diff --git a/exampleSite/content/basics/migration/_index.en.md b/exampleSite/content/basics/migration/_index.en.md
index b1c086ebaf..d9491c7c18 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/basics/migration/_index.en.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/basics/migration/_index.en.md
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ This document shows you what's new in the latest release and flags it with one o
 
 ---
 
+## 5.27.0.beta (XXXX-XX-XX) {#5270}
+
+- {{% badge style="info" icon="plus-circle" title=" " %}}New{{% /badge %}} The breadcrumbs used in the topbar, search results and the taxonomy term lists are now using the pages frontmatter `linktitle` instead of `title` if set.
+
+---
+
 ## 5.26.0 (2024-03-18) {#5260}
 
 - {{% badge style="info" icon="plus-circle" title=" " %}}New{{% /badge %}} The lazy loading of images is now configurable by using the new `lazy` [image effect](cont/imageeffects). The default value hasn't changed in comparison to older versions, you don't need to change anything.
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/cont/i18n/_index.en.md b/exampleSite/content/cont/i18n/_index.en.md
index 4a3b1dcbdb..451fdefdc1 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/cont/i18n/_index.en.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/cont/i18n/_index.en.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 +++
+linktitle = "Multilingual"
 title = "Multilingual and i18n"
 weight = 7
 +++
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/cont/i18n/_index.pir.md b/exampleSite/content/cont/i18n/_index.pir.md
index bc28edb2d8..4f9b5aac60 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/cont/i18n/_index.pir.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/cont/i18n/_index.pir.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 +++
+linktitle = "Multilingual"
 title = "Multilingual an' i18n"
 weight = 7
 +++
diff --git a/layouts/partials/breadcrumbs.html b/layouts/partials/breadcrumbs.html
index 09e7c730d0..a0dea230cb 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/breadcrumbs.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/breadcrumbs.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 {{- range $i, $e := $breadcrumbReversed }}
   {{- $to := $e }}
   {{- $depth = add $depth 1 }}
-  {{- $title := $to.Title }}
+  {{- $title := or $to.Params.menuTitle $to.LinkTitle $to.Title }}
   {{- if eq $to.Kind "taxonomy" }}
     {{- $title = default (default $to.Data.Plural (i18n $to.Data.Plural)) $to.Params.Title }}
   {{- else if eq $to.Kind "term" }}