by Harish Chouhan 5 (17 reviews)

Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon in WordPress

Name: Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon in WordPress
Rating: 5.0 (17 reviews)
Author: Harish Chouhan

Easily add a custom favicon and Apple touch icon to your WordPress site, including support for dark mode, SVG icons, and admin dashboard branding.

Custom Favicon ranks #3,081 among WordPress.org plugins with 5,000+ active installations, is #379 of 6,327 in the Media category, a 5/5 rating from 17 reviews, and was last updated Jul 25, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1.1)

v1.1.0 Current Version v1.1.0

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 25 Jul, 2025

Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#379 of 6,327 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -10% this week No update in over a year

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5K+

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19.6

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92.8K

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (17 reviews)

Next Milestone 6K

Total Progress 66.5%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1.0
Last Updated: Jul 25, 2025
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Harish Chouhan

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 17
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

SVG icon dark mode favicon icon site icon

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and developers who want more control over favicons than the built-in Site Icon feature offers. It solves the problem of limited favicon options by adding support for separate frontend/backend icons, Apple touch icons, dark mode icons, and SVG format.

Separate frontend favicon upload
Separate dashboard and login favicon
Apple touch icon upload
Dark mode favicon support
SVG favicon support
Disable default Site Icon output
Settings page under Settings menu

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Custom Favicon – Easily Add a Favicon in WordPress

Yes. When enabled, the plugin replaces WordPress’s default favicon and Apple icon output.

Yes. Modern browsers support SVG favicons. If your theme doesn’t allow SVG uploads, you may need to enable that manually.

Yes. You can upload separate favicons for light and dark appearance modes using the prefers-color-scheme media query.

By default, only Administrators (with the manage_options capability) can access the settings page. Developers can override this using the custom_favicon_capability filter. For example, to allow Editors: `php add_filter( 'custom_favicon_capability', function () { return 'edit_theme_options'; } );

You can ask your question in the WordPress.org Support Forum