What Is a Favicon? Complete Beginner's Guide
What favicons are, why every website needs one, and how to add one to your site.
Learn how to create, optimize, and deploy favicons for any website.
What favicons are, why every website needs one, and how to add one to your site.
Browser tools, Photoshop, Figma, online generators — every method ranked for speed and privacy.
16×16 through 256×256 — which sizes matter and which you can skip in 2026.
Browser support, file size, alpha transparency — the real differences between ICO and PNG favicons.
How to create favicons that work in both light and dark browser themes — SVG with prefers-color-scheme, dual PNGs.
Step-by-step platform guides with exact menu paths. Common mistakes that break favicons on each CMS.
GenFavicon, favicon.io, realfavicongenerator, favicon.cc — tested on privacy, speed, and output quality.