How To Enable Breadcrumbs Schema On A WordPress Website

BreadcrumbList schema markup generates rich breadcrumb navigation paths in search engine results pages (SERPs).

Adding Breadcrumb Schema benefits your website by:

• Improving navigation clarity for both site visitors and search engines.
• Encouraging users to explore related category pages, resulting in higher engagement and lower bounce rates.
• Helping search engine crawlers understand your website’s content structure.

Pre-Requisites

• A WordPress Website (5.0 or higher)
• Divi Theme or Divi Builder (optional, for Divi Modules)
• WordPress Schema Plugin For Divi, Gutenberg & Shortcodes

Install & Activate Plugin

1. Visit the WordPress Schema Plugin Page.

2. Sign up for a 7-day FREE trial.

3. You will receive an email with download and activation instructions. Download, install, and activate the plugin on your WordPress site.

   • For step-by-step instructions on installing WordPress plugins, visit the Plugin Installation Guide.

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Activate & Setup Breadcrumbs Schema

1. Log in to your WordPress Admin dashboard. Click SEO Schema in the sidebar menu.

2. Click the Breadcrumb tab in the sidebar settings menu.

3. Toggle the Enable Breadcrumb Schema switch ON. This embeds Breadcrumb Schema structured data across all public WordPress pages.

4. Under the toggle switch, review the list of public post types. Select the default taxonomy (e.g., Categories) for each post type to automatically include category steps in breadcrumb trails.

   • In the screenshot above, default taxonomies are configured for Posts and Products.

5. Click Save Schema Settings to store your configuration.

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Validate Breadcrumb Schema

1. Google provides official testing tools to validate structured data: Google Rich Results Test and Schema Markup Validator.

2. You can test a live page URL or inspect raw HTML code containing schema markup.

3. Open any published WordPress page in your web browser while logged into your WordPress admin account.

4. Click Check Schema Markup in the top WordPress admin bar.

5. This opens Google’s validation tool preloaded with your page URL for immediate testing.

6. 

   Breadcrumb Schema Validity Check Using Google Structured Data Testing Tool - WordPress Schema Plugin

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