We can easily create a favicon or site icon for Blogger or WordPress or Wix site. For this we can use online websites as well as offline ( MS PowerPoint ). The size of the favicon must have 16×16 pixels or 32×32 will be also okay.
How To Create and Change a Siteicon in WordPress, Blogger and Wix
Now, Lets discuss how to create it.
1. Favicon.io
We can create favicon using above site. Just click on TEXT -> ICON and you will get result like that;
Suppose your site name starts with P, just like our site name ProtoTrend then probably you will choose your site icon as a single letter. In the above picture, you see the Text option where you can write your website’s first letter. And you will get a result as a preview and you can see it in your browser tab.
After generating your desired favicon you can download the icon. And the file downloaded will be in ZIP format and you will get the favicon of sizes 16×16, 32×32, 512×512.
2. Pixlr.com
We can create favicon, logo, ads banner, thumbnails, and many more from Pixlr. To create the favicon, we have to click on create new option after that we will get different sizes layouts. And we have to create 16×16 manually which is discussed below in the picture.
We can create a site icon by following these steps and its totally online. You haven’t open any software and desktop applications for this.
3. Canva
Canva is also a great tool for various graphics designing. We can create numerous types of design using it. We have to create a design and you have to choose a custom dimension. You can follow the steps that we have mentioned below.
We have discussed the various ways of creating favicon for your wordpress site or Wix site or simply we can say for blogger. Now we will discuss about how to change the favicon in blogger & WordPress.
How To Change a Favicon in Blogger
We have already created a favicon and now its time to change a favicon in blogger. You can follow exactly the same steps to change the favicon in the blogger. Blogger Dashboard -> Layout-> Favicon Edit and lastly upload a site icon. As simple as that.
How To Change a Site icon in WordPress
Firstly, you have to go to customize option and you have to select Header and after that follow the following steps;
After selecting header, select site identity and go to site icon, where you will get a option to upload site icon of your wordpress website.
Finally, by following these steps, you came to know how to create a favicon for blogger or wordPress or Wix Site.
Niraj Raut is the CEO of Merocourse and writes blog posts for Ignited Nepal, Merocourse, and ProtoTrend. He studied B.Sc.CSIT at Tribhuvan University.
