Updating WP overwrite Favicon

What theme are you using?

Create the favicon icon and put it to the images directory of your wordpress theme and then open function.php file of wordpress and put the code given below.

<?php
function favicon_icon() {
echo ‘<link type=”image/x-icon” rel=”shortcut icon” href=”’.get_bloginfo(“stylesheet_directory”).’/images/favicon.ico” />’.”\n”;
}
add_action(‘wp_head’, ‘ favicon_icon’);
?>

Be sure to name the favicon icon as “favicon.ico”

Hope it will work.

[This is not the place to promote your personal site]

then open function.php file

No! This is the kind of change you would add via a child theme.

I am using a theme called Blade.

I have already uploaded the favicon in the root directory, and thanks for letting me know about the functions. However when I update wordpress next time, I will loose the changes to the functions file and it will overwrite my favicon; I will be in this state again soon ??

Would that stop google and ie from downloading my Favicon from the root directory?

WordPress updates will not touch the functions.php file in your commercial theme. However, as you are using a commercial theme, you need to seek theme-specific support from the theme’s vendors.
https://themeforest.net/user/AzureThemes

I see, so the functions in the theme, thanks.

My issue was about wordpress updating the favicon in the root directory, google downloads this favicon and I want it to use the site’s one.

WordPress will not touch your favicon image.

They have, when I go to my root directory it’s now displaying the wordpress favicon.

That’s nothing to do with WordPress. There isn’t even a favicon image in the core WordPress download. Check it yourself and see: download link

It will be better to use the function.php to add favicon to your site. In that state will not download your root favicon icon and will be done.

It will be better to use the function.php to add favicon to your site.

I seriously doubt many people want to create a child theme just to add a favicon to their site.

thanks