Recently Breadcrumb Navigation has become a popular type of navigation on sites. Especially sites that use WordPress to power the backend. So what exactly is Breadcrumb Navigation?

Wikipedia defines Breadcrumb Navigation as:

Breadcrumbs or breadcrumb trail is a navigation aid used in user interfaces. It gives users a way to keep track of their locations within programs or documents. The term comes from the trail of breadcrumbs left by Hansel and Gretel in the popular fairytale.

Why is breadcrumb navigation important? Good question. Breadcrumb navigation offers two benefits:

• They allow users to navigate a site more easily
• They allow the search engines to easily figure out your site structure.

So we decided this should be something that is included in convert psd to wordpress project. Now we know that not all sites will like to utilize this feature so we have given the option to turn this feature on or off in the Theme Options Panel, depending on your clients preferences.

You can see a example of Breadcrumb Navigation simply by looking at the area above this post. You can also watch a brief overview of this option: