[Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Remove Breadcrumbs from Home page

This is how I add it using manual mode. I add this to the theme functions file. The hook I use is theme specific, I use Thesis, but I’m sure your theme has a hook somewhere similar.

// YOAST BREADCRUMBS
function	yoast_crumbs()	{
	if (is_single())	{
		if ( function_exists('yoast_breadcrumb') ) {
			yoast_breadcrumb('<p id="breadcrumbs">','</p>');
		}
	}
}
add_action('thesis_hook_before_headline', 'yoast_crumbs');

Or you can put the if statement directly in the header, like I did. Open your header.php file, and change the default code you added somewhere:

<div class="breadcrumbs">
			<?php if ( function_exists( 'yoast_breadcrumb' ) )
				yoast_breadcrumb( '<p id="breadcrumbs">', '</p>' );
			?>
		</div>

to something like:

<div class="breadcrumbs">
			<?php if ( function_exists( 'yoast_breadcrumb' ) && !is_home() && !is_front_page() )
				yoast_breadcrumb( '<p id="breadcrumbs">', '</p>' );
			?>
		</div>

Thanks for sharing the solutions guys!

what a gift to wake up to. thank you!

Worked for me on Thesis. Just had to turn off the auto-insert in the plugin settings. Then I deployed it with jeffsebring’s code.

Thanks Jeff!

thanks so much.

I was using a child theme with the WooTheme’s Delicious Theme – for me, it was even simpler.

I just saved an instance of index.php as front-page.php, and then tracked down the code starting at around line 7:

<?php if ( function_exists( 'yoast_breadcrumb' ) ) { yoast_breadcrumb( '<div id="breadcrumb"><p>', '</p></div>' ); } ?>

I just deleted that code, uploaded the file, and “Presto!” – the unsightly breadcrumbs on the home page were gone.

Yoast is normally super accurate with his code and usability, so I imagine it must have just been an oversight on his part.

The fix (in the WooThemes framework, at least) is pretty simple.