SEO Breadcrumbs
by Krnm Saikrishna · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 200+ installs across the portfolio →
SEO Breadcrumbs is powerful and easy to use plugin that can add five different breadcrumbs navigation to your wordpress website.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈290 estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “breadcrumb”, “menu” and “navigation” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 18.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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 2035 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2035 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| breadcrumb your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo breadcrumbs your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| trail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 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
- “breadcrumb”, “menu” and “navigation” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 158 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 32 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 25 Nov 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ malikatkins6.4y ago
This plugin is does what it tells to. For those people who gave -ve review please once try with correct steps. It works on the first install. Thank You 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ethandoyle6.4y ago
I’m absolutely loving this plugin. Works great, easy to use, and works well on my site. One coolest feature that makes it perfect is admin settings. Keep doing good work 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ harryjohnston6.4y ago
As soon as you install this plugin, you’ll see breadcrumbs throughout your website that replace the ones generated by WordPress. I didn’t need to do anything for this plugin to work. I’m loving being able to add paged breadcrumbs for my archive of blog posts. I think it looks great and helps visitors know how deep they are into the archives when they’re browsing. John makes this easy to accomplish. Thank you!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jamescarry6.4y ago
It is my go-to plugin for displaying breadcrumb navigation in website. I have been using it for a number of years now.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Krnm Saikrishna9.5y ago
Nice Plugin, just tried now… This topic was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by Krnm Saikrishna. This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by Krnm Saikrishna.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "SEO Breadcrumbs is powerful and easy to use plugin that can add five different breadcrumbs navigation to yo..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,721 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "trail" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-29 300+ → 200+ down after 363 days in tier
- 2025-10-01 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-29 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-27 400+ → 300+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-09-22 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-19 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-16 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-15 400+ → 300+ down after 225 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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Catch Breadcrumb 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags B -
Breadcrumb NavXT 800K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Flexy Breadcrumb 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Breadcrumb Block 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A - R RDFa Breadcrumb 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Menu Breadcrumb 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
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