Best favicon plugins for WordPress
The most popular favicon plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of All In One Favicon (60K+) and Favicon Rotator (20K+). All 51 plugins tagged “favicon” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.
Research this niche or see all plugins.
Top 10 favicon plugins
- 1.
Favicon by RealFaviconGeneratorThe most installed favicon plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 802 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
All In One Favicon60K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 82 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 3.Favicon Rotator
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 12 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
WP Favicon Remover10K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.Heroic Favicon Generator
6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 6.Custom Favicon
5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Site Favicon5K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
Multicons2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.Favicon XT-Manager
2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 10.
PWD WP Favicon700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
All 51 plugins tagged “favicon”

Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator
Up in the last 7 days:1#231by phbernard22 days ago
Create and install your favicon for all platforms: PC/Mac, iPhone/iPad, Android devices, Windows 8 tablets...
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.9(802)
- Downloads
- 1.8K/day

All In One Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:3#662by Garrett Grimm3 years ago
Easily add a Favicon to your site and the WordPress admin pages. Complete with upload functionality. Supports all three Favicon types (ico,png,gif).
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.5(82)
- Downloads
- 66/day
Favicon Rotator
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,149by Archetyped1 month ago
Easily set site favicon and even rotate through multiple icons
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 90/day

WP Favicon Remover
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,852by Hiroaki Miyashita11 months ago
This plugin adds the functionality to remove the WordPress default favicon since WordPress 5.4.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 29/day
Heroic Favicon Generator
#2,858by HeroThemes4 years ago
Heroic Favicon Generator is your one-click favicon generator for WordPress.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Custom Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,061by Harish Chouhan1 year ago
Easily add a custom favicon and Apple touch icon to your WordPress site, including support for dark mode, SVG icons, and admin dashboard branding.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 26/day

Site Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,198by Web Guy9 months ago
Add a favicon.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 21/day

Multicons
Up in the last 7 days:15#4,732by doc411 months ago
Multicons is a multi-favicon code generator which automatically inserts the necessary meta tags for favicons.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Favicon XT-Manager
Down in the last 7 days:19#4,961by cjbmeb149 years ago
Upload and install a Favicon image to your WordPress website. When using this simple WordPress plugin you can easily upload and use your own Favicon i …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

PWD WP Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:3#7,736by Plateforme WP Digital3 years ago
This plugin allows you to upload a custom favicon & Apple touch icon for your website and your WordPress Dashboard using API customizer.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 8/day
The Simplest Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:23#7,943by epipe-com10 years ago
Adds a favicon link to the document head section.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
cbnet Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:13#11,393by Chip Bennett10 years ago
Add a Favicon to your site. No bells or whistles; simply upload a (ICO, PNG, or GIF) file.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Favicon Extender
Up in the last 7 days:14#11,721by Giorgos Sarigiannidis25 days ago
Extend the native WordPress Site Icon functionality to use different icons for Android, iOS and Windows.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day

F4 Simple White Label
Up in the last 7 days:29#11,791by FAKTOR VIER1 month ago
Allows you to to change the login image, admin bar logo and admin footer text.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Forma Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:15#11,833by Justus Deitert6 months ago
Favicon generator — upload a source, customize styling, and generate all required favicon sizes including ICO, Apple Touch, and Android Chrome.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Admin Customization
Down in the last 7 days:54#11,993by Alex Ciobica15 years ago
Customize your Wordpress backend.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Each domain a page
Up in the last 7 days:22#12,277by Joeri van Veen2 months ago
Serves a specific page or post from WordPress depending on the domain used to access your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Theme Blvd Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:24#13,553by Jason11 years ago
Add a favicon and bookmark icons for apple touch devices to your Theme Blvd theme. An alternative to default favicon support in WordPress 4.3+.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EZ Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:45#16,044by samanthaevans9 years ago
An easy to use Wordpress favicon plugin.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
My Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:114#17,316by Jamel Zarga12 years ago
Bluet My Favicon let you easely change the favicon of your site.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Site Icon Pro
Down in the last 7 days:59#19,582by Luca Spiller10 years ago
Site Icon Pro gives you full control over the exact icons and HTML used to display the favicon and app icons on your Wordpress site!
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Restore Customizer Menu for FSE Themes
Down in the last 7 days:92#21,604by apuroid1 year ago
Restores the "Customize" menu item under Appearance for Full Site Editing (FSE) themes, providing quick access to the classic WordPress Customizer.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured Favicons
Up in the last 7 days:63#22,696by Claude Vedovini4 years ago
A plugin that uses the featured image in your posts as a favicon for
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Opes Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:52#23,404by twapaw11 years ago
Opes Favicon allows you to add and manage favicons & icons on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Alada Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:164#23,423by Jewel Rana5 months ago
Show a different favicon on any page, post, category, or tag — without touching files or .htaccess.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Alex Set Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:236#23,627by Anthony13 years ago
Alex Set Favicon allows any user to easily set and update their favicon. See http://anthony.strangebutfunny.net/my-plugins/alex-set-favicon/ for help
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:116#24,021by shawfactor4 years ago
Overide your site icon favicon on the front end of your site
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Favicons plug-in
Down in the last 7 days:110#27,911by cogmios14 years ago
BETA - Show Favicons in front of links in content, comments, widgets; scan pages, roots, google s2, geticons for favicons; apply image filters to favi …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Huntsman Dark Mode Site Icon
Up in the last 7 days:3,819#29,871by Josh Hunt18 days ago
Set separate site icons for light and dark mode based on the visitor’s system theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Vanilla Bean
Down in the last 7 days:337#31,438by vsmash6 years ago
Icon Setter (Iconifier) is a simple set-site-icon plugin for all devices.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Extra Options
Up in the last 7 days:340#32,812by demetris (Demetris Kikizas)16 years ago
A collection of tweaks to improve your WordPress experience and your site’s performance.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
azurecurve Multisite Favicon
#32,891by azurecurve8 years ago
Allows each site in a network to set a distinct favicon.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Bitbug Meta Tags
Up in the last 7 days:3,464#36,315by bitbug.io5 months ago
Add Open Graph meta tags and per-page favicons to improve social sharing and branding.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RainmakerMoxie
Up in the last 7 days:6,718#37,921by Neil Simon14 years ago
RainmakerMoxie (BETA-limited support) is an interactive sidebar widget. Enter an email address and it displays a photo, name, social links and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day

Easy Digital Downloads
#42,270by Kalpesh Prajapati1 year ago
Adds a Custom updated favicon to Easy Digital Downloads. Displays how many items are in your cart in the favicon just like Gmail!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Favicon Images for Comments
Down in the last 7 days:3,760#45,299by Amit Agarwal18 years ago
Favicon Images for WordPress Comments lets you add favicons next to your blog comments using the site URL of the commentator.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Karedas Favicons
Down in the last 7 days:7,926#45,303karedas-favicons17 years ago
Adds corresponding favicon from Google Shared Stuff after every links in your posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Network Favicons
Down in the last 7 days:4,813#45,644by Josh Betz14 years ago
Allows blog owners to use a custom favicon just by uploading it to the root of their theme directory.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Favicon Links
#46,480by whyte62411 years ago
Adds favicons to links in posts to give them nice look.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Favicon Notifications
#47,515by dilana12 years ago
Animate your favicon with animated notification badge.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Replai Favicon
Up in the last 7 days:9,130#54,717by REPLAI2 months ago
Generate a complete favicon set for every browser and device from one image. Generated on your own site, no external service.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TearSnow Site Icon Cleaner
#56,451by TearSnow2 months ago
TearSnow Site Icon Cleaner is a lightweight WordPress plugin that permanently removes unused site icon attachments from your media library.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Rami
#58,388by RainX3 days ago
All-in-one favicon and mobile app icon generator for all browsers, iOS Safari, Android PWA, Windows tiles, and Dark Mode by RainX.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 70/day
Multi-Domain Favicon Manager
#59,093by jediconcepts1 year ago
Unique favicon support for each domain mapping in Multiple Domain Mapping plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

azurecurve Timelines
Up in the last 7 days:6,674#65,268by azurecurve8 years ago
Create multiple timelines and place on pages or posts using the timeline shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dev Favicon Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:2,037#65,395by karasunouta4 months ago
Automatically switches your favicon (site icon) between production and development environments to prevent confusion.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tab Teaser
#70,460by Josip Meštrović5 months ago
Re-engage visitors who switch browser tabs by changing the page title and favicon while the tab is inactive.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 2/day