{"id":4178,"date":"2023-12-09T18:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T18:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2023-12-09T18:25:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T18:25:14","slug":"what-is-a-favicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Favicon? (Detailed Explanation)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What is a favicon?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is this something you&#8217;re wondering right now?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If yes, you&#8217;re in the right place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The word &#8220;Favicon&#8221; sounds like a character from some fairytale comic movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it&#8217;s actually something else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But don&#8217;t worry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this post, we&#8217;ll explain what a favicon is, what it is used for, why it&#8217;s important for your website, and how you can create it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, without wasting any further time, let&#8217;s jump right into the post.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69debef62fde1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69debef62fde1\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/#What_is_a_Favicon\" title=\"What is a Favicon?\">What is a Favicon?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/#What_is_Favicon_Used_For\" title=\"What is Favicon Used For?\">What is Favicon Used For?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/#Where_Does_Favicon_Appear\" title=\"Where Does Favicon Appear?\">Where Does Favicon Appear?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/#Why_is_Favicon_Important\" title=\"Why is Favicon Important?\">Why is Favicon Important?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/#Difference_Between_Favicon_And_Logo\" title=\"Difference Between Favicon And Logo\">Difference Between Favicon And Logo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/#What_is_The_Best_Size_For_Favicon\" title=\"What is The Best Size For Favicon?\">What is The Best Size For Favicon?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/#What_Format_Should_a_Favicon_Be\" title=\"What Format Should a Favicon Be?\">What Format Should a Favicon Be?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/#How_to_Add_Favicon_in_WordPress\" title=\"How to Add Favicon in WordPress\">How to Add Favicon in WordPress<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/#How_to_Add_a_Favicon_in_HTML\" title=\"How to Add a Favicon in HTML\">How to Add a Favicon in HTML<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/what-is-a-favicon\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_Favicon\"><\/span><b>What is a Favicon?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A favicon is a small, square-sized browser icon that represents the identity of a brand or website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In simple terms, the small-sized icons you can see at your browser&#8217;s address bar beside each website you open are called Favicon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1999, when Microsoft released Internet Explorer 5, it also supported the favicon icon for the first time ever in the history of web browsers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Originally, the word &#8220;Favicon&#8221; was a file called &#8220;favicon.ico,&#8221; placed within the website&#8217;s root directory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Initially, it was used in Internet Explorer&#8217;s favorites and bookmarks section to estimate the number of visitors who had bookmarked the page by the request of the Favicon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Later on, it became a default thing in most web browsers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Favicon_Used_For\"><\/span><b>What is Favicon Used For?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now that you know what Favicon actually is, you might wonder what it is used for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In simple words, Favicon works like a visual representation of your website in a browser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When people open multiple tabs on their browsers, the small favicon icon beside your page title helps people locate your website and return to it easily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It significantly improves the user experience of your website and helps you build a solid brand identity in any crowded space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even though it&#8217;s a small icon that people rarely notice, it builds the identity of your brand in the subconscious mind of your website visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No matter whether you have a fancy logo on your website or not, you should have a good Favicon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_Does_Favicon_Appear\"><\/span><b>Where Does Favicon Appear?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mostly, you can spot the Favicon icon beside each web page title at the address bar of your browser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here&#8217;s an example of Zutrix&#8217;s Favicon icon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-4179\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/What-is-a-Favicon-example.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/What-is-a-Favicon-example.png\" alt=\"What is a Favicon example\" width=\"896\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27896%27%20height%3D%27448%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20896%20448%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27896%27%20height%3D%27448%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/What-is-a-Favicon-example-200x100.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/What-is-a-Favicon-example-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/What-is-a-Favicon-example-400x200.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/What-is-a-Favicon-example-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/What-is-a-Favicon-example-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/What-is-a-Favicon-example-800x400.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/What-is-a-Favicon-example.png 896w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Almost the majority of the websites will have a favicon icon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apart from the address bar, you can notice the Favicon icon within the search bar, search history, bookmarks, toolbar apps, and the dropdown menu of your bookmark section.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In fact, Google has also started showing the Favicon icon in Google search results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One thing you have to keep in mind is that different browsers may show the Favicon icon differently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some browsers don&#8217;t even support the Favicon icon, but most popular browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Safari support it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_Favicon_Important\"><\/span><b>Why is Favicon Important?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even though Favicon might not look like an essential part of websites, it still plays a vital role in the overall brand identity of your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It improves your website&#8217;s user experience by helping people seamlessly navigate and identify your website just by looking at your Favicon icon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can consider Favicon as the face of your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just like people can resonate with your brand by looking at your logo, your Favicon works almost similarly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Difference_Between_Favicon_And_Logo\"><\/span><b>Difference Between Favicon And Logo<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While Favicon and Logo almost look similar and serve the same purpose, both of these are pretty different.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your logo is a representation of your brand across various mediums, from website to business card.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the flip side, Favicon is a miniature version of your logo that helps distinguish and stand out your website in a crowded online space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most brands use a smaller version of their logo as their Favicon icon, while some create a similar icon that aligns with their brand identity and logo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Favicons are used explicitly in web browsers, while logos can be used in a wide range of media, including websites, business cards, billboards, or promotional materials.