Here’ Text
Change ‘You Are Here’ Text
Modify Home Text
This code changes the Home text to Front Page.
Modify Separator
You can then put all your modifications together into the one custom function and filter multiple arguments for better efficiency.
Reposition Breadcrumbs Using Genesis Hooks
You can easily change the position your breadcrumbs display in your theme using any genesis hook location.
Remove Breadcrumbs On Specific Page
You can easily change the conditional tag in this code snippet to suit your own needs and add the page/post i.d or slug for the one you want removed without effecting other areas of your site.
Other Modifications
This code adds classes which you can modify or use ‘as is’ to style your breadcrumbs.
Style Breadcrumbs
This CSS code will add a home icon in replace of the home text and additional styling which you can easily modify, add to or delete.
This CSS code has been modified from one of the Studio Press child themes.
Genesis Simple Breadcrumbs Plugin
Another way to customize your breadcrumbs is to install the Genesis Simple Breadcrumbs plugin. This plugin enables you to modify all the default settings and label arguments without touching any PHP code.
This plugin has been developed by Copyblogger Media’s Nick Croft.
I’ll be writing more about how to use filters to modify the output of all the default Genesis functions over the coming months.
The code to remove ‘You are here’ doesn’t seem to work for me 🙁
Do you have any plugins active which modify the breadcrumbs?
You are the Genesis WordPress master. I am working on a monster web dev project and over and over your help is invaluable. I needed to wrap a div around the breadcrumbs for styling and I didn’t want to edit core files. You answered my question! Thanks Brad!
You’re welcome John.
Thanks for the positive feedback.
Looked everywhere on how to add genesis breadcrumb to a php template page but doesn’t work with what’s been suggested – ie. using genesis() – template only works with normal get_header() on template page, but no breadcrumbs ;0( Can anyone help on how to add breadcrumbs to templates? using Associate theme…
Try this:
Thanks so much for responding Brad, that night I tried: simply genesis_breadcrumb(); on the template pages and that brought them in – doh! thanks!
hahaha.
You’re welcome Deb
How about removing from all except certain pages?
You mean remove breadcrumbs from all excerpts on specific pages?
I only want the bread crumbs on certain pages, not all of them
The code for that is already included in this post however you will need to modify the conditional tag according to your needs.
Added code to Dynamiks functions.php but no luck also tried the plugin that didn’t work either
http://www.mediray.co.nz/preview
Any thoughts as to why it ain’t workin’
I would ask the guys at Cobalt Apps however you might also try using the custom functions box Dynamik includes.
The code is tested and works but plugins will over ride any custom PHP code.
How to change the breadcrumb using instead of using ?
Thanks 😉
Hi Brad,
Wondering, is there a good way to omit post titles from breadcrumbs?
I found this snippet on Bill Erickson’s site http://www.billerickson.net/code/remove-post-title-from-breadcrumb/
It’s also in Gary Jones’ gist here https://gist.github.com/GaryJones/5233669, with following note “Remove post title from Genesis breadcrumb (assumed on single.php, so limited possibilities). Completely untested.”
Thanks in advance
Not sure Herman.
Let me see if i can work out a solution for you.
Nice roundup on breadcrumbs; very helpful!
Is there a way to remove breadcrumbs from one specific page, perhaps by page ID?
Hello Laura
Yes you can add a conditional tag after the function.
I have just updated this post to include an example of how to remove breadcrumbs conditionally.
Hi,
Please could you help me with this?
I have installed the Genesis breadcrumb plugin. However; I don’t see the parent page:
I see: home/subpage.
I would like to see: home/page/subpage.
Thanks!
Hi Yvonne
You can only do what the plugin provides as far as customization of your Breadcrumbs.
Otherwise you would need to write, test and use custom code if you want to further extend the customization of your Breadcrumbs.
For Genesis 2/Agency Child Theme
I’m not feeling it. Client asked that I soften the color of breadcrumbs from black to gray like C0C0C0 or D0D0D0.
In the Agency style sheet i added “font-color: #D0D0D0;” but nothing changes
/* Breadcrumb
———————————————————— */
.breadcrumb {
background: #ddd url(images/gradient.png) repeat-x;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
font-color: #D00000;
font-size: 14px;
margin: -25px -30px 20px;
padding: 15px 30px;
}
Hey Bill
Try replacing font-color with color.
That works, thanks. but for the life of me I tried that first and did not see any changes.
Thanks.
Understand Bill.
I wrote a post about 16 reasons why code doesn’t work when it actually does that may interest you.
The ultimate Genesis breadcrumbs post Brad.
Coding or plugin, all angles covered.
That’s exactly what i planned on doing Keith but my eyes started to go after 16 hours so i’ll add to it as i work out more.
Not difficult to makes changes to breadcrumbs in Genesis.
Thanks for the comment.