Signocore SEO has three shortcodes and one block. You can place a shortcode in a Shortcode block, in the classic editor or in a theme template:
<?php echo do_shortcode('[signocore-breadcrumbs]'); ?>
Breadcrumbs
[signocore-breadcrumbs]
Shows the breadcrumb trail for the current page. The shortcode has no attributes.
The trail starts with Home and follows the page's place in your site. The current page comes last, marked as the current page for screen readers. Each step uses the Breadcrumb Title from its SEO box when you set one, otherwise its normal title.
| Page | Trail |
|---|---|
| Post | Home, the blog page, then the category and its parent categories, but only when your permalink structure contains %category%. With a structure such as /%postname%/, the trail is Home, the blog page and the post. |
| Product | Home, the shop page, the product category and its parent categories, even when the product address has no category |
| Page or other content type | Home, the parent pages, then the page itself |
| Blog page or shop page | Home, then the page |
| Category or tag | Home, the blog page (the shop page for product categories and tags), the parent categories, then the category. Terms of other taxonomies skip the blog and shop page. |
| Author archive | Home, then the author |
| Post type archive | Home, then the archive |
| Date archive | Home, the blog page when your front page is a static page, then the year, month and day |
| Search results | Home, then "Search for" and the search term |
The blog page and the shop page only appear when your site has one. When a post or product has several categories, the trail uses the one in its address, which is the primary category when you set one. On the front page and on 404 pages, the shortcode shows nothing.
The output looks like this:
<div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://example.com">Home</a> <span class="sep" aria-hidden="true">›</span> <a href="https://example.com/category/guides/">Guides</a> <span class="sep" aria-hidden="true">›</span> <span aria-current="page">How to choose a sofa</span></div>
There are no appearance settings. Style the .breadcrumbs and .sep classes in your theme's CSS, or let a developer change the wrapper and separator with wpsseo_breadcrumb_args, the trail with wpsseo_breadcrumb_structure and the printed items with wpsseo_breadcrumb_links.
The same trail is added to every page except the front page as structured data, whether or not you use the shortcode. See Structured data.
Reading time
[signocore-reading-time] [signocore-reading-time post_id="42"]
Shows the estimated reading time of a post as plain text, such as "4 minutes". The estimate uses the word count and how hard the text is to read, between 120 and 300 words per minute.
| Attribute | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
post_id |
The current post | The ID of the post to measure. |
Outside a post, and without post_id, the shortcode shows nothing. The value is cached and refreshed when you save the post.
Table of contents
The table of contents is built from the headings in the post content each time the page loads, so it always matches your current headings. Headings inside groups and columns are included.
Headings need an anchor for the links to jump to. In posts that contain the block or the shortcode, headings without an anchor get one made from their text, with -2, -3 and so on added when two headings share a text. Anchors you set yourself are kept.
Note: The table of contents needs the PHP
domextension. Without it, the block and the shortcode are not available, and administrators see a notice. Ask your host to enable it, or see Troubleshooting.
The Table of Contents block
Add the Table of Contents block from the Signocore category. The editor shows a live preview of your headings. The settings sidebar has two panels:
| Setting | Panel | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heading H2, Heading H3, Heading H4 | Headings | H2 and H3 | Heading levels to list. Select at least one. |
| List style | Appearance | Numbered (ordered) | Numbered (ordered) or Bulleted (unordered). |
| Title | Appearance | Empty | Optional heading shown above the list. Leave it empty to hide it. |
| Maximum depth | Appearance | 3 | From 1 to 4. How many of the selected levels to show, counted from the top. |
| Smooth scroll | Appearance | On | Scrolls smoothly to a heading when a visitor clicks a link, unless the visitor's device asks for reduced motion. |
| Collapsible | Appearance | Off | Lets visitors fold the list away. It starts open, with the title (or "Table of contents") as the toggle. |
Maximum depth counts the levels you select, not heading numbers. With H2, H3 and H4 selected and a depth of 2, the list shows H2 and H3. Deeper headings nest under the one before them.
The block also supports an HTML anchor, wide and full alignment, and margin and padding. When the post has no matching headings, the block shows nothing on the page.
The shortcode
[signocore-toc]
The shortcode shows the same table of contents where blocks are not an option. Place it in the content of the post itself, because heading anchors are only added to posts that contain the block or the shortcode.
| Attribute | Default | Allowed values |
|---|---|---|
levels |
2,3 |
Heading levels 2 to 6, separated by commas. |
list |
ol |
ol for a numbered list, ul for a bulleted list. |
title |
Empty | Any text, shown above the list. |
smooth |
true |
true or false. 1, yes and on also count as true, anything else as false. |
collapsible |
false |
true or false, read the same way as smooth. |
depth |
3 |
1 to 4. Values outside that range are set to the nearest limit. |
For example, a bulleted list of H2 to H4 headings that visitors can fold away:
[signocore-toc levels="2,3,4" list="ul" title="On this page" depth="3" collapsible="true"]