TanStack / TanStack/tanstack.com
feat(seo): add semantic breadcrumbs and BreadcrumbList structured data
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Description
Context
TanStack has a deep, meaningful content hierarchy, especially across library landing pages, documentation, blog posts, chart examples, and partner pages. These pages currently do not emit BreadcrumbList JSON-LD.
The shared src/components/Breadcrumbs.tsx component is currently a section label plus an on-page table-of-contents control. It renders div elements rather than a complete semantic breadcrumb trail, so it cannot serve as the source of truth for either accessible navigation or structured data.
Google documentation: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/breadcrumb
Proposed scope
- Define a shared breadcrumb item model with a label and optional absolute or site-relative URL.
- Render visible breadcrumbs as nav with aria-label="Breadcrumb".
- Generate an SSR-visible BreadcrumbList JSON-LD object from the same breadcrumb items.
- Use representative user paths rather than mechanically mirroring URL segments.
- Cover at least:
- Library landing pages: Libraries → Query
- Docs: Libraries → Query → React Docs → Guides → Query Keys
- Blog posts: Blog → Post title
- Charts catalog examples: Charts → Catalog → Example title
- Partner detail pages: Partners → Partner name
- Do not emit breadcrumb markup on the homepage, errors, or non-indexable pages.
Acceptance criteria
- Visible breadcrumbs and JSON-LD are derived from one shared data model.
- BreadcrumbList is present in the raw SSR response, not added only after hydration.
- Every BreadcrumbList contains at least two ListItem entries with contiguous positions.
- Linked breadcrumb items use absolute canonical HTTPS URLs in JSON-LD.
- The current page name matches the visible page heading/title.
- Representative routes pass Google Rich Results Test validation.
- Automated tests cover ordering, URL generation, escaping, and routes that should not emit breadcrumbs.
Notes
The current UI component can retain its on-this-page control, but that control should be separate from the hierarchical breadcrumb data.
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Research direction
Start with src/components/Breadcrumbs.tsx and the Google Breadcrumb structured-data guidance, then trace the representative library, docs, blog, charts, and partner routes named in the issue. Done means shared breadcrumb data drives accessible visible navigation and SSR-visible JSON-LD, with the listed validation and automated coverage for ordering, URLs, escaping, and excluded routes.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- documentation, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100