How to get a favicon…the easy way.

Does your site need a favicon? This post will cover what it is and how to get one the easy way.

What is a favicon? It is the website’s icon on your browser tab. On this website, it’s a happy face.

On craigslist for example, it is a peace symbol.

Here’s how to get one for yourself the easy way…

1. Pick the image you would like to use. Obviously, it can’t be too elaborate. It will be reduced to 16x16px image, so it can’t have too much going on. Just a symbol or a letter like PayPal’s.
2. Go to this favicon generator that makes it simple & it’s completely free.
3. Download the file that it generated. Your “favicon.ico” file to your computer.
4. Upload that file to the root of your website’s theme folder… /wp-content/themes/your-theme/.

Sometimes your theme will provide a place for you to upload (or link to) your file.

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