Favicon mystery

Hi,
Aplogies in advance for an issue I assume is outside of Woodmart, but I just wanted to check if there could be anything that may have affected my Favicon as I am getting desperate for a fix.

So google just dropped my favicon about 4 weeks ago from search results, shopping etc… after showing it everywhere for the past couple of years. Nothing has changed on my end, google are not interested in helping, I triple checked everything, favicon checkers give me the green light.

I use RealFavicon (no support is available or povided) and I have the wordpress site identity image set up as a fall back.

It is just a complete mystery, and something as simple as a favicon has destroyed my business, consumers lose confidence with no favicon shown, my click through rate has dropped significantly as a result. It is devastating. Getting very desperate for a fix.

Is this something that may have popped up? Are there any possible theme settings or updates that could mess with google’s ability to pick up the favicon?

TIA

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Hello,

I understand your frustration — favicons can have a surprisingly big impact. From the WoodMart theme side, there are no settings or updates that would block Google from picking up your favicon. The theme simply uses the WordPress Site Identity > Site Icon as the favicon fallback, which you already have set.

Please navigate to the Appearance > Customize > Site identity and set the icon for your site.

Google and all the search engines index and reindex pages with some period which can take more weeks, please give time to the search engines. It may take some time for Google to crawl your site and update the favicon on search results.

Please follow this guide for more information:
https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-favicon/#gref

Best Regards,

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