Emoji Settings

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1. ★★★★★ RealMag777

   1.8y ago

   Works fine, thank you!

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2. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 18721493

   2.8y ago

   Simple, straightforward, and does it job well!

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3. ★★★★★ cekay

   4.0y ago

   I tried another plugin that has more than 70k installation, but it didn’t work for some reason it was converting the emoji to svg, but this plugin solved my problem smoothly, thank you

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4. ★★★★★ Abalone

   5.3y ago

   Finally a plugin that really works with 5.7.2 😀 Thank you!

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5. ★★★★★ mattce

   7.7y ago

   i had problems, that some smileys were shown as broken characters, after i’ve deactivated emoticons in general via functions.php. this plugin fixes the issue, all smileys are now shown as they should, as plain text. perfect 🙂

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6. ★★★★★ supernaut510

   9.6y ago

   In IE11, my page stopped loading at the WP emoji settings script. Installing this plugin and disabling emojis solved my problem. Thanks.

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7. ★★★★★ Danice

   9.7y ago

   This is the perfect replacement to the “Disable Emojis” plugin that stopped disabling the emojis altogether… thank you!!! 😀

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8. ★★★★★ certainlyakey

   9.7y ago

   Allows to clean up the HTML of my themes. Two + for an option to turn it back on and seamless integration.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.0.0 Rewritten for improved performance. Now requires PHP 7.2 or later. Now requires WP 5.5 or later because it adds tests against PHP support. All function and class names have changed due to added namespacing, hence the maj 2.0.0
2. — Version 1.2.0 Now properly removes the detection script and styles from all admin screens. Now requires PHP 5.6 or later. Tested up to WP 6.0. 1.2.0
3. — Version 1.1.1 Tested up to WP 4.9. 1.1.1
4. — Version 1.0.10 Fixed: When the_emoji_options filter was incorrectly used, a PHP notice would be cast on every page load. Fixed: Updated license links in readme and included license file. Fixed: Readme typos. 1.0.10
5. — Version 1.0.9 Improved: Overall sanitation (WordPress.com VIP standards). Changed: The class loader function caches the filter within as well. Updated: POT file. Removed: Dutch translation files; these are now provided through WordPre 1.0.9
6. — Version 1.0.8 Improved: (performance) Saving Writing Settings no longer casts the Emoji Setting to an 1 or 0 string when it’s already an 1 or 0 string. Improved: (performance) Removed boolean type casting on a boolean if statement. Ot 1.0.8

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1

Translated into 15 languages, 4 at 90% or more

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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 WP Emojis 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• Emoji Toolbar 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• wp-Monalisa 600+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• TinyMCE Smiley Button 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Local Twemoji 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• PoKeMoJiS — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D

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Emoji Settings: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/emoji-settings