Disable WP Emoji Icons
by gr8nilay · Performance
Also makes 9 other plugins · 1.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin disable WordPress emoji icons ( from Post, Page, Comments and Email content ) and removes the extra code and style which is added by defau …
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈160 estimated
Momentum
+10%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “disable”, “emojis” and “page load speed” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
49 health vs 69 average across 1,805 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,105 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
36/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 997 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 997 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| disable emojiicons your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| emoctions your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| disable your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| emojis your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page load speed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “disable”, “emojis” and “page load speed” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 168 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
9.9y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 23 Dec 2016
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 months ago; the previous band took 3.6 years to cross, which places it about 56% of the way through.
Install history since 28 Mar 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Dswt9.9y ago
Just install and activate. you are done! It would helpful to increase site load speed as it removes the unnecessary emjoi icons external script and css.
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin disable WordPress emoji icons ( from Post, Page, Comments and Email content ) and removes the e..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 277 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("disable emojiicons", "emoctions", "emojis" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-03-28 200+ → 100+ down after 1319 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 100+ → 200+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- D Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly) 60K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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Remove WP Emojis — Correctly 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - S Scalpel Source Code Cleaner — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Disable Comments 100K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Disable Search 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
Disable Everything 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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