Hi all,
I updated to WP 5.6.1 and suffered the irritating WP W-favicon displaying on just the front end of my website as well.
After doing these things (multiple times):
? clearing WP and browser caches
? deleting/reloading the original favicon as well as new favicon images (including a 32×32) — all using the Theme Customizer / Site Identity process
? regenerating thumbnails
? running an online favicon test (https://realfavicongenerator.net)
I remembered having recently added code to my website’s <head> to remove the unwanted alt-titles displaying on hover across my website (without deleting them entirely and losing their alt-title SEO benefits).
This is the alt-title code I had added:
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$(‘img[title]’).each(function() { $(this).removeAttr(‘title’); });
});
When I deleted the alt-title code — POOF! — my favicon returned. I’m not sure why that code affected things but it seems it did.
The other thing it might be is that I run an independent theme (Divi) which has also been upgraded recently. I’m still not sure if the favicon issue is a WP or theme related occurrence.
If anyone has info to share about the favicon puzzle and/or how to successfully remove the alt-titles at hover, I’d really appreciate hearing from you!
Many thanks.
