5 Best Custom Favicon Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Custom Favicon has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 5 closest alternatives to Custom Favicon
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Dark Mode for WP Dashboard
Closest match4.8 (30) 3,000+ active installsA clean, lightweight dark mode for the WordPress admin dashboard.
Shares the dark mode tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
- 2
Darklup – Enhanced WordPress Dark Mode, Dark Theme, Night Mode & Accessibility Plugin
4.5 (44) 1,000+ active installsExperience Darklup — Your WordPress ally for dark mode, dark themes, night mode and accessibility. Switch to an eye-friendly more inclusive web experi …
Shares the dark mode tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer
4.3 (109) 6,000+ active installsWhite label WordPress admin, admin menu editor, login page customizer, admin dark mode, media library folders, admin columns.
Shares the dark mode tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Darkify
Paid version availableDark Mode & Night Mode – Darkify
4.8 (22) 700+ active installsDarkify Dark Mode adds dark mode and night mode to WordPress websites and admin dashboards using a fast, lightweight, customizable dark mode toggle.
Shares the dark mode tag on WordPress.org. 700+ installs against 5,000+, last updated 2 days ago.
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4.9 (801) 200,000+ active installsCreate and install your favicon for all platforms: PC/Mac, iPhone/iPad, Android devices, Windows 8 tablets...
Shares the favicon, icon tags on WordPress.org. About 40 times the installs, last updated July 29, 2026.
Switching from Custom Favicon: common questions
What is the best alternative to Custom Favicon?
Dark Mode for WP Dashboard is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Custom Favicon alternative has the most users?
Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Custom Favicon alternative is rated highest?
Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 801 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Custom Favicon alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Custom Favicon score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Custom Favicon on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Dark Mode for WP Dashboard is the closest match to Custom Favicon by the data we track, and Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Darkify shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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