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The fastest way to set a WordPress favicon is to find Site Icon in the active site's dashboard.

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First identify WordPress.com versus self-hosted, then check whether the active theme is block or classic.

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With a block theme, open Appearance, Editor, Identity, then Site Icon.

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With a classic theme, open Appearance, Customize, Site Identity, then Site Icon.

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On WordPress.com, Settings, General may also show the control.

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If the menu is missing, confirm the site dashboard first.

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Then inspect Appearance for Editor or Customize.

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In a block editor, check Identity and the Site Logo block's Use as site icon option.

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Confirm you can edit design settings.

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An upload error differs from a stale display.

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An Ashe theme can show “There has been an error cropping your image” for PNG and JPG.

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Resizing to 512 by 512 may resolve that upload path, but crop behavior varies.

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A browser tab and Google result are separate.

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On HostGator with Astra, checks can span Site Identity, a root favicon file, and header code.

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On Kinsta with Elementor Pro, the browser icon can work while Search stays stale after cache clearing and reindexing.

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Keep the dashboard route, active theme, last visible control, and failing surface separate.

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Follow the failure you can reproduce; do not copy a path from a different WordPress installation.

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Make the next check match the exact failed screen.