[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33755: Add Site Logo to WordPress Core

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#33755: Add Site Logo to WordPress Core
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 Reporter:  fatmedia                             |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Customize                            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback has-patch needs-testing  |     Focuses:  ui
  needs-unit-tests has-screenshots               |
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 This is a cool feature, but I'm still not convinced that this is core
 material. My primary question remains, for how many users will there be a
 need for a site logo that is distinct from a site icon (favicon)?

 In addition to user testing to determine whether users can make sense of
 the distinction between the two features in the UI, we need to confirm
 that enough sites would have a logo that is different from their icon. For
 many sites, even coming up with something to use as the icon is
 challenging (but necessary, to convey a complete site identity). The sites
 where the owner (company or individual) has the resources to create
 separate graphics that could be used for an icon vs. a logo are also
 likely the sites that would be able to jump through the hoop of installing
 a plugin to activate this functionality. For those with more limited
 resources, seeing both a logo and an icon option that seem to need to be
 set could be discouraging.

 One possible approach to mitigate these types of issues would be to use
 the site logo as a fallback for the site icon if one isn't set (as that
 seems like a much more important option that shouldn't ever be empty if
 possible). Obviously not ideal, but likely better than nothing when some
 users set a logo an no icon, as I'm sure a certain percentage will. In
 some cases it may end up being the same thing that they would use anyway.

 Because one of the problems with leaving this to plugins is standardized
 theme adoption, I'd like to see a core-blessed feature plugin be developed
 first, with an appropriate level of documentation and outreach to seek
 broad support. If enough themes adopt it and users use it, we could
 consider this for core with a much better understanding of the need for
 it, and if not it could remain a standard plugin that themes can support.
 Such a plugin could also make the appropriate adjustments to the site icon
 UI to explore ways to improve the relationship between the two - something
 feels off even with the latest mockup. Site icon starts to take up quite a
 lot of vertical space, and demoting the placement of the more fundamental
 site identity options in favor of a more visual option makes it seem like
 site icon might even belong elsewhere; perhaps reorganized in a section
 that also combines header and background images for visual/front-end
 imagery. This project does seem a bit rushed for 4.5, though; I'd hate for
 this to go in and then cause trouble in the future when we can't remove or
 significantly change it. A feature plugin seems like the most appropriate
 way to judge whether this is in fact something that should be in core and
 to refine the UI further. (also somewhat echoing Sam here).

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