Title: Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly) Author: Ryan Hellyer Published: 2015-03-22 Last modified: 2025-02-16 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/disable-emojis/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1145188) ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/disable-emojis_d3c7d6.svg) # Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly) By [Ryan Hellyer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanhellyer/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-emojis.1.7.7.zip) * [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/#description) * [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/#reviews) * [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/#installation) * [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-emojis/) ## Description This plugin disables the new WordPress emoji functionality. GDPR friendly. Note: Emoticons will still work and emojis will still work in browsers which have built in support for them. This plugin simply removes the extra code bloat used to add support for emojis in older browsers. #### GDPR compliancy This plugin does not do anything to make your site less GDPR compliant. It disables the DNS prefetching of emojis within WordPress, which should ensure improved privacy. To determine if your site is GDPR compliant, please seek legal advice. I have done my best to ensure the plugin is 100% GDPR compliant, but I am not a lawyer so can not guarantee anything 😉 ## Installation After you’ve downloaded and extracted the files: 1. Upload the complete ‘disable-emojis’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory OR install via the plugin installer 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. And yer done! Visit the [Disable Emojis plugin](https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/plugins/disable-emojis/) for more information. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/86c46ccacac2166f2bfb52a3f2b8a1f61731fa4a4d54c4788a38ad508e890741? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Small but mighty](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/small-but-mighty-5/)󠁿 [Jason LeMahieu (MadtownLems)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/madtownlems/) 2025- 09-22 It’s so rare to find a plugin these days that has no bloat, no upsells, no ANYTHING beyond exactly what’s needed to get the job done. Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc2a9cd5e4097876802a40afc3f0865a84fa3c9d2c2caa6c789218fe9ae52b2f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Clean Up Your Site & Improve GDPR Compliance](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-up-your-site-improve-gdpr-compliance/)󠁿 [TraceMyIP](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tracemyip/) 2025-06-09 Disable Emojis by Ryan Hellyer is a gem! With 60k+ active installs and nearly perfect 5-star rating, it’s clearly doing something right. This lightweight plugin strips out WordPress’s bloated emoji code while keeping your content looking great in modern browsers. The GDPR-friendly bonus is huge – it stops DNS prefetching to external emoji servers, protecting visitor privacy. Ryan’s been maintaining this for