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_The_Best_Size_For_Favicon\"><\/span><b>What is The Best Size For Favicon?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ideal size of Favicon can vary a lot depending on the browser and where they are being used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, the size of the Favicon used on the browser address bar will be different from the size of the Favicon used within the bookmark section.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, most brands and website owners won&#8217;t be able to have different-sized Favicon for different locations. That&#8217;s why the widely used Favicon size is 16&#215;16 pixels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, if you want a better quality for higher resolution screens, you can use sizes like 32&#215;32 or 64&#215;64 pixels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To find the best suitable Favicon size for your website, you can run a test on different browsers and devices to ensure it looks excellent everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For most people, 16&#215;16 pixels of standard size works great.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But if you want to level up your Favicon game, you can also have multiple sizes for different screen sizes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Format_Should_a_Favicon_Be\"><\/span><b>What Format Should a Favicon Be?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The commonly supported Favicon format across most web browsers is ICO (Windows icon).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ICO is a format compatible with most web browsers, including Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Firefox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These days, web browsers also started supporting PNG, GIF, SVGs, and JPEGs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, Microsoft Edge does not support SVG and JPEG formats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you take our advice, it&#8217;s better to use the ICO format to stay on the safer side, as it&#8217;s compatible with most browsers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Add_Favicon_in_WordPress\"><\/span><b>How to Add Favicon in WordPress<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you run a WordPress website, there&#8217;s good news for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adding Favicon icons to a WordPress website is easier than any other CMS or custom website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All you have to do is click some buttons, and you&#8217;re all done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To add Favicon to your <a href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/wordpress-seo-plugins\/\">WordPress website<\/a>, firstly, you have to ensure that you have the Favicon ready in the proper format and size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once you have that, follow the steps below to add Favicon to your WordPress website easily:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Login to your WordPress dashboard and head over to <\/span><b>Appearance \u00bb Customize<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-4180 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-on-WordPress.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-on-WordPress.png\" alt=\"Add Favicon on WordPress\" width=\"658\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27658%27%20height%3D%27302%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20658%20302%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27658%27%20height%3D%27302%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-on-WordPress-200x92.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-on-WordPress-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-on-WordPress-400x184.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-on-WordPress-600x275.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-on-WordPress.png 658w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next, click on the <\/span><b>&#8220;Site Identify&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tap from the left sidebar. Here, you can see multiple options to add a website title, logo, tagline, and Favicon Logo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Scroll down, click on <\/span><b>&#8220;Site Icon,&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and upload the Favicon icon you designed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-4181 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-icon.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-icon.png\" alt=\"Add Favicon icon\" width=\"594\" height=\"1208\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27594%27%20height%3D%271208%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20594%201208%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27594%27%20height%3D%271208%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-icon-148x300.png 148w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-icon-200x407.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-icon-400x813.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-icon-504x1024.png 504w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Add-Favicon-icon.png 594w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once it&#8217;s uploaded, you&#8217;ll be returned to the WordPress customizer, where you have to click on <\/span><b>&#8220;Publish&#8221; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from the left sidebar to save the changes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can also upload Favicon on your WordPress site by using a free plugin called <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/favicon-by-realfavicongenerator\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This free plugin will also enable you to change the look, color, and size of the Favicon right inside the tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Add_a_Favicon_in_HTML\"><\/span><b>How to Add a Favicon in HTML<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you don&#8217;t own a WordPress site, you still don&#8217;t have to worry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can easily add Favicon to your website just by adding a few lines of HTML code, which takes less than a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To add a Favicon icon using HTML, firstly, create a folder inside your project directory called<\/span><b> &#8220;Images&#8221; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(if you already have this folder, you can skip this).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, upload your Favicon icon image inside that folder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once that&#8217;s done, open the HTML file of your website inside a text editor and add the following code inside the <\/span><b>&lt;head&gt;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> section of your HTML code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&lt;link rel=&#8221;icon&#8221; href=&#8221;\/path\/to\/favicon.ico&#8221; type=&#8221;image\/x-icon&#8221;&gt;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, replace the &#8220;<\/span><b><i>\/path\/to\/favicon.ico<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8221; with the actual path of your Favicon icon image.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Save the changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to your HTML file and <\/span><b>upload the file<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to your web server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And now you can see the icon has been added to your website immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><b>Conclusion<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We hope now you have a clear understanding of what a Favicon is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, Favicon is a small square-sized browser icon that represents your brand identity and helps your users navigate to your website easily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most popular web browsers support Favicon, while some browsers do not support this option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you haven&#8217;t uploaded the Favicon icon of your website yet, you should not wait for too long, as it can negatively affect the user experience of your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whether you have a WordPress site or a custom website, it&#8217;s super easy to add it to a website that takes less than a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a favicon? 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