Remove Emoji CSS and JS

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1. ★★★★★ Beb

   4.9y ago

   Just tested this on my staging site. Emojis are all still there. Double-checked here to confirm nothing else was required after activation to remove emojis. Sad. This code works if you add it to the end of your Functions.php file: // Disable emojis in WordPress function disable_emoji_feature() { // Prevent Emoji from loading on the front-end remove_action('wp_head', 'print_emoji_detection_script', 7); remove_action('wp_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles'); // Remove from admin area also remove_action('admin_print_scripts', 'print_emoji_detection_script'); remove_action('admin_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles'); // Remove from RSS feeds also remove_filter('the_content_feed', 'wp_staticize_emoji'); remove_filter('comment_text_rss', 'wp_staticize_emoji'); // Remove from Embeds remove_filter('embed_head', 'print_emoji_detection_script'); // Remove from emails remove_filter('wp_mail', 'wp_staticize_emoji_for_email'); // Disable from TinyMCE editor. Currently disabled in block editor by default add_filter('tiny_mce_plugins', 'disable_emojis_tinymce'); /** Finally, prevent character conversion too ** without this, emojis still work ** if it is available on the user's device */ add_filter('option_use_smilies', '__return_false'); } // Disables emojis in WYSIWYG editor function disable_emojis_tinymce($plugins) { if (is_array($plugins)) { $plugins = array_diff($plugins, array('wpemoji')); } return $plugins; } add_action('init', 'disable_emoji_feature'); } This topic was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Beb.

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2. ★★★★★ Vennila Elumalai

   5.7y ago

   Very Nice!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8.1

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-11-04 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-11-03 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2025-10-30 300+ → 200+ down after 12 days in tier
4. 2025-10-18 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2025-10-16 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-10-15 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in tier
7. 2025-10-11 300+ → 200+ down after 1041 days in tier
8. 2022-12-05 200+ → 300+ up after 46 days in tier

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).

• No Nonsense 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
• Speed Up – Clean WP 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• Remove WP Emojis — Correctly 60+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
• Small WP Security – SP SWS 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
• Basic Optimization 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
• C Core Settings 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D

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Remove Emoji CSS and JS: 200+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/remove-emoji-css-and-js