Title: Breadcrumbs CSS Styling – Shortcode
Last modified: October 27, 2021

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# Breadcrumbs CSS Styling – Shortcode

 *  Resolved [Alex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexanderkoch096/)
 * (@alexanderkoch096)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-css-styling-shortcode/)
 * Hi there,
 * I am using Yoast SEO Breadcrumbs on my site. It works good, I use it on many 
   different pages with the shortcode [wpseo_breadcrumb].
 * How is it possible to style the breadcumbs with css? I tried with p#breadcrumbs{};.
   breadcrumbs{}; .breadcrumbs span {} and so on, but it´s not working unfortunately?
 * Have you the correct CSS class for me?
 * Hope for your reply,
    Alex
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   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * (@maybellyne)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-css-styling-shortcode/#post-15012075)
 * Hello Alex,
 * Thanks for reaching out regarding the Yoast breadcrumb styling.
 * The option to change the styling of the Yoast SEO breadcrumbs is not provided
   by the plugin. The style for the different elements of your website (including
   the breadcrumbs) is provided by your theme.
 * If you want to change the styling of some of the elements, we usually recommend
   identifying the appropriate CSS selectors (as explained in [this article](https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/css-selectors/))
   and then changing them to your liking using a plugin like [Simple Custom CSS](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css/).
   This plugin will allow you to add your own CSS code to your theme. The CSS changes
   you add to the plugin will be kept even when the theme is updated.
 *  Thread Starter [Alex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexanderkoch096/)
 * (@alexanderkoch096)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-css-styling-shortcode/#post-15014114)
 * Hi Maybellyne,
 * thanks for your reply. Ok understand, but is it possible to add in your shortcode[
   wpseo_breadcrumb] a class attribute? Because the shortcode turn the breadcrumbs
   in a normal <span></span> attribute with no classes.
 *  Plugin Support [Michael Tiña](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikes41720/)
 * (@mikes41720)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-css-styling-shortcode/#post-15017567)
 * Hi,
 * Unfortunately, we won’t be able to provide assistance regarding custom code if
   you want to modify the default breadcrumbs output.
 * We’ll be keeping this forum thread open to see if any other users would like 
   to provide suggestions or advice on this.
 *  [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * (@devnihil)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-css-styling-shortcode/#post-15042227)
 * We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you
   require any further assistance please create a new issue.

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 * [styling](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/styling/)

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 * Last reply from: [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-css-styling-shortcode/#post-15042227)
 * Status: resolved