Why does WP recommend against custom favicon functionality in themes?

I am developing a WordPress theme, and when reading the Codex article on Theme review, WP recommendeds against allowing custom favicons in a theme. Does anyone know the reason for this recommendation? From the Codex: Favicons Themes are recommended not to implement custom favicon functionality. If implemented, favicon functionality is required to be opt-in, and … Read more

Do you have to include ?

I didn’t include the following line of code in my head tag, however my favicon still appears in my browser: <link rel=”icon” href=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6644684/favicon.ico” type=”image/x-icon” /> What’s the purpose of including it? 5 Answers 5

Serving favicon.ico in ASP.NET MVC

What is the final/best recommendation for how to serve favicon.ico in ASP.NET MVC? I am currently doing the following: Adding an entry to the very beginning of my RegisterRoutes method: routes.IgnoreRoute(“favicon.ico”); Placing favicon.ico in the root of my application (which is also going to be the root of my domain). I have two questions: Is … Read more

Remove apple-touch-icon link generated by WordPress

I am adding Favicons and Icons to my site manually in a more proper way than what WordPress adds by default. My WordPress is generating the below 4 lines of code automatically. <link rel=”icon” href=”http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/09/cropped-group_logo-32×32.png” sizes=”32×32″> <link rel=”icon” href=”http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/09/cropped-group_logo-192×192.png” sizes=”192×192″> <link rel=”apple-touch-icon-precomposed” href=”http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/09/cropped-group_logo-180×180.png”> <meta name=”msapplication-TileImage” content=”http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/09/cropped-group_logo-270×270.png”> I tried a lot but could not figure out … Read more

Favicon plugin for WordPress running in network mode (multisite)? [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for WordPress Development Stack Exchange. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question What favicon plugin should I use in order to define favicons for WordPress when I run in multi-site mode. Uploading favicon.ico … Read more