Emoji Toolbar

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1. ★★★★★ joseyaz

   2.2y ago

   Thank you for the plugin; it integrates very well with the block editor. It has an icon search feature, which I find essential, and I haven’t noticed any load on the website. PD. I would prefer if the toolbar icon were black and white to match the rest of the elements, but that’s a matter of personal taste.

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2. ★★★★★ Pavel Leontiev

   3.3y ago

   great plugin, but no country flags for some weird reason( This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by Pavel Leontiev.

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3. ★★★★★ Pat K

   4.6y ago

   I was looking for an easy way to add an emoji tool to the block editor for a client and came across this. Installed & activated in seconds. Works great! Will definitely use this again. Thanks to the developer for sharing this handy tool! pk

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.2.9 Code quality 1.2.9
2. — Version 1.2.8 Tested up to WordPress 6.9 (preview) 1.2.8
3. — Version 1.2.7 Tested up to WordPress 6.7 Remove load_plugin_textdomain() and rely on WordPress to load translations (https://make.wordpress.org/core/2016/07/06/i18n-improvements-in-4-6/) 1.2.7
4. — Version 1.2.6 Tested up to WordPress 6.6 Add a blueprint.json 1.2.6
5. — Version 1.2.5 Update dependencies Unicode 15.0 support with new emoji chars 🪇 1.2.5
6. — Version 1.2.4 Update dependencies and locales 1.2.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-11-16 1K+ → 2K+ up after 655 days in tier
2. 2023-01-31 900+ → 1K+ up after 43 days in tier
3. 2022-12-19 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2022-12-18 900+ → 800+ down after 4 days in tier
5. 2022-12-14 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2022-12-13 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2022-12-12 800+ → 900+ up after 46 days in tier
8. 2022-10-27 700+ → 800+ 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).

• Classic Editor 8M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Disable Gutenberg 500K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A

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Emoji Toolbar: 2K+ active installs, 4.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/emoji-toolbar