Manual:$wgFavicon/de

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Diese Einstellung bestimmt die URL des Favicon. (Das kleine Icon wird in der Adressleiste neben der URL im Browser angezeigt.)

You do not need to set this if you upload your favicon.ico to the root of your site. That's where browsers look for it by default. Make sure file name is in lower case and its name is "favicon.ico".

To use a favicon located other than in your site root, in add

Example:

Tip: The favicon image should be either 16 x 16 pixels or 32 x 32 pixels.