How to add a Favicon to WordPress
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 3:02 pm
If there is already an old favicon.ico file in your current theme’s main folder, delete it using FTP Clients.
- With an FTP Client, upload the new favicon.ico file into your current theme’s main folder.
- Upload another copy of your favicon.ico file to the main directory of your site (ie. http://example.com/favicon.ico). This will display the favicon in your subscribers’ feedreaders.
- Go to your WordPress Administration Panel.
- Click on Design (called Presentation in WordPress 2.3.x and below, and Appearance in WordPress 2.7+).
- Click on Theme Editor.
- Select the file called Header or header.php to edit the file.
- Search for the line of code that begins with <link rel="shortcut icon" and ends with /favicon.ico" />. Overwrite it, if it exists, or add the following code below the <head> HTML tag.
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<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/favicon.ico" />