How to add favicon without plugin

[mastersly]

How to add favicon without using a plugin
Find a image you want to use like a favicon and use this website to make it favicon.ico
https://favicon.io/favicon-converter/
Download your favicon.ico and upload it in your root folder
then go
AdminCP >> Templates & Style >> Templates >> your theme templates >> Ungrouped Templates >> headerinclude
and add at beginning of headerinclude template
<link rel="Shortcut icon" href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/favicon.ico" />

hard-refresh the page a couple of times.

 

[BrolySSJ]

Adding in plugins can be a very good way in order to try and increase the usability of the code and website however you also have to take note on how this can affect the load time as well.