Title: Favicon Issue
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Favicon Issue

 *  [dodsons](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dodsons/)
 * (@dodsons)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/favicon-issue/)
 * I fear I have created a mess with my favicon and now it no longer displays at
   all. In lieu of the default or my custom favicon, an empty box with a dashed 
   outline displays.
 * To the best of my knowledge, here is what I did, in order:
 * 1) Downloaded Shockingly Simple Favicon Plugin.
    2) Installed and Activated Plugin.
   3) Created favicon image and saved it as a an .ico file using Dynamic Drive. 
   4) According to Shockingly Simple Favicon instructions, I deleted the current
   favicon.ico file and replaced it with my own. (More specifically, I logged into
   to the cPanel of my Bluehost account, went to my File Manager, clicked the Web
   Root (public_html/www) directory and deleted the favicon.ico file that was present
   on the first page of files — in the public_html folder — and replaced it with
   my own favicon.ico file that was saved on my desktop.) 5) There was no change
   to the favicon. The default favicon remained. 6) I thought I might have changed
   the wrong favicon.ico file so I went back into the cPanel > File Manager > Web
   Root Directory, but this time went into the wp-content folder and then into themes
   > fabric (which is the name of my theme) > images and then deleted the favicon.
   ico file there. I replaced it with my new favicon.ico file. Again, there was 
   no change. 7) I emptied my cache and restarted my browser, per S.Simple Favicon
   instructions. 8) Thinking, again, I’d modified the wrong favicon.ico file, I 
   went back into cPanel > File Manager but this time I selected the Home Directory.
   Once in the Home Directory, I selected the public_html folder and deleted the
   favicon.ico file there, replacing it with my favicon.ico file. Again, there was
   no change. The default favicon remained. 9) Frustrated, I went to my plugins 
   and deleted the Shockingly Simple Favicon plugin. 10) I then downloaded the Favicon
   Generator plugin and followed their instructions. 11) After following all of 
   the Favicon Generator steps, my favicon disappeared all together and an empty
   box with a dashed outline displayed. 12) I went into all of the previously mentioned
   folders via my cPanel and deleted the favicon.ico files that I’d replaced, hoping
   that the Favicon Generator plugin would override what I’d done. However, my favicon
   is still empty.
 * Can anyone help me with this??

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 *  [bh_WP_fan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bh_wp_fan/)
 * (@bh_wp_fan)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/favicon-issue/#post-2522235)
 * favicon caches can be extremely stubborn. If you’re 100% certain you’ve followed
   all the steps properly, then it may be best to just wait. You’ll want to make
   sure you have your favicon stored in the proper location(s) and that it has proper
   permissions. 644 should do for it.
 * Make sure too that it’s a valid favicon. If you need to re-generate it, or try
   a different tool to generate it with, then do so. Test it by navigating directly
   to it in your browser’s address bar.
 * Make sure your WordPress version is up to date and your plugin is compatible 
   with it. Test a different plugin if needed.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/favicon-issue/#post-2522236)
 * > favicon caches can be extremely stubborn.
 * I’ll say! I’ve never managed to work out the logic behind a favicon refresh. 
   It usually ends up with “wait a few days and then re-check”.

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