Can't customize breadcrumbs separator

[Zach Russell]

Hello,

I'm working on a custom child theme, and am trying to customize the breadcrumbs separator from / to > (or maybe a Dashicon?) and I can't get it to work. Any idea what i'm doing wrong? Here is my code:

add_filter( 'genesis_breadcrumbs_args', 'sbf_breadcrumbs_args' );
function sbf_breadcrumbs_args( $args ) {
	$args['home'] = 'Home';
	$args['sep'] = ' > ';
	$args['list_sep'] = ', '; // Genesis 1.5 and later
	$args['prefix'] = '<div class="breadcrumb">';
	$args['suffix'] = '</div>';
	$args['heirarchial_attachments'] = true; // Genesis 1.5 and later
	$args['heirarchial_categories'] = true; // Genesis 1.5 and later
	$args['display'] = true;
	$args['labels']['prefix'] = 'You are here: ';
	$args['labels']['author'] = 'Archives for ';
	$args['labels']['category'] = 'Archives for '; // Genesis 1.6 and later
	$args['labels']['tag'] = 'Archives for ';
	$args['labels']['date'] = 'Archives for ';
	$args['labels']['search'] = 'Search for ';
	$args['labels']['tax'] = 'Archives for ';
	$args['labels']['post_type'] = 'Archives for ';
	$args['labels']['404'] = 'Not found: '; // Genesis 1.5 and later
	return $args;
}

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———-
Zach Russell
President, ProTech Internet Group

http://sbf.wpengine.com

[coralseait]

Hi,

I generally cheat and use Yoast SEO to customize the separator for a couple of reasons:

1) It is our standard for SEO optimization on sites
2) Yoast SEO / Genesis are aware of each other and typically don't conflict
3) Since it is usually installed per our standard stack, it is easy to use the Yoast interface to customize the separator

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Coral Sea IT

[Zach Russell]

So if I hook the yoast function into genesis_before_entry it works - except it shows on all posts and pages. I don't want that, If I try to wrap the hook into a !is_post() or is_page() it doesn't work. For example:

<?php
//* Add Yoast Breadcrumbs
if( is_page() ) {
   add_action( 'genesis_before_entry', 'sbf_do_breadcrumbs' );
}

function sbf_do_breadcrumbs() {
    if( function_exists( 'yoast_breadcrumb') ) {
        yoast_breadcrumb( '<p id="breadcrumbs">', '</p>');
    }
}

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———-
Zach Russell
President, ProTech Internet Group

[Zach Russell]

I was able to get it working, but it feels sloppy. Is this the best way to do it?

//* Add Yoast Breadcrumbs
add_action( 'genesis_before_entry', 'sbf_do_breadcrumbs' );

function sbf_do_breadcrumbs() {
    if( ! is_front_page() and is_page() ) {
        if( function_exists( 'yoast_breadcrumb') ) {
            yoast_breadcrumb( '<p id="breadcrumbs">', '</p>');
        }
    }
}

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———-
Zach Russell
President, ProTech Internet Group

[coralseait]

I wouldn't bother with a customized function, if you have Yoast SEO installed do:

1) Dashboard -> SEO -> Internal Links

Check Enable Breadcrumbs
Designate your Separator in the "Separator between breadcrumbs:" input

2) Dashboard -> Genesis - Theme Settings

Breadcrumbs Section

Check which post / page / etc you wish bread crumbs to appear

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Coral Sea IT

[Zach Russell]

Oh wow, figures it was that easy - thanks for the tip!

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———-
Zach Russell
President, ProTech Internet Group

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