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Home / Tutorials / How to disable Emojis in WordPress

How to disable Emojis in WordPress

Updated: February 5, 2019 //

emoji

Emojis were first introduced in WordPress 4.2. They are tiny icons or smileys used on the Internet. If you don’t use it, Emojis script (wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=4.3.1) in WordPress creates an extra HTTP request, which adds to total page load time, and slows down your WordPress site. Many professional website owners never use it.

If you don’t know what Emoji is, you can read about it here

You can see an extra HTTP request for Emojis script when you test your site speed on webpagetest.org:
Waterfall chart with emojis script

Option 1: Use a Plugin – Disable Emojis

Disable Emojis Plugin

Option 2 – Without a Plugin:

Step 1:

Go to www.yoursite.com/wp-admin panel, under Settings/Writing – uncheck this box:

remove-emoji

Step 2:

Insert in functions.php the following code:

Gist – Disable Emoji in WordPress

And that’s it! Now, if you test your website speed at Webpagetest.org, in the waterfall chart, you should not see any more requests for Emojis script.

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  1. Pawel Mansfeld says

    May 13, 2019 at 1:04 pm

    Its amazing and works 100%..You saved my day 😉

    • Irina Blumenfeld says

      May 14, 2019 at 11:10 am

      I’m glad it helped

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