{"id":1023,"date":"2014-03-03T20:09:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T19:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wphelpclub.com\/blog\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2014-03-03T20:16:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T19:16:47","slug":"how-to-change-a-favicon-on-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wphelpclub.com\/blog\/how-to-change-a-favicon-on-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the little icon that shows up on browser tabs (i.e. favicon)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1034\" alt=\"favicons\" src=\"http:\/\/wphelpclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/favicons.jpg\" width=\"289\" height=\"46\" \/>Hey,<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been wondering how to change the favicon on wordpress for your site (that little square image that shows up on your browser&#8217;s tabs, that is if you don&#8217;t have 20 tabs opened like me!!).<br \/>\nThere are actually several ways to do it.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #7ab80e; font-weight: bold;\"><!--more--><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #7ab80e; font-weight: bold;\">OPTION #1: Your theme can set it up for you<\/h2>\n<p>Many themes will allow you to load an image to be used for the favicon (all <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/wphelpclub.com\/go\/elegantthemes\" target=\"_blank\">Elegant Themes<\/a> for example do that).<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #7ab80e; font-weight: bold;\">OPTION #2: You can use a free plugin to set it up<\/h2>\n<p>I like <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/all-in-one-favicon\/\" target=\"_blank\">All In One Favicon<\/a>, it&#8217;s support simple to use and does the job. You can even setup a different icon for your visitors and for you when you are working on your dashboard.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #7ab80e; font-weight: bold;\">OPTION #3: Install it manually<\/h2>\n<p>This option is also pretty simple but requires more steps:<br \/>\na) create a .ico image to be used for the icon, there is a free tool out there called <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/favicon-generator.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">FaviconGenerator.org<\/a> where you can upload an image and it will create the .ico file for you.<br \/>\nAnother tool is <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.favicon.cc\/\" target=\"_blank\">favicon.cc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>b) login to your hosting account and go to the root of your website (generally public_html but if you are working on a folder or subdomain it could be in a different place) and just copy the file there.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!! You&#8217;ve just learned how to change a favicon on wordpress \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>If you found this article useful, please comment below and let me know!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, If you&#8217;ve been wondering how to change the favicon on wordpress for your site (that little square image that shows up on your browser&#8217;s tabs, that is if you don&#8217;t have 20 tabs opened like me!!). 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