RDFa Breadcrumb
by Nitin Yawalkar · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 640+ installs across the portfolio →
An easy template tag for showing a breadcrumb menu on your site and on google search results with built in RDFa Markup.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
600+
≈660 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “bbpress” for “rdfa”. “bbpress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rdfa” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
48 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 45.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,186 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3945 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.1★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3945 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| rdfa | #18 | #12 | 0 |
| bbpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| breadcrumb your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| breadcrumbs your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “bbpress” for “rdfa”. “bbpress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rdfa” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 156 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
10.8y ago
latest release · v2.3 · 12 Jan 2016
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 90% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 60% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ simus518.4y ago
Thought I would try it, since this is what I need, and I’m working on a local host. Too old. don’t bother.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ monitor12.5y ago
Pls ignore my past bad review. This plugin works perfectly. The problem was with my theme.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ monitor12.5y ago
Please ignore my bad review. It was a theme problem. The plugin now works perfectly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sachin Verma12.6y ago
It is a nice plugin for Genesis framework. Genesis’s default breadcrumbs don’t show up in search, this plugins solves the problem.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ helloanthony13.6y ago
I have used this on several client sites. Works great, no issues. I recommend this breadcrumb plugin over others since this feeds the SEO robots with tasty data.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Vernon Fowler13.6y ago
I like this plugin as a standalone. However, I am already using Yoast’s WordPress SEO plugin which I realised has the same breadcrumb functionality. Also for the semantic HTML5 folk, try something like <nav id="breadcrumbs"> rather than a <p> or any other inappropriate container element.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Brainstorm Force13.6y ago
Really appreciate it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wppluginsdev13.8y ago
Using it on one of my sites, just about to set it up on some others, and it does exactly as I need without lots of fluff.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.3). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 4.4 RDFa Breadcrumb <= 2.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-06-19 CVE-2025-50020 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.3 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 68 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 44 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 463 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "bbPress", "navigation" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-08 700+ → 600+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 700+ → 600+ down after 222 days in tier
- 2025-10-17 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-15 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-13 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-12 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-11 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Flexy Breadcrumb 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A -
Catch Breadcrumb 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags B -
Menu Breadcrumb 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags B -
Breadcrumb NavXT 800K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Breadcrumb Trail 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
Breadcrumb Block 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
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