wordpress favicon not working properly on all browsers

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Curious fact: the favicon works only on admin dashboard on chrome/opera.

I've tried to clean the cache, but still not work. The line of code to the favicon its being included, buts it just doesnt work.

I'm including the favicon through admin panel, to be dynamic. I just dont want to include it direct on the code.

Firefox (Works)
Edge (Works)
Tor (Works)
Chrome (Works only on admin dashboard)
Opera (Works only on admin dashboard)

Cindy Scott · Answer

I had the exact same problem and it took me forever to figure it out! I don't know WHY but Chrome was the only browser that wouldn't see the favicon that was uploaded through Wordpress (and it WOULD show the favicon when on the admin page).

What finally worked for me was uploading a file named favicon.ico to my root public directory (using FTP). It's just a jpg, re-named favicon.ico. After I did that, Chrome would see it.

Canelo Digital · Answer

try adding type="image/png" in the link definition.

Additionally Chrome is a little bit harder to clean the favicon cache (needs also a restart)

This thread can help you perhaps, there are several hints there

The other thing is, I remember have read somewhere, that it is best practice to have the favicons in the root folder, not the wp-content/uploads/ folder

wordpress favicon not working properly on all browsers

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