How to add Favicon to WordPress?
AdvertisementsFavicon stands for “Favourites Icon“. It is also cknown as shortcut icon, website icon, bookmark icon or url icon. It is displayed on the side of the address bar in your web-browser, as you can see in following image -
Favicon is really important as it adds identity to your url. Your site can be easily identified from the list of favourites, because of its favicon.
Also it helps to identify your sites easily if multiple tabs are opened in any web-browser.
Here are the steps to add favicon to your wordpress blog -
- You will first need a favicon, which can be created from any image here – www.html-kit.com/favicon
- When you have created your favicon, upload it to your server or any other image uploading service.
- Once you have uploaded it, get its url.
- Goto your WordPress Dasboard > Appearance > Editor > Header.
- Search for following code if any -
<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”favicon.ico”>
- If its not there, add it replacing “favicon.ico” with the url of your favicon image.
- Now update it….thats it you have successfully added favicon to your site.
Feel free to leave a comment if you are having difficulty in implementing these steps.
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