Remove WP Emojis — Correctly
by Rey Sanchez · Uncategorized
This is the CORRECT WAY to remove or disable the WordPress emojis feature that was added in v4.2.
79 health vs 58 average across 8,411 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2024-10-07 · 648 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
41
now · peak 114
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 85 days.
Install history · since 2024-10-07 · 647 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-25 40+ → 50+ up after 13 days in band
- 2026-06-12 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-10 40+ → 50+ up after 50 days in band
- 2026-04-21 30+ → 40+ up after 15 days in band
- 2026-04-06 40+ → 30+ down after 17 days in band
- 2026-03-20 30+ → 40+ up after 58 days in band
- 2026-01-21 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-19 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- D Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly) 60K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
- C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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Disable Search 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
Disable Everything 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable auto-update Email Notifications 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C
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