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How to add a Favicon to your Site

Updated 2024-08-221 min read

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A favicon is the small icon that is displayed to the left of browser tabs in your browser.

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Adding a favicon to your website is very easy. All you have to do is upload a 16x16 pixel or 32x32 pixel image to the document root folder for your website and name it favicon.ico.

If you'd like to add a favicon to Wordpress:

1. Login to Wordpress: domain.com/wp-admin

2. Go to Appearance >> Customize and click on Site Identity tab

3. Click Select site icon as seen at the bottom of the image below:

4. Upload your favicon image (ideally make sure it is 16x16 or 32x32) and then click Select.

5. You should now see the new favicon image displayed on the left-hand side of your browser tab.

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What is a favicon?

A favicon is the small website icon displayed beside a page’s title in a browser tab.

Where does the file-based method place the favicon?

The guide describes uploading a file named favicon.ico to the website’s document root, the directory from which the site’s content is served. Domain Document Root & How to change it.

Where does this guide set a WordPress site icon?

Its WordPress workflow uses Appearance, Customize and Site Identity, then Select site icon. Use the equivalent site identity controls available in your installed theme.