Title: Do not replace icon in admin
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Do not replace icon in admin

 *  Resolved [whoaloic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whoaloic/)
 * (@whoaloic)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-replace-icon-in-admin/)
 * Hello,
    When I enable the plugin, it replaces all default PDF icons in the backend.
   How to disable this?
 * Any help would be really appreciated.
 * Cheers.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/pdf-image-generator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pdf-image-generator/)

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 *  Thread Starter [whoaloic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whoaloic/)
 * (@whoaloic)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-replace-icon-in-admin/#post-6264565)
 * I finally remove the function pigen_change_icon() :
 *     ```
       function remove_pigen_change_icon() {
       	$tag = 'wp_mime_type_icon';
       	$function_to_remove = 'pigen_change_icon';
       	$priority = 10;
       remove_filter( $tag, $function_to_remove, $priority );
       }
       add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'remove_pigen_change_icon' );
       ```
   
 * i don’t understand the usefulness of pigen_change_icon().
 *  Plugin Author [Mizuho Ogino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fishpie/)
 * (@fishpie)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-replace-icon-in-admin/#post-6264667)
 * Hi whoaloic.
 * pigen_change_icon() replaces a mime icon to a thumbnail in media uploader like
   below.
    [https://s.w.org/plugins/pdf-image-generator/screenshot-1.jpg](https://s.w.org/plugins/pdf-image-generator/screenshot-1.jpg)
 * I guess you mean that pdf icons doesn’t show in the static media library page.
   
   So, I disabled pigen_change_icon only in the library page.
 * Thanks for good feedback.
    Please update the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [whoaloic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whoaloic/)
 * (@whoaloic)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-replace-icon-in-admin/#post-6264753)
 * Hi,
    I need to disable pigen_change_icon in the admin edit post screen page.
 *  Plugin Author [Mizuho Ogino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fishpie/)
 * (@fishpie)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-replace-icon-in-admin/#post-6264784)
 * I uploaded the plugin to 1.2.1. and add the plugin page in ‘setting.’
    You can
   disable some functions in there.
 * Thank you.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-replace-icon-in-admin/#post-6264784)
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