by epipe-com 3.7 (6 reviews)

The Simplest Favicon

Name: The Simplest Favicon
Rating: 3.7 (6 reviews)
Author: epipe-com

Adds a favicon link to the document head section.

The Simplest Favicon ranks #7,999 among WordPress.org plugins with 700+ active installations, is #916 of 6,339 in the Media category, a 3.7/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated May 14, 2016. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.5 (Current: 7.1.1)

v1.1 Current Version v1.1

Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 14 May, 2016

Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#916 of 6,339 in Media Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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#7,999

-1 this week

Active Installs

700+

-7.3%

KW Avg Position

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Downloads

35.4K

+2 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

74%

Review 3.7 out of 5

3.7 (6 reviews)

Next Milestone 800

Total Progress 55%

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Reviews & Ratings

3.7

6 reviews

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1
Last Updated: May 14, 2016
Requires WP: 3.0+
Tested Up To: 4.5
PHP Version: N/A
Author: epipe-com

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.7
Reviews: 6
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want a favicon displayed in the browser tab without configuring any settings. It automatically adds a favicon link to the document head, provided the user has already uploaded a favicon.ico file to the site's root directory.

Adds favicon link to head
No configuration options
Always enabled when active

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about The Simplest Favicon

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.