How to Create Custom Taxonomy Breadcrumb Navigation in WordPress

Are you looking for a way to create custom taxonomy breadcrumb navigation in WordPress? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to create custom taxonomy breadcrumb navigation in WordPress.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

function show_breadcrumb($name,$type){
    $list = "";
    $home = get_bloginfo("home");
    if ($type && $name){
        $ans = get_term_by('name', $name, $type);
        $parentID=$ans->parent;
        while ($parentID > 0){
            $parent = get_term_by('id', $parentID, $type);
            $url = $home."/".$type."/".$parent->slug;
            $list = "<li><a href='".$url."'>".$parent->name."</a></li>".$list;
            $parentID = $parent->parent;
        }
        $url = $home."/".$type."/".$ans->slug;
        $list = $list."<li>".$ans->name."</li>";
    }   
 
    if ($list) echo "<ul><li><a href='$home'>Home</a></li>".$list."</ul>";
}

 
// Format
<?php show_breadcrumb("term-name","taxonomy"); ?> 

// To list breadcrumbs of "Catalog" taxonomy.
<?php show_breadcrumb(single_tag_title("", false),"catalog"); ?>

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly add code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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