Shockingly Simple Favicon (WP Plugin)
The “Shockingly simple favicon” changes the favicon of your blog without having to edit the theme files, and put a WordPress icon in the admin interface, so you can easily spot the admin tab in your browser. This changes are fixed so you dont have to mess with theme code everytime you change theme.
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Instalattion
- Upload shockingly-simple-favicon.X.X.X.zip through WordPress interface or install it directly from the plugin area
- Activate it through the ‘Plugins’ menu
- Visit the settings page in the admin area at Settings > S. Simple Favicon and configure it
Notes
In version 1.7.3 the favicon will be loaded on the configured location, by default /favicon.ico, if lefted blank the default favicon that is shipped with the plugin will be used.
Changelog
- 1.8.1
- Blank Options Page finally fixed! (i hope so!), thanks for everyone that helped!
- 1.7.8
- Blank Options Page fixed(?)
- Minor code fixes
- 1.7.6
- Some options page styles fixed
- 1.7.5
- Ready for localization (pt_BR already done)
- Now the plugin shows a warning when the icon can’t be finded (under test, shouldn’t influence with the plugin functionality)
- 1.7.3
- Favicon file detection code removed
- Some code optimization
- 1.7.2
- Estetical changes in the option page and readme.txt
- 1.7.1
- Some code fix
- New plugin homepage
- 1.7.0
- Settings accessible via plugin page
- Minor code change
- Now with 3 options for admin page favicon: none, default or blog
- 1.6.8
- Minor code fix
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Observation
I’m no professional programmer, this plugin is mantained in the little spare time that I have between work and university and neither is english my native language so ANY suggestion for the plugin coding or text will be appreciated.
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Thank you all!
it works with v3
Any plans for an update to work with 3.0?
hi, i used it here with 3.0 and its working.
I’m getting an error code at the users page while this plugin is activated.
Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /homepages/19/d324031367/htdocs/deathblog/wp-includes/user.php on line 640
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /homepages/19/d324031367/htdocs/deathblog/wp-includes/user.php on line 640
I cannot post in the blog and some of my users are blank on the user screen.
Help!
Works great in FF3.6, but can’t get it to display in IE7. I just see the default IE icon. Any suggestions?
hi, IE have a big problem with favicons and cache, to work here i had to clean the cache, the history and do a force refresh (CTRL+F5) and than it worked! try that.
@Mel
Well I can’t see any other issue. Loaded the icon in wp-content as well in case. Checked ico file valid with html-kit validator. Page initially loads in IE then content disappears. Will have to unistall – pity. Will be keen to review again in future.
Worked brilliantly in FF but in IE it rendered my site unviewable. Bizarre. – will see if the problem is something other than plugin.
Tnx, works great, no problem at all
Thanks for the commenter who stated to put it in the wp-content directory. I know have it working!
I figured it out. After installing it in WordPress, then login to host, Cpanel, File Manager, upload favicon symbol. Then set WordPress settings to “Blog” instead of “Default”. Default favicon will not show up anyway until a symbol is uploaded to File Manager.
It is not working!
With the default settings, the default favicon is not showing up. The default W for WordPress shows up when logged in, but the W does not show up when site is called up on the internet. The default favicon should be the red box not the W. Nothing shows up. WordPress version 2.9.2
The example shows /blog/favicon in the url. Not sure if I should add, /blog/ to my url and select blog instead of default.
With the default settings, the default favicon is not showing up. The default W for WordPress shows up when logged in, but the W does not show up when site is called up on the internet. The default favicon should be the red box not the W. Nothing shows up. WordPress version 2.9.2
The example shows /blog/favicon in the url. Not sure if I should add, /blog/ to my url and select blog instead of default.
login to wordpress
Plugins: find new shockingly-simple-favicon
install then activate
go to admin settings: none / default / blog
How do we upload the favicon?
How do I upload the favicon to blog root directory?
Thanks!
Thanks for creating this plugin! Instructions: I login to WordPress Blog Admin. Plugins/Add New /Search Term: Shockingly-Simple-Favicon. Install. Activate.
The default favicon (a red box) will appear? Or I can select blog and upload another symbol? I wonder how this is done? From the over 50k favicons, I can download a favicon, but it is lost in my pictures; unable to find it after downloading. Unable to upload, not knowing where it is at in the pictures gallery.
Thank you!
It doesn’t get any simplier than this. Amazing plug-in. Thanks.
i am currently using a .png because when i uploaded .ico it would not show on firefox (the browser i use).
Thank’s for the smart little program, giving my site a favicon.
Tried to hack the code, but themn found out the easy way.
/JohanL
Excuse if I’m dumb but I’m not getting this to work. I have the Thesis theme with my WordPress blog and I uploaded my ico file to my FTP under my theme’s custom folder. How do I know the URL for the image? For this option which option from the drop down do I choose none or blog? Sorry, I’m new to web developing. And apparently I’m not very good at it. Any help would be useful.
So sad. Im having the very same problem. The admin area favicon.ico is showing nicely.
But in the front end area is no appearing (http://www.brevismo.com/).
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Olá, se aceita sugestões de um plugin que está em falta e fazendo as pessoas passarem nervoso com plugins mal-feitos, minha sugestão é um plugin para gerenciar quizzes e testes.
O melhorzinho do mercado é o Quizzin. O problema é que ele é muito limitado. Só aceita alternativas do tipo CertoXErrado, nãoo tem como usar valores nas alternativas, também não gera ranking nem sorteia as alternativas para exibi-las.
Minha idéia é que o visitante informe os dados que quando se comenta e esses dados sirvam para gerar o ranking de pontuação.
Acho que umas modificações no plugin do indiano já seria alguma coisa.
@Matias S.
Sorry, I clean cash and start new session and its workyng, thanx
Hi, it seems only admin favicon works in 2.9.1 WP, not site favicon :o(
hi! im using the 2.9.1 in this blog and its working. in two weeks i am strating my vacation and i will update the plugins and test them with the last version of WP.
A great plugin, thanks!
Just an idea: the favicon.ico file could be located in the wp-content directory, not the top dir. Then backups of site content are easier.
Thanks,
Rick
Hi there
I just installed this plugin and created a 16×16 favicon. However it does not show up, even after refreshing the site. Im using Firefox.
Any ideas why it wouldn’t work?
HI,
i use this plugine till it commes out and i love it.
That’s why i translate the plugin in the Albanian language and would like that You include it in the next release.
It will be nice from you to get in touch with me in order to send you the .po and .mo file of the albanian language :)
Thanks a lot and keep going