Changing Breadcrumbs

I am trying to change breadcrumbs, I found the breadcrumb file in the wordpress theme. This is the first part of the old code

<?php

if (!function_exists('show_breadcrumbs')) {

function show_breadcrumbs() {

$delimiter = '&raquo;';
$name = 'Home'; //text for the 'Home' link
$currentBefore = '<span class="current_crumb">';
$currentAfter = '</span>';

New Code

<?php

if (!function_exists('show_breadcrumbs')) {

function show_breadcrumbs() {

$delimiter = '&raquo;';
$name = 'MY Own Breadcrumb'; //text for the 'MY Own Breadcrumb' link
$currentBefore = '<span class="current_crumb">';
$currentAfter = '</span>';

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In yoast it gives you an option to change the name of the breadcrumb but it says to install this code

<?php if ( function_exists('yoast_breadcrumb') ) {
yoast_breadcrumb('<p id="breadcrumbs">','</p>');
} ?>


but I have not idea where to insert this code. It says "In the theme" Anyone know where I put this?

You might want to read up on this, but maybe it needs to go in the functions file.

The if statement references whether the function exists so only a quick guess.

Obviously if you want to try this, back up the file first.
I also suggest making the change in ftp, NOT in the wordpress back end, if it would crash the site you could remove it more quickly.

The functions file should exist in wp-content/themes/functions .php

Rick
Universal4

Quote:

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Originally Posted by universal4

You might want to read up on this, but maybe it needs to go in the functions file.

The if statement references whether the function exists so only a quick guess.

Obviously if you want to try this, back up the file first.
I also suggest making the change in ftp, NOT in the wordpress back end, if it would crash the site you could remove it more quickly.

The functions file should exist in wp-content/themes/functions .php

Rick
Universal4

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Does anyone know if I just paste the code in there? I tried doing it in the breadcrumb file but it didn't work. Do I need to wrap it in html tags?

If I understand what you are asking, you would place the code (the second part you listed in the first post) inside of the functions file.

DO NOT use the open or close php portion ( <?php or ?> )

After the function exists, it may be that yoast adds a section where you can change this easily, although I am not sure as I have never used the plugin or that function.

Any time I edit php code directly, I usually try to use an editor like edit plus (since it automatically creates a .bak of the fil when you save it) and it preserves line numbers. I will often also keep notes on the line numbers I added, and if something goes wrong you can easily get the file back to where it was.

This also helps you for future functions editing etc, since you will have notes ion what worked on previous sites.

Rick
Universal4

To clarify,
you would start with
if and end with
}

Code:

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if ( function_exists('yoast_breadcrumb') ) {
yoast_breadcrumb('<p id="breadcrumbs">','</p>');
}

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I never used this before but how I understand it, you should put this code where you want the breadcrumb to be visible. For example in themefolder/single.php if you want the breadcrumb to show up on every single post.

Yea, reading this
https://managewp.com/breadcrumbs-wordpress-seo-by-yoast

It appears you may not have to edit the functions file at all....

Rick
Universal4

why you dont Try Yoast seo plugin there is responsive way of breadcrumbs just click Best easier way

He is using Yoast.

Rick
Universal4

Quote:

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Originally Posted by christinaborsk

why you dont Try Yoast seo plugin there is responsive way of breadcrumbs just click Best easier way

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lI am using Yoast, and have a responsive HTML5 theme. I am not a coder, especially PHP. Yoast requires the webmaster to insert a piece of code in a file or from the artice @universal provded, there may be another plugin. I am going to experiment throughout the week with a website that does not get much traffic. After that need to figure out how to do this with sites not using yoast.

Keep us updated on this edgar, my guess is once you get it working it will probably not be complicated.

Rick
Universal4