How to Change the Logo in Magento 2
The business logo plays a crucial role in making a lasting impression of your brand. It helps customers to relate to your brand when they see the logo.
Immediately after you install Magento 2, the very first thing you require is to change the logo in Magento 2. Uploading the brand logo makes your store professional & reliable for users. Especially it builds brand awareness.
The size & location of the logo in Magento 2 in the header is determined by the current theme of the store. By default, the logo in Magento 2 with the sample data is in SVG format, so upload SVG image in Magento 2 custom module to enhance visual content. It can also be uploaded and saved in various file formats such as PNG, GIF, JPG, or JPEG and uploaded from the admin panel of the website. But before uploading your brand logo, we suggest using an image resizer tool to adjust it accordingly.
By default in Magento 2, the logo image resides at app/design/frontend/[vendor]/[theme]/web/images/logo.svg path on the server and any image file with the same name and in the same location can be used as the theme logo.
How to change the logo in Magento 2:
For Magento 2.0.x
Navigate to Stores > Configuration > General > Store View > Header
For Magento 2.1.x and 2.2.x
Move to Content > Configuration > Select Your Current Theme > Header
Configure the following settings:
- Logo Image: Click the ‘Upload’ button to upload a new logo.
- Logo Image Width/ Logo Image Height: enter the image width and height for the logo
- Welcome Text: Input a custom welcome text for your landing page in the store.
- Logo Image Alt: Input the image alt text here.
- Save Config: Save your settings
You may face particular issues while changing the logo in Magento 2.
Check the following actions:
- Double check if you have saved your configurations.
- Flush and refresh the Cache
You can also refer to our blog post on get logo URL, alt text, logo height and width in Magento 2 to compare the updated logo with the existing one and validate logo information.
That’s all you need for logo customization in Magento 2! Create and upload beautiful logos in Magento 2 to increase brand awareness. Likewise you can also change default admin logo in Magento 2 for branding purposes.
You can also change welcome message in Magento 2 store for better frontend, or change favicon in Magento 2!
You may comment below if you find any doubts in the above method.
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Best wishes for your business!
Sanjay Jethva
Sanjay is the co-founder and CTO of Meetanshi with hands-on expertise with Magento since 2011. He specializes in complex development, integrations, extensions, and customizations. Sanjay is one the top 50 contributor to the Magento community and is recognized by Adobe.
His passion for Magento 2 and Shopify solutions has made him a trusted source for businesses seeking to optimize their online stores. He loves sharing technical solutions related to Magento 2 & Shopify.
2 Comments
Can you please help me to
How can I upload SVG image in logo
Hey Krunal, you will need to do customization for uploading SVG image in logo as the default Magento 2 does not support this file type.
Thank you.