Adding Favicon to a WordPress blog may be a headache for most of you. Well, no more, Read this article to learn how to add Favicon to your blog.
How did it all begin?
Some days back a reader asked me that how he can add favicon to his blog. I told him the entire process, but later on when I was browsing some of my favorite blogs I found out that this issue was more widespread and so I decided to write a post on it.
So let’s start and see how you can add favicon to your blog.
First of all you need to find a favicon for you blog. One thing that I would like to mention here is that your favicon isn’t necessarily supposed to be a .ico file. You can use all file image extensions like .jpg, .png, .gif.
For best display you would need a file of dimensions 16×16 pixels and size up to 20 kb. You can either create your own favicon or choose from enormous range of favicon already out there. I have listed all the freely available online services here.
Once you have chosen your favorite favicon, upload it to your blog and save the URL. ( You can upload it like any other image)
Adding Favicon to your WordPress blog:
Best thing about WordPress is that it has been researched so much that it always gives you options. Here you have the option of using a plugin or adding a simple code to your theme. The plugin that you need is here and it is pretty easy to use so I won’t be messing around with that too much. Here is how you can do it with help of a simple code.
1 <link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”Paste URL here” />2. Paste the URL of your icon in the above code where it is mentioned Paste URL here.
3. Log into your WordPress blog and navigate to Theme Editor Tab under the tab Design Tab in WP 2.6 and under the appearance tab in WP 2.7.
4. Locate your header.php file and click on it to edit it.
5. Now add this simple piece of code to the header.php file between the <head > and </head> tags.
6. Click on update tab and your job is done. Enjoy your site’s new look.
One thing that you should note here is that, your favicon might not show up immediately.
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Thanks for the tip. Really It was needful so that I can let my blog different from others.
Thanks for great tutorial.Good to have a change.