Native Emoji

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Back to Front

   5.3y ago

   I really love it, great emoji picker loads on the back end, but doesn’t allow me to pick anything, and messes up the TinyMCE editor display. On the front end bbpress forms it gives ‘failed to initialise error. But I can see what it used to do and how cool it would have been, I wish someone can bring it back 🧞‍♀️

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2. ★★★★★ Lancifer

   6.0y ago

   Clicking on the emoji icon opens the window, but emojis never load. Hasn’t been updated in 2 years. Author most likely abandoned this plugin. Deserves 0 stars.

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3. ★★★★★ Vic

   6.1y ago

   Эй, ребят. Посоветуйте мне такой же плагин, но с SVG. Он очень хороший, но есть подводные камни.

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4. ★★★★★ sakoryu

   6.2y ago

   絵文字が読み込まれません。 デベロッパーのサイトも警告が出ます。 他のプラグインをおすすめします。

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5. ★★★★★ stevie2012

   6.7y ago

   Wanted use this as it looked better than other Emoji plugins, but once you try to load inside the editor, it just keeps on loading and never stops = can’t even use the Emoji plugin. Had to uninstall.

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6. ★★★★★ Shivanand Sharma

   6.9y ago

   I find it very handy to build “emotion” in the post. I’d love to have a feature to show the name of the emoji on hover so I know what kind of expression the emoji has. I’m not native English so I need a little tooltip on every emoji. How about a search box while we are at it? Superb work!

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7. ★★★★★ medinfe

   7.8y ago

   Very simple and works perfect in my case with the last wordpress version 4.9 I’m missing a tab with “favorites” or “most used” or similar…

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8. ★★★★★ Tiago

   8.0y ago

   It would be great if it could include a tab for Favorites and (if possible) Frequently Used 😀

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.0.1 Release Date – 24 June 2018 Minor bugs fixed 3.0.1
2. — Version 3.0 Release Date – 18 December 2017 New Design Front End Comments Support Settings Page New Emojis Added Emoji Skin Tone Picker 3.0
3. — Version 2.0.2 Release Date – 26 June 2016 Translation support added Minor Bug Fixes 2.0.2
4. — Version 2.0.1 Release Date – 24 June 2016 Minor Bug Fixes 2.0.1
5. — Version 2.0 Release Date – 24 June 2016 Minor Bug Fixes New Design New Emojis Added Category Frequently Used Added Reordered Categories 2.0
6. — Version 1.0 Release Date – 1 July 2015 Hello World! 1.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 10 languages, 7 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-12-30 6K+ → 5K+ down after 356 days in tier
2. 2025-01-08 7K+ → 6K+ down after 367 days in tier
3. 2024-01-07 8K+ → 7K+ down after 401 days in tier
4. 2022-12-02 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2022-12-01 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2022-11-30 9K+ → 8K+ down

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).

• wp-Monalisa 600+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• TinyMCE Smiley Button 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Compressed Emoji 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• E Emoji Emoticons 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A

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Native Emoji: 5K+ active installs, 3.7★ (19 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/native-emoji