Keep Emoticons as Text vs Really Disable Emojis

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Keep Emoticons as Text

by Geek Goddess

Health A87

Really Disable Emojis

by Christian Leuenberg

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Keep Emoticons as Text Really Disable Emojis

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Keep Emoticons as Text	Really Disable Emojis
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800 ✓	700–800
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	-13%
Overall health	A · 87 ✓	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	9/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.34★ ✓	4.29★
Reviews	8	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100 ✓	54/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	29d ago ✓	3.0y ago
Downloads · 30d	190 ✓	133
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Keep Emoticons as Text Really Disable Emojis

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.