FavIcon

Create a plugin to do it. That way it won’t be changed by an upgrade.

/*
Plugin Name: Use WP Logo as Favicon
Author: Otto
Version: 1.0
*/
add_action('wp_head','add_wp_favicon');
function add_wp_favicon() {
	echo '<link rel="shortcut icon" href="'.admin_url('/images/wp-logo-vs.png').'" />';
}

I don’t like to add plugins unless I have to. mo plugins, mo problems

something like this really shouldn’t need one either, just a simple entry that could be put in the .php

Plugins don’t cause problems. Bad code causes problems. And no, your code will very likely not be put into the core, because other people use different favicons.

that’s the wordpress icon itself…I didn’t make some random icon for it

A) Not everyone is going to want to use the wordpress logo for the favicon on their site.

B) Why wouldn’t you just properly add your favicon code to your themes header, so it never gets overwritten?

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/favicon.ico" />

+1 on the user name, by the way. Gave me a chuckle…

I specified in the admin-header.php
this is the icon that shows when you’re at/on the admin panel,
not your site’s icon. I have a separate icon for that in the theme header file. (and that one get’s overwritten when updating the theme, of course =P)

also…I’m not necessarily particular for having the EXACT icon I specified. it just seems the most appropriate. people who don’t want it can simply delete the referenced file, change the code, etc.
right now there is no icon at all.

my nickname isn’t random humor, it’s my website =)

my nickname isn’t random humor, it’s my website =)

…and yet I’m still amused. ??

I just put my favicon.ico file in the root of my website… Works fine. Why add anything?

it works fine for your website….or it works for admin panel?

https://voodoopress.com/2011/02/customize-your-admin-area-with-a-logo-and-css-changes/

That has info for adding in css to the admin panel. I would assume you could also add in your favicon the same way. It’s the same technique @otto recommended, swapping wp_head and admin_head really.

Could be done through a plugin or directly in functions.php

// ADD IN VOODOOPRESS ADMIN THEME
add_action('admin_head', 'voodoo_admin_theme'); 

function voodoo_admin_theme() { ?>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/favicon.ico" />
<?php
}

nakedczechs – Works for my whole site. favicon.ico in the root HTML and everything has my silly face ?? Front end, admin and everything else.

this does not belong in the ‘how-to & Troubleshooting’
I already knew how to achieve this
it was a thread requesting a permanent solution / implementation from wordpress

You can’t have a permanent core solution for a site specific feature.

it’s not a site specific feature
it’s just an icon reference in the admin header

It is site specific. Not everyone wants a WP favicon showing in the browser tab for their admin area.