{"id":875,"date":"2022-08-12T11:26:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/08\/12\/6466373-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-add-a-favicon\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:07","slug":"6466373-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-add-a-favicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6466373-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-add-a-favicon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger Website Builder: How to Add a Favicon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">A favicon is an icon displayed in the browser tab next to the <b><a href=\"\/support\/6466356-website-builder-adding-meta-titles-and-descriptions-for-pages\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">meta title<\/a> <\/b>of a website page. By default, the favicon resembles the globe, but you may add your logo, initials, or so:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/12\/22a8d04b-cc12-42bf-9296-af25f79609b4.jpg\" alt=\"Favicon examples visible in browser tabs\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_6163a725a4\">Adding a Favicon<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Within <b>Hostinger Website Builder<\/b>, access the <b><a href=\"\/support\/6521387-website-builder-general-website-settings\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">general website settings<\/a><\/b>. Expand the <b>Favicon <\/b>section, click on <b>Add image <\/b>or <b>Replace image<\/b>,<b> <\/b>and upload your file:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/256485f7-6587-41ca-9c82-6a0d2adb49b7.jpg\" alt=\"The favicon settings in Hostinger Website Builder\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Save the changes and <b><a href=\"\/support\/6435697-website-builder-updating-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">update your website<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">It <b>depends solely on Google<\/b> whether the favicon gets indexed in the search results or not. Learn more:<b> <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/appearance\/favicon-in-search#guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Define Website Favicon for Search Results<\/a><\/b> &#128161; <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_bb621fd22b\">Troubleshooting<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">It takes some time for the favicon to update in browser tabs. However, make sure that:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">While editing your website, the builder isn&rsquo;t open in multiple browser tabs or devices simultaneously<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The uploaded file is not too large; the recommended favicon size is <b>32&times;32 PX<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The format of your file is supported:<b> .PNG<\/b>, <b>.JPG<\/b>, or<b> .JPEG<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You&rsquo;ve <b><a href=\"\/support\/6435697-website-builder-updating-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">updated the website<\/a> <\/b>after making the changes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;ve done everything that&rsquo;s mentioned above, but the favicon doesn&rsquo;t show up, <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583501-how-to-clear-cache\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">clear the browser cache<\/a><\/b><b> <\/b>or check the favicon by accessing your website using the following:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">An<b> incognito\/private browsing<\/b> window<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Another device<\/b>: try a smartphone, tablet, or laptop<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Another network<\/b>: try Wi-Fi instead of mobile data or vice versa<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to add a favicon in Hostinger Website Builder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seo-website-builder"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6466373-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-add-a-favicon\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6466373-hostinger-creador-de-sitios-web-como-agregar-un-favicon\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6466373-hostinger-createur-de-site-web-comment-ajouter-un-favicon\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/6466373-hostinger-svetainiu-kurimo-irankis-kaip-prideti-svetaines-ikona\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/6466373-hostinger-criador-de-sites-como-adicionar-um-favicon\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3575,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions\/3575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}