wp-monalisa is the plugin that smiles at you like monalisa does. place the smilies of your choice in posts, pages or comments.
Alternatives to Disable WP Emojis
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A simple Emoji picker that integrates in the rich-text block toolbar.
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Disables the emoji functionality in WordPress to improve performance.
Speed up WordPress by disabling unused features — emojis, embeds, query strings, XML-RPC, RSS and more — for fewer requests and faster pages.
Removes unused scripts (emoji, jquery-migrate, comment-reply) and cleans unnecessary metadata from the head.
Disable the WordPress emoji functionality to improve performance and privacy.
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