PB settings page: admin/structure/path-breadcrumbs/settings

Path Breadcrumbs module can be used out of the box without additional configuration.
However, it has a list of useful settings which listed below:

URL path cleaning method

Why: To clear, lower case, transliterate URLs, generated by PB.
Available values:

• Disabled (most common)
• Ctools (uses ctools_cleanstring())
• Pathauto (uses Pathauto settings)

Default: Disabled

Delimiter

Why: Symbol that separates breadcrumbs.
Available values: String (translatable)
Default: »

Maximum title length

Why: If you want to truncate long breadcrumb titles.
Available values:

• Empty (disabled)
• Positive integer (enabled)

Default: Disabled

Rich snippets support

Why: Markup your breadcrumbs with microdata for better SEO. More info.
Available values:

• Disabled
• RDFa
• Microdata

Default: Disabled

Hide breadcrumbs navigation for single breadcrumb

Why: To hide breadcrumbs with only one item. Works for all site breadcrumbs.
Available values:

• Disabled
• Enabled

Default: Disabled

Decode HTML entities

Why: ?
Available values:
Default: Enabled

Use module breadcrumbs render function

Why: You have to enable it to use some PB features:

• Delimiter
• Rich snippets
• Hide breadcrumbs navigation for single breadcrumb

If you don't need any of these features, you can safely disable this option.

Available values:

• Disabled
• Enabled

Default: Enabled

Enable cache for the breadcrumbs

Why: To cache heavy PB search and build operations.
Available values:

• Disabled
• Enabled

Default: Disabled

Cache lifetime

Why: For how long cache will be valid.
Cache is automatically cleared for PB item when saving or updating it.
Available values:

• Permanent
• Temporary
• From 5 min to 7 days.

Default: Permanent

Prepend breadcrumbs with a home link by default

Why: To select default value for option “Prepend Home link to the breadcrumb” in Path Breadcrumbs edit form.
This option doesn’t really changes any breadcrumbs output (historically).
Available values:

• Disabled
• Enabled

Default: Enabled

Home link title

Why: Text used for prepended Home link (only for breadcrumbs built by PB).
Available values: String (translatable)
Default: Home

You can translate almost all settings with i18n_variable module from i18n project.