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.
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Health
B 73/100
Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈62 estimated
Momentum
+23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “disable” and “disable emojis” for “remove emoji” and “emoji”. “disable” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “remove emoji” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “disable emojis” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “emoji” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
73 health vs 58 average across 25,754 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.4%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 1.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 287 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpemojis your tag | #3 | #3 | — |
| disable wpemojis your tag | #3 | #3 | — |
| emojis your tag | #10 | #22 | 0 |
| remove emoji | #7 | #22 | down 2 |
| disable emojis your tag | #14 | #22 | 0 |
| emoji | #10 | #24 | 0 |
| remove emojis | #8 | #21 | 0 |
| wordpress remove emojis | #11 | #23 | down 1 |
| disable your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “disable” and “disable emojis” for “remove emoji” and “emoji”. “disable” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “remove emoji” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “disable emojis” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “emoji” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “disable emojis”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 8 Oct 2024 · 754 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 114 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
10mo ago
latest release · v1.1.2 · 18 Jan 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 60.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 71 days.
Install history since 7 Oct 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jh0n8mo ago
Really good plugin, just work correctly 👍
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This is the CORRECT WAY to remove or disable the WordPress emojis feature that was added in v4.2."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 597 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("disable emojis", "disable wpemojis", "wpemojis" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 50+ → 60+ up after 67 days in tier
- 2026-06-25 40+ → 50+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-06-12 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-10 40+ → 50+ up after 50 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 30+ → 40+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 40+ → 30+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 30+ → 40+ up after 58 days in tier
- 2026-01-21 20+ → 30+ up after 2 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).
- D Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly) 60K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
- D Disable WP Emoji Icons 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Scalpel Source Code Cleaner — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
- C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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Disable Comments 100K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Disable Search 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
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