{"id":1077,"date":"2019-04-22T11:39:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T11:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqonicthemes.com\/Project\/iqonic_wp\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2019-04-22T11:39:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T11:39:56","slug":"how-to-create-add-attractive-favicon-or-site-icon-to-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.iqonic.design\/agency\/how-to-create-add-attractive-favicon-or-site-icon-to-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Create &#038; Add Attractive Favicon or Site Icon to WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1079 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.iqonic.design\/agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/25.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Making people remember your brand takes much more than building a website and social media pages. The vigorous competition between companies and similar-looking brand names make it extremely hard to grow brand recognition. The techniques to promote the brand is key to your marketing strategy. A favicon, that is short for \u2018favorite icon\u2019 is referred to as a site icon. In this post, we will study how to create this favicon and why does your\u00a0<a class=\"aq cc il im in io\" href=\"https:\/\/themeforest.net\/item\/vizion-ai-startups-responsive-wordpress-theme\/23467565\">WordPress website<\/a>\u00a0need favicon.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hz ip\">Favicon: Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1081 \" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.iqonic.design\/agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/26.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"493\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A favicon is a small icon displayed on a website\u2019s page title. Favicons can also be seen next to a website\u2019s name (much like a site\u2019s icon) in a list of bookmarked sites. However, they can also be an image that is hyperlinked to a site\u2019s branding, if this is more appropriate. Once a favicon is selected, it is advisable to never change, unless your business undergoes a re-branding phase. This way, your website visitors become familiar with your favicon and recognize it in a lineup of browser tabs.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hz ip\">How To Create a Favicon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1082 \" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.iqonic.design\/agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/27.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Creating a favicon icon is an interesting process. The first step is to create a brand-relevant image. The favicon icon should ideally be the same icon image as your website\u2019s logo so that visitors can instantly recognize it.\u00a0There are free graphic design tools like Canva, which can be used to easily edit the image.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hz ip\">Adding Favicon to WordPress site<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1083 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.iqonic.design\/agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/28.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"hx hy fi bh hz b ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">WordPress site is extremely user-friendly and easy to customize. With little to no knowledge of coding, you can easily set up a favicon icon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hx hy fi bh hz b ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><strong class=\"hz ip\">Steps:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Open WP dashboard and click on the menu<br \/>\n2. Select Appearance \u2014 Customize \u2014 Site Identity and there you will see Site Title and Site Icon.<br \/>\n3. Just below the Site Icon, you can add, change or remove the favicon. Click on Select Image.<br \/>\n4. Select Save and Publish after your favicon icon is updated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hx hy fi bh hz b ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">There is certainly the number of alternate ways to add a favicon to your WordPress website. Example, you can choose to prefer plugins to add functionality to the website instead of depending on a theme. Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator is a WordPress plugin that is one great option. Install the plugin, upload an icon image and you are done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hx hy fi bh hz b ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">For anyone with coding knowledge, favicon icon can be set up into the website\u2019s root directory through code. Code is then fed into the header.pho file.<\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><strong class=\"hz ip\">Strengthen Brand Reputation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1084 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.iqonic.design\/agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/29.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<article>\n<div>\n<section class=\"gc gd ge gf gg\">\n<div class=\"ae gh ab ch w x\">\n<p class=\"hx hy fi bh hz b ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Most website visitors use to bookmark websites that are frequently checked by them.\u00a0A favicon icon makes your bookmarked pages look attractive. Simply by looking at the favicon icon, your user will recall which website it belongs to.\u00a0Favicon is one among the successful digital marketing tool that website owners bet on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hx hy fi bh hz b ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"hx hy fi bh hz b ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><em class=\"is\">With all new AI enabled WordPress plugins and advance technology, marketing has evolved. Using a favicon is a strong brand marketing tactic. A favicon doesn\u2019t just make your website look beautiful, but also helps a website visitor to remember it and increase the span of being on the website.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making people remember your brand takes much more than building a website and social media pages. 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