How to Add Breadcrumbs in WordPress Elementor

Breadcrumbs are a secondary navigation option that allows website users to easily understand the relation between the location that they are on the website and where that is compared to the structure of the website. For instance, if they are on a product page, the user will be able to see what category they are in and the shop group.

The term has been borrowed, understandably, from the tale of Hansel and Gretel.

Breadcrumbs can be used for numerous reasons. The user can click on the category and then they are taken to that page. So it can be a great way for the customer to move around your website.

At the same time it can help your website with SEO and search engines can understand your website’s structure better. Therefore, you can build a stronger website.

Breadcrumbs are normally included in numerous WordPress themes. There are numerous ways that you can add them with plugins as well which aren’t related to Elementor. Therefore, you can build a strong website. Many of the breadcrumb plugins are free, so you can easily add one.

However, that doesn’t mean that you need to add another plugin to get it going. Though you could use Yoast SEO to help you. So here are the best instructions for adding breadcrumbs to your Elementor website.

The first thing that you need to do is install and set up Yoast SEO and Elementor on your website. To add a new website, you need to go to the Plugin section and then click on ‘Add New’. Then you need to type in Yoast SEO in the search bar, and then you can install and activate. You can also do this for Elementor.

Now you can enable the breadcrumbs on your website. To start this, visit ‘SEO’, then ‘Search Appearance’. There is then an option for ‘Breadcrumbs’. You can click here and you will get all the available options for your website.

Now you need to create a page template for adding the breadcrumbs. You can do this by going to the ‘Template’ and then the ‘Theme Builder’/ You can open the single page tab and then click on the option to ‘Add New Single Page’.

There should be numerous templates that you can install on the page. All you need to do is install one of them on your website.

Then you can add the Elementor Breadcrumbs widget into the created page template. You can find the widget in the Elementor widget gallery. You can drag and drop the widget into the most suitable location on the page.