WP Favicon Remover

62 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

10,000 active installs is a small audience that suggests niche use, mostly among developers and agencies with custom favicon setups.

Update Freshness

19/25

Updated within days of this assessment and tested against WordPress 6.8.5, indicating an actively maintained codebase despite its tiny scope.

User Rating

6/15

A perfect 100 from only 2 ratings is statistically thin and cannot be treated as a reliable indicator of user satisfaction.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads means the plugin has never needed bug reports, or users have given up and moved on, both common with very narrow utilities.

WP Compatibility

11/15

Requires PHP 5.2.4 and WordPress 5.3, so it runs on almost any host, though the very old PHP floor limits some modern optimization opportunities.

Scores higher than 11% of indexed plugins

About

This plugin adds the functionality to remove the WordPress default favicon since WordPress 5.4.

Active Installs 10k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2025-11-22 4:22am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.3+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Requires PHP 5.2.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

WP Favicon Remover strips the default WordPress favicon from your site's front end, specifically targeting the s.w.org favicon that WordPress 5.4 introduced as part of its site icon feature. It is a single-purpose utility that prevents WordPress from serving any favicon if you have not set one, which can be useful when you serve a favicon through CDN, server config, or a custom theme. It does not add a favicon; it only removes the default one.

Who It's For

This plugin suits developers, agencies, and brand-conscious site owners who manage favicon delivery outside the WordPress admin (via DNS records, CDN, nginx rules, or theme files) and just need WordPress to stop injecting its own default icon. It is a fit for white-label client builds, corporate brand sites, and design portfolios where the default blue W mark is a visible problem.

Who Should Skip It

If you just want to replace the default favicon with your own, skip this plugin and use the built-in Site Identity customizer or a proper favicon plugin like Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator, which also handles multiple device sizes and browser tab pinning. Casual bloggers and anyone happy with the default behaviour have no reason to install it.

The Bottom Line

WP Favicon Remover does one thing and does it lightly, scoring a 65.17 on PluginCheck with strong maintenance signals but very thin user feedback. It is the right tool only if your favicon lives outside WordPress and you need the default removed. Most users will be better served by the native Site Identity option or a full-featured favicon plugin.

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