Title: breadcrumbs does not work
Last modified: October 27, 2019

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# breadcrumbs does not work

 *  [Paulo Espíndola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulojardel/)
 * (@paulojardel)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/)
 * Hi Virtue Support,
 * My team really liked thema Virtue
    and we are in the phase of customizing thema.
 * At this point we are having difficulty implementing
    Breadcrumbs on every page
   of the site including the store.
 * the code would be this
    <? php if (function_exists (‘rank_math_the_breadcrumbs’))
   rank_math_the_breadcrumbs (); ?>
 * or
    [rank_math_breadcrumb]
 * manually we got
 * But I would like it to be below the page titles.
 * We have already created thema son.
 * We know that Virtue Pro has this native function.
 * But we are still in the testing phase.
 * Thanks for listening.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbreadcrumbs-does-not-work%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Ben Ritner – Kadence WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/britner/)
 * (@britner)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12033096)
 * In your child theme you would need to add a function like this:
 *     ```
       add_action('virtue_header_after', 'custom_breadcrumbs');
       function custom_breadcrumbs() {
       echo '<div class="extra-breadcrubms container">' . do_shortcode( [rank_math_breadcrumb] ) . '</div>';
       }
       ```
   
 * Ben
 *  Thread Starter [Paulo Espíndola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulojardel/)
 * (@paulojardel)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12033572)
 * dear [@britner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/britner/)
 * I put exact like that in functions.php
    from thema son. virtue-child folder
 *     ```
       <?php
       // Add custom functions here
   
       add_action('virtue_header_after', 'custom_breadcrumbs');
       function custom_breadcrumbs() {
       echo '<div class="extra-breadcrubms container">' . do_shortcode( [rank_math_breadcrumb] ) . '</div>';
       }
       ```
   
 * nothing happened.
 *  [Ben Ritner – Kadence WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/britner/)
 * (@britner)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12036842)
 * Sorry should be a single quote around [rank_math_breadcrumb]
 *     ```
       add_action('virtue_header_after', 'custom_breadcrumbs');
       function custom_breadcrumbs() {
       echo '<div class="extra-breadcrubms container">' . do_shortcode( '[rank_math_breadcrumb]' ) . '</div>';
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Paulo Espíndola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulojardel/)
 * (@paulojardel)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12037171)
 * dear [@britner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/britner/)
 * I really don’t know how to do that.
 * Can you teach me the step by step.
 * I have some knowledge but I’m not an expert
 *  [hannah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahritner/)
 * (@hannahritner)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12039178)
 * Hey @paulojarde,
    Did you try pasting Bens updated code into your functions.php
   in your child theme?
 * Hannah
 *  Thread Starter [Paulo Espíndola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulojardel/)
 * (@paulojardel)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12041130)
 * Yes of course. More the site goes down.
 *  [Ben Ritner – Kadence WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/britner/)
 * (@britner)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12041136)
 * I tested that code and it works, are you making sure to copy the code from here
   and not from a notification email?
 * Ben
 *  Thread Starter [Paulo Espíndola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulojardel/)
 * (@paulojardel)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12058753)
 * Here’s the picture of how I’m doing
 * [https://photos.app.goo.gl/TDgv3qMxJXRY6W8P7](https://photos.app.goo.gl/TDgv3qMxJXRY6W8P7)
 *  [Ben Ritner – Kadence WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/britner/)
 * (@britner)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12058829)
 * You are missing the opening php tag in your functions.php file.
 * `<?php`
 * That ^ should be the very first line in the file.
 *  Thread Starter [Paulo Espíndola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulojardel/)
 * (@paulojardel)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12058958)
 * when I put this tag at the beginning the site goes down.
    <? php
 *  Thread Starter [Paulo Espíndola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulojardel/)
 * (@paulojardel)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12058974)
 * // putting the site down
    <?php add_action(‘virtue_header_after’, ‘custom_breadcrumbs’);
   function custom_breadcrumbs() { echo ‘<div class=”extra-breadcrubms container”
   >’ . do_shortcode( ‘<?php if (function_exists(‘rank_math_the_breadcrumbs’)) rank_math_the_breadcrumbs();?
   >’ ) . ‘</div>’; }
 * // putting the site down
    <?php add_action(‘virtue_header_after’, ‘custom_breadcrumbs’);
   function custom_breadcrumbs() { echo ‘<div class=”extra-breadcrubms container”
   >’ . do_shortcode( ‘[rank_math_breadcrumb]’ ) . ‘</div>’; }
 * // thus placing the error site at the top of the pages
 * add_action(‘virtue_header_after’, ‘custom_breadcrumbs’);
    function custom_breadcrumbs(){
   echo ‘<div class=”extra-breadcrubms container”>’ . do_shortcode( ‘[rank_math_breadcrumb]’).‘
   </div>’; }
 *  [Ben Ritner – Kadence WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/britner/)
 * (@britner)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12058991)
 * Send a picture of your functions file with `<?php` added.
 * Make certain to copy any code from here not from an email.
 * Ben
 *  Thread Starter [Paulo Espíndola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulojardel/)
 * (@paulojardel)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12059017)
 * Here’s the picture of how I’m doing
 * [https://photos.app.goo.gl/TDgv3qMxJXRY6W8P7](https://photos.app.goo.gl/TDgv3qMxJXRY6W8P7)
 * I’m not copying from email
    I’m copying here from the site
 *  [Ben Ritner – Kadence WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/britner/)
 * (@britner)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/#post-12059164)
 * Your photo still shows that you are missing `<?php`
 * The functions.php file in your child theme needs to start with that.
 * Ben
 *  Thread Starter [Paulo Espíndola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulojardel/)
 * (@paulojardel)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breadcrumbs-does-not-work/page/2/#post-12059289)
 * hello friend as I said when I put this code in the beginning the site goes down.
   It is offline. White screen. You see ?

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