[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16434: Give site admin ability to upload favicon in Settings, General

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#16434: Give site admin ability to upload favicon in Settings, General
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 Reporter:  jane                     |       Owner:  johnbillion
     Type:  task (blessed)           |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  Customize                |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback needs-patch  |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Comment (by jb510):

 @obenland I installed the plugin on 4.3-32900.

 First attempt to upload a favicon.ico succeeded but when setting I got a
 notice that:
 ` The selected image is smaller than 512px in width. `

 It's the standard 16x16, 32x32, 48x48 made by IcoMaker (OS X app I've used
 for years)
 :(
 I tried another one created with realfavicongenerator that I think is
 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 64x64 and it didn't work either.
 :(
 I finally created and uploaded a 520px PNG which worked, yay!
 :)

 I haven't actually tested visibility across devices/browsers, but FWIW
 realfavicongenerator is the only test suite I've found to be reliable in
 the past.

 Three other bits of feedback:
 1. This is a bit odd "Site Icon creates a favicon for your site and more."
 -- What more?
 2. Discoverability is really poor at the bottom of general settings. I'd
 have assumed I'd find it under general next to the site/home URLs.
 3. I know we still can't upload SVGs through media uploader, but SVG
 favicon support _is_ finally starting to come to browsers (FireFox betas),

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