How to add a Custom Logo to a WordPress Site

A custom logo is necessary for any alterations to your website, such as rebranding or changing the existing logo. If WordPress was used to build your website, you can easily add a distinctive logo to it by following a few simple steps.

This article explains how to add a custom logo to a WordPress site. Adding a logo to your WordPress site is a great way to personalize a website.

1. Log in to the WordPress administration page.
2. Click Appearance to expand the menu.
3. In the Appearance section, click Customize.
4. If you’re using a WordPress theme that uses the full site editor and wants to access the customize option, then you can add ‘customize.php’ at the end of your WordPress admin URL.  Your website URL will look like this:

   https://newdomain.com/wp-admin/customize.php

5. Click Site Identity in the sidebar on the left. The Panel for Site Identity displays.
6. On the Site Identity panel, click the Select site icon.
7. To upload the logo file, click the Select Files tab
8. The Media Library tab opens up with the uploaded file chosen once it has been uploaded.
9. At the right side of the Medial Library, complete the Title, Caption, Alt Text, and Description text boxes, and then click Select.
10. The Crop Image dialog box appears.
11. Click Crop Image after choosing the area of the uploaded image that will be used as the logo using the sizing handles. The selected, cropped picture is shown in the Logo image box on the Customize screen.
12. In the Site Identity Panel, remove the Site Title and Tagline.
13. At the top of the Site Identity panel, click  Published.
14.  Click the X in the upper left corner of the Site Identity panel to return to the WordPress administration page

Follow the instructions below to add a custom logo to the WordPress

Log in to the WordPress administration page. Once you are on the admin page, in the left sidebar, click Appearance to expand the menu.

In the Appearance section, click Customize.

WordPress administration page

If you’re using a WordPress theme that uses the full site editor and wants to access the customize option, then you can add ‘customize.php’ at the end of your WordPress admin URL.

WordPress administration page customize option

Click Site Identity in the sidebar on the left. The Panel for Site Identity displays.

WordPress administration page

On the Site Identity panel, click the Select site icon.

WordPress administration page

To upload the logo file, click the Select Files tab.

WordPress administration page upload option

After the file is uploaded, the Media Library tab appears with the uploaded file selected.

WordPress administration page

At the right side of the Medial Library, complete the Title, Caption, Alt Text, and Description text boxes, and then click Select, the Crop Image dialog box appears

WordPress administration page

Click Crop Image after choosing the area of the uploaded image that will be used as the logo using the sizing handles. The selected, cropped picture is shown in the Logo image box on the Customize screen.

WordPress administration page

In the Site Identity Panel, remove the Site Title and Tagline.

Click the X in the upper left corner of the Site Identity panel to return to the WordPress administration page

WordPress administration page

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have learned how to add a custom logo to WordPress.

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