favicon.ico not working in google mobile search

Hi there,

Can you try changing the favicon.ico's pathing to an absolute path? relative paths can cause issues.

Example:

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="https://yoursiteurl.es/favicon.ico">

Is there any way to delete that default WordPress favicon in order to force Google to show mine?

Your site isn't loading any WP favicons so there's nothing to remove. If you inspect your site's header, it only loads the one you specified.

Here's what I'd do though:

I'll add the favicon to the recommended WordPress way of adding it (since 5.4) which is to add it on Appearance > Customize > Site Identity and actually follow the sizing(512x512).

I'll make sure any sort of caching is purged as well. Especially the server/hosting sided ones.

And see if Google indexes it properly this time.

I’ll add the favicon to the recommended WordPress way of adding it (since 5.4) which is to add it on Appearance > Customize > Site Identity and actually follow the sizing(512×512).

I did it 2 months ago and it didn't work, this is why I trying another way.

I typically only add the favicon.ico file to the site root and nothing else - no hooks or <link> elements. That's what this site is doing.

However, it's difficult to say why Google wouldn't display a favicon in their listings. It isn't something the theme has any say over, unfortunately.

Hi,

Should I delete the default WordPress favicon.ico file before adding mine via FTP?

Hi there,

yes you should delete the default ico file first.