Favicon for wordpress.com blog – Blavatar

5Dec2008 Filed under: Blog Stuff Author: Nischal Shetty

We have earlier discussed about adding favicons for blogger as well as self hosted wordpress blogs.

I guess all the wordpress.com users have been anxiously waiting for favicons on their blogs.

The folks at wordpress have come out with Blog+Avatar = Blavatar

Your Blavatar, serves as your favicon as well as displayed in other blogs if you comment on them or link back.

To get blavatars for your wordpress.com blogs, go to Settings in your dashboard and upload an image as your Blog picture. Save the image and then you would be able to see it.

That’s it! You now have a favicon for your wordpress.com blog!

Update:

1. If your Blavatar does not appear in the address bar as the favicon then try viewing your blog in a different browser. Clear the cache. It should work.

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19 Responses to “Favicon for wordpress.com blog – Blavatar”

Kiran
December 6th, 2008 at 5:24 am

I added the picture but that does not come on top on url as favicon
Nischal Shetty
December 6th, 2008 at 6:11 am

@Kiran

Not to worry. A few things you gotta check:

1. Blavatar is not your Profile picture which is used as an Avatar.
2. You should find the blavatar option under ‘Settings” where it says “Blog Picture”
3. Once you have uploaded (png or jpeg) you can crop the image to your liking.
4. The most important and probably why you are not able to see your Blavatar as the favicon of your blog – Try it in a different browser. Browser cache plays a part here at times.
kiran
December 6th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

u are so very right. i saw my blog with firefox. and i saw it. With safari, i still could not see. Thanx.
vikas gupta
January 19th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

I have a flavicon but I wanted an animated flavicon on wordpress! But that is not possible! Is there some way to get that?
Nischal Shetty
January 19th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

@Vikas

You can create an animated favicon here
vikas gupta
January 20th, 2009 at 4:40 am

@Nischal Shetty

Thanks but I did not mean that! I am aware of such services on the internet. It is just that the WordPress.com has its own security policy and animated flavicons are not allowed (Only jpg, or png allowed). Thanks anyway.
Nischal Shetty
January 20th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

@Vikas

Oh! I never knew that. Thnks for letting me know. If you do find a way to upload please share it with all of us
vikas gupta
January 20th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

It’s not possible on wordpress.com; normal favicon is allowed. WordPress.com also does not allow javascripts for security reasons.
Nischal Shetty
January 20th, 2009 at 2:39 pm

@Vikas Woh!! that was a fast reply…
Ruchi
March 16th, 2009 at 10:16 am

I am having wordpress only but i could not find any option of settings-> “Blog Picture”.
Is it depending on the theme ?
Nischal Shetty
March 16th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

@Ruchi
If your talkin about your blog choosyinfo.com, then you would be able to set the favicon using this tutorial – Favicon for your blog
Jim
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:27 pm

Good reading, im tring to find some good SEO software. any tips?
Nischal Shetty
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 am

@Jim

I haven’t tried anything SEO specific except “Platinum SEO” plugin for WordPress
Miladinoski
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:07 pm

I did not know I had to clear the cache when replacing the old ‘blavatar’ so I thought the server didn’t process the image or w/e

Thanks ^^
seo arvin
August 12th, 2009 at 10:03 pm

Great article on SEOs.
crazy blogger
September 12th, 2009 at 11:15 am

Good post on adding a favicon to wordpress blog
zenith
April 1st, 2010 at 4:17 am

Thanks for the information.
This article really helped me.
Georges Foster
November 12th, 2010 at 9:23 am

I usually do favicon most of my wordpress blogs. Sounds very useful to me. Most of my viewer love it! Thanks for the good thoughts.
Jen
December 9th, 2010 at 5:46 pm

nice tip! I think it’s a good idea to use a favicon for branding purposes.