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How to Add a Site Logo Block in WordPress with Gutenberg

Adding a site logo in WordPress with Gutenberg is straightforward and requires only a few mouse clicks and just several minutes of your time.

In the following paragraphs, you will read how to add a site logo to your WordPress website via the Gutenberg editor step by step.

 

How to Add a Site Logo Block in WordPress with Gutenberg

With this method, you will learn how to add a site logo block in the header section of your website – once you do, the logo will appear on all pages that use this header template.

The first thing you should do is enter your WordPress admin panel.

Then, you should make sure that Gutenberg is selected as your default editor. To do so, within your WordPress admin dashboard go to Settings->Writing:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Activate Block Editor

 

Once you click on Writing, a new page with options should appear. It looks like this:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Activate Block Editor Menu

 

Within this page, search for the Default editor for all users options and select Block Editor:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Activate Block Editor Options

 

Once you select Block Editor, click the blue Save Changes button located at the bottom left of the page, so WordPress applies and saves your preferences:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Activate Block Editor Save Changes

 

Now that you have selected Gutenberg as your default editor, via your WordPress dashboard, head to Appearance->Editor:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor

 

A new page with various options will appear. Browse the options located at the left sidebar:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor Menu

 

From this sidebar click on Template Parts:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor Templates

 

A new page with various template parts will be opened:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor Site Part Templates

 

From this list of custom parts, click on Header:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor Edit Header Template Part

 

Yet a new page with Header options will appear:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor Edit Header Template Part Options

 

While on this page, click on the white Edit icon:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor Edit Header Template

 

Clicking on this icon will open the Header editor page. It should look like this:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor Edit Header Options

 

From this page, you can not only add a logo but also craft a custom header for your WordPress website.

Usually, this default header template contains all website elements that are usually included within the header – a logo, navigation menu, and a search box.

To be able to upload a logo, you should first open the editorial options for the site logo block.

To do so, click on List View, located at the top left corner of the page:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor List View Items

 

Once you click on List View, you will see a list with all included elements within the header template:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor List View Sidebar

 

From this list click on Site Logo:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor List Site Logo

 

Once you click on the Site Logo icon, a blue Upload icon within the Logo block should appear:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor Insert Site Logo

 

Once you click this blue Upload button, the WordPress Media Library will open, so you can browse an image that would become your site logo:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor Insert from Media Library

 

You can also upload an image from your computer by clicking on the Upload Files tab:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Site Appearance Editor Upload Image

 

Once you choose an image that would become your site logo, click on it and then click on the blue Select button located at the bottom right of the page:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Insert

 

Once you click on Select, WordPress will insert the selected image within the Logo block:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Insert Image to Header Logo

 

Now that the site logo is selected, you can edit the block, so it fits your preferences. You can either resize it, crop it or change its color scheme:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Edit Image

 

Once you are finished editing the site logo, click on the blue Save button located at the top right corner of the page:

WordPress Gutenberg Add Site Logo Save Changes

 

Once you click Save, WordPress will apply this logo within all your pages that contain the Logo item in their header sections.

 

 

Conclusion

Adding a website logo with Gutenberg is very simple and requires only a few minutes of your time.

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