favicon ico Change / Add / Disable favicon in wordpress Ft Genesis Theme or any theme

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Easy Step Change /Add wordpress Favicon with in WP Dashboard

Site Icons are what you see in browser tabs, bookmark bars, and within the WordPress mobile apps. Upload one here!

Site Icons should be square and at least 512 × 512 pixels.

Edit your desired icon in MS paint or any app or photoshop, and upload.

Themes favicon Location

Its generally theme /assets/image/faicon just like Genesis.

add_filter( ‘genesis_pre_load_favicon’, ‘new_icon’ );

function new_icon( $icon) {

$icon = ‘https://raazkumar.com/favicon.png’;

return $icon;

}

Note i uploaded a png file to website root folder, you can convert png to ICO format.

/** Remove favicon */

remove_action(‘wp_head’, ‘genesis_load_favicon’);

2nd

remove_action(‘wp_head’, ‘genesis_pre_load_favicon’);

/** Remove favicon */

remove_action(‘genesis_meta’, ‘genesis_load_favicon’);

remove_action(‘genesis_meta’, ‘genesis_pre_load_favicon’);

Remove duplicate genesis_load_favicon from being hooked to wp_head.

genesis_get_favicon_url()

lib/functionshead.php

remove_action(‘genesis_meta’, ‘genesis_pre_load_favicon’); worked

This results in one more HTTP request and about 1.5KB extra overhead.

Favicon.ico Malware is also there.