Adds a favicon link to the document head section.
This plugin adds a favicon link to the document head section.
There are no options. The link is always added when the plugin is enabled.
The favicon.ico
file needs to be uploaded to the site’s root
directory. If you do not know how to do this, you should have a look at
one of the other favicon plugins.
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
favicon.ico
file to your site’s root directory.curl -I http://yoursite.example.com/favicon.ico
the-simplest-favicon.php
to the /wp-content/plugins/
directory.The site root directory is the best place for the favicon file.
Some older browsers and most feed readers have no way of specifying
the favicon file location in the document or feed markup. They always
attempt to retrieve it from the site’s root directory.
Most browsers look up the favicon file in the default location
automatically, but some do not. They need to be told where it is
located and this is what this plugin does.
Up to you. Choose whatever way is easiest for you.
If you edit the theme’s header.php
you will need to make the same
changes again if you later on update or change your theme. With this plugin
you do not need to remember to do that and upgrading becomes simple.
In this case you probably do not need this plugin. It might be still
best to put the favicon.ico
file in your site’s root directory.
This is well documented elsewhere. A good place to start is
to understand Wikipedia article on favicon.