Easiest Way Of Adding A Favicon To Your WordPress Site

Yesterday, my friend who just started blogging contacted me to help him add a favicon to his blog WEOOL Technology. I guided him through the steps but realized if this is proving to be difficult for a new blogger then i should write a post for accomplishing this more easily. So without wasting anytime let’s get to it.

What Is A Favicon ?
Favicon is that small size image which you see in browsers next to the title of the webpage. Like the ‘T’ sign on this page above – Take A Look.
A favicon could be your Companies Logo or anything which describes your site. This gives your website a more professional look and makes it unique among others. So, in this tutorial i’m going to show how you can add a favicon to your website very easily.

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Benefits Of A Favicon :

There are many benefits which you can gain by simply adding a favicon.

  • A more professional look.
  • Easy Identification.
  • Increased User Experience.
Creating A Favicon :
Before you can add a favicon to your site, first you need to create it. There are many tools which you can use ranging from Photoshop to simple image editors. Any image which is in 16 x 16 or 32 x 32 size and is in PNG or ICO format will work.
*Note that some older browsers don’t recognize PNG format for favicon.
 
How To Add Favicon To WordPress :
There are multiple ways to accomplish this but we are going to discuss the easiest one’s here.

First Method :-
  • Upload the file to the root directory of your website using FTP or file manager, if your web-host supports it.
  • Now edit your HEADER.PHP file and add the following code :


<link rel=”icon” href=”http://technonerdz.org/favicon.ico” type=”image/x-icon” />

<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”http://technonerdz.org/favicon.ico” type=”image/x-icon” />

  • In the above code just change technonerdz.org with your website’s url and paste it in your HEADER.PHP.

If this method seems too much technical for you, keep reading :-

Second Method :-
  • Login to your wordpress admin area.
  • Goto the plugins tab and search for a plugin named All In One Favicon.
  • Install the plugin and let it do the dirty work.

This is the easiest you can get for adding a favicon to your wordpress blog. Tell us how you end up doing it or leave a comment if you don’t understand any step.

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2 Comments

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