Remove WP Emojis vs Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)

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

Remove WP Emojis

by Rey Sanchez

Health B76

Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)

by Ryan Hellyer

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Remove WP Emojis Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)

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	Remove WP Emojis	Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 76	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	82/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.86★ ✓
Reviews	1	108 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	69	14.2K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Privacy & Consent

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

Release activity

Remove WP Emojis Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)

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.