How to Disable Breadcrumbs on Specific Kadence Pages

Breadcrumbs are those little navigation trails at the top of a page – “Home > Blog > Post Title” – that help visitors figure out where they are on your site. They’re useful on blog posts and product pages. But on your homepage? Landing pages? They just look weird. And sometimes they’re flat-out confusing, like when your homepage shows “Home > Home.”

The good news: Kadence makes it easy to disable breadcrumbs, and you don’t need the Pro version to do it. I’ll walk you through 3 approaches – site-wide, per-page, and restyling the ones you keep.

Why Would I Want to Disable Kadence Breadcrumbs?

Breadcrumbs serve two purposes. First, they give visitors a clickable path back to parent pages. If someone is reading a post in your “WordPress Tips” category, they can click back to that category without hunting for it in your menu. Second, Google uses breadcrumbs to understand your site structure and sometimes displays them in search results instead of the raw URL.

But not every page benefits from breadcrumbs. A 5-page brochure site with Home, About, Services, Blog, and Contact doesn’t need them – the navigation is already obvious. And breadcrumbs on a landing page? They give visitors an exit ramp you didn’t intend.

Here’s when breadcrumbs typically get in the way:

• Homepage – showing “Home” by itself (or worse, “Home > Home”) adds nothing
• Landing pages and sales pages – you want visitors focused, not clicking away
• About and Contact pages – the path is self-explanatory
• Any standalone page where the breadcrumb trail is just one level deep

How Do I Disable Breadcrumbs on All Pages?

The fastest fix for most sites is the global Customizer toggle. This kills breadcrumbs on every page (or every post) at once.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize
2. Navigate to Posts/Pages Layout
3. Click Page Layout (for pages) or Post Layout (for blog posts)
4. Scroll down to the Title Elements list at the bottom of the panel
5. Click the eye icon next to Breadcrumb to toggle it off
6. Click Publish to save

Here’s the Page Layout panel with breadcrumbs enabled – you can see the breadcrumb trail “Home / About” on the frontend preview:

And here’s the same panel after toggling the Breadcrumb element off. The frontend updates immediately – no more breadcrumb above the page title:

Here’s what’s nice about this: pages and posts have separate controls. So you can disable breadcrumbs on all your pages (where they’re usually unnecessary) but keep them on blog posts (where they actually help readers navigate between categories). Or vice versa.

What About Blog Posts?

Blog posts use a separate layout panel. Go to Customize > Posts/Pages Layout > Post Layout and you’ll find the same Title Elements list with its own Breadcrumb toggle.

For most blogs, I’d leave breadcrumbs on for posts. A post like “Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes” in the “Breakfast” category genuinely benefits from a trail like Home / Breakfast / Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes. Readers can jump back to the category and browse related recipes.

While you’re in the Title Elements section, you might also want to remove the author meta from your blog posts – that’s the same panel.

How Do I Disable Breadcrumbs on Just One Page?

The global method is an all-or-nothing switch. If you want breadcrumbs gone from just your homepage or a single landing page, Kadence gives you a per-page override.

1. Open the page in the WordPress block editor
2. In the right sidebar, look for the Kadence tab (it sits alongside the Document and Block tabs)
3. Find the Title Elements or Page Layout section
4. Toggle the Breadcrumb element off
5. Update the page

This setting applies to just that one page. The per-page override always wins over the global Customizer setting – so you can leave breadcrumbs enabled site-wide and disable them only on your homepage and landing pages.

I’d recommend doing this for your homepage and any landing pages first. Those are the pages where breadcrumbs almost never make sense. While you’re cleaning things up, you might also want to remove the page title on certain pages – it’s another quick visual fix in the same panel.

How Do I Customize Breadcrumbs Without Removing Them?

Maybe you don’t want to remove breadcrumbs entirely – you just want them to look different. Kadence has a dedicated panel for styling.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > General > Breadcrumbs
2. Adjust the separator character, home link, font, and colors
3. Click Publish

One option I always turn on: Use icon for home? – this swaps the word “Home” for a small house icon at the start of the trail. It looks cleaner and takes up less space, especially on mobile.

These settings apply everywhere breadcrumbs are enabled. So if you’ve disabled them on pages but kept them on posts, only your posts will show the updated style.

What Is the Breadcrumb Engine Setting?

At the top of the General > Breadcrumbs panel, there’s a dropdown called Breadcrumb Engine. This is one of the most useful settings in Kadence – and one of the least documented.

By default it’s set to Default, which uses Kadence’s own breadcrumb logic. But if you have Rank Math, Yoast SEO, or SEOPress installed, you can switch the engine to one of those plugins. Kadence will then display breadcrumbs using that plugin’s structured data and configuration – but still styled with Kadence’s theme settings.

Why does this matter? Two reasons:

• It prevents double breadcrumbs. If your SEO plugin outputs its own breadcrumb markup, switching Kadence to use that plugin’s engine unifies everything into a single trail instead of two stacked ones.
• It keeps breadcrumb SEO consistent with your site-wide SEO config. Rank Math and Yoast both have granular breadcrumb settings (like which categories to show, what the home label says). Picking the engine there means those settings flow through to your theme.

Watch Out for Double Breadcrumbs

This one catches people all the time. If you’re using an SEO plugin like Rank Math or Yoast SEO, it might inject its own breadcrumb markup into your pages. Combined with Kadence’s built-in breadcrumbs, you’ll end up with two breadcrumb trails stacked on top of each other.

You’ve got two fixes:

Fix 1 (recommended): Set the Breadcrumb Engine in Kadence to match your SEO plugin. That uses your plugin’s breadcrumb data but hides its duplicate output. One trail, styled by your theme.

Fix 2: Disable breadcrumbs in your SEO plugin entirely.

• Rank Math: Go to Rank Math > General Settings > Breadcrumbs and turn it off
• Yoast SEO: Go to Yoast > Search Appearance > Breadcrumbs and disable it

Pick one approach and stick with it. I’d go with Fix 1 – it gives you the SEO-plugin configuration with Kadence’s theme styling.

Should I Keep Breadcrumbs at All?

It depends on your site’s structure.

Keep breadcrumbs on:

• Blog posts with multiple categories – they help readers browse related content
• WooCommerce product pages – shoppers use them to navigate back to categories
• Archive and category pages – they show visitors where they are in the hierarchy
• Any site with more than 2 levels of nested pages

Remove breadcrumbs from:

• Simple sites with 5-10 pages and a clear menu
• Single-page or minimal sites
• Landing pages designed for conversions
• Pages where the breadcrumb trail is only one level deep (“Home > Contact” doesn’t tell anyone anything useful)

And about SEO – yes, breadcrumbs do help Google understand your site structure. Google can display them in search results as a clean path instead of showing your URL. But this only matters on pages with meaningful hierarchy. A breadcrumb showing just “Home” on your About page doesn’t give Google any useful information. Don’t keep breadcrumbs everywhere just for SEO reasons. Keep them where they actually help visitors navigate.

Quick Reference

What you want	Where to do it	Free?
Disable on one page	Edit Page > Kadence sidebar tab > toggle Breadcrumb off	Yes
Disable on all pages	Customize > Posts/Pages Layout > Page Layout > toggle off	Yes
Disable on all posts	Customize > Posts/Pages Layout > Post Layout > toggle off	Yes
Change separator/style/home icon	Customize > General > Breadcrumbs	Yes
Use SEO plugin’s breadcrumbs	Customize > General > Breadcrumbs > Breadcrumb Engine	Yes

Frequently Asked Questions

Does disabling Kadence breadcrumbs hurt my SEO?

Not in most cases. Breadcrumbs help Google understand deep site hierarchies, but pages like your homepage, About, and Contact have obvious structure already. I only keep breadcrumbs on blog posts and product pages where the category path actually adds value.

Can I disable breadcrumbs on specific categories only?

Not directly from the Customizer – it’s an all-or-nothing toggle for posts. But if you use Rank Math or Yoast SEO, switching the Breadcrumb Engine to that plugin gives you category-level breadcrumb controls. For the free Kadence version without an SEO plugin, the per-page toggle is your best option.

Why do I see two sets of breadcrumbs on my Kadence site?

That happens when both Kadence and an SEO plugin (Rank Math or Yoast) are outputting breadcrumbs at the same time. Either switch Kadence’s Breadcrumb Engine to match your plugin, or disable breadcrumbs in the plugin. Don’t let both render at once.

Will disabling breadcrumbs affect my WooCommerce product pages?

WooCommerce has its own breadcrumb system that’s separate from Kadence’s page breadcrumbs. Disabling Kadence breadcrumbs on pages won’t touch your shop or product page breadcrumbs unless you specifically disable them on those pages too.

Does the home icon toggle work on mobile?

Yes. The home icon replaces the “Home” text everywhere breadcrumbs appear – desktop, tablet, and mobile. It’s a small SVG icon, so it scales cleanly at any size and saves horizontal space on narrow mobile screens where long breadcrumb trails tend to wrap awkwardly.

The per-page approach is what I’d start with. Turn off breadcrumbs on your homepage and landing pages first, then decide if you want them globally or not. It’s one of those small tweaks that makes your site look more polished in under a minute.