Really Disable Emojis vs Keep Emoticons as Text

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

Really Disable Emojis

by Christian Leuenberg

Health D50

Keep Emoticons as Text

by Geek Goddess

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Really Disable Emojis Keep Emoticons as Text

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	Really Disable Emojis	Keep Emoticons as Text
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	D · 50	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	9/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.29★	4.34★ ✓
Reviews	8	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	54/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.0y ago	29d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	133	190 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Really Disable Emojis Keep Emoticons as Text

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.