How can I find out where/how the favicon is included (with access to the site root)

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22210172

  •  09-06-2023
  •  | 
  •  

Question

I'm managing a website running on WordPress for one of my clients. I've done most of the setup for the site myself, including the WordPress installation, and somewhere along the way a random favicon has "slipped in". Also, oddly enough, it only shows up when visiting the "root" of the domain (please enlighten me if there's a more proper term); that is, if you go to one of the subpages the favicon no longer shows up on the tab or in the address bar.

Please have a look at the site here. I have access to the server root where all the files are located, and I have tried searching the entire site directory (and file content) for stuff like "fav", "favicon" and ".ico". There's no link to the favicon in the site <head> as far as I can see.

How can I find out where the (link to the) favicon is located so I can remove it? Are there other ways of including a favicon than using <link> in the head that I can look into?

favicon

Was it helpful?

Solution

It might be just in your browsers cache. re-bookmarking the page might help...

There might also be a fallback icon defined in the server config (which you might not be able to access). see https://stackoverflow.com/a/2729435/1468708

How about you just add a favicon.ico file to the webroot?

Licensed under: CC-BY-SA with attribution
Not affiliated with StackOverflow
scroll top