The first step, of course, is to create your custom favicon.
Once you have your .ico file, there are three possible ways to add it to your site.
- Name the file “favicon.ico” and manually upload (FTP) to the root folder of your website. This is the least elegant of the methods, as it can become confusing if you are hosting multiple domains on your webserver. The upside is that if you do it this way, you can avoid having to run a favicon integration plugin.
- If you have a favicon-friendly WordPress theme (my favorite is Atahualpa), you can follow the theme directions for uploading and displaying your favicon. Since I personally love Atahualpa (a free, customizable WordPress Theme), I use it’s built in favicon handling feature so that I can avoid having to install and run a plugin to do this simple task.
- Install a WordPress Plugin to handle your favicon integration. This is fine as long as you are not running a plugin heavy website. And it is very easy to do for those of you who aren’t “backend” inclined. My recommendations for Favicon Plugins are:
- Shockingly Simple Favicon
- MaxBlogPressFavicon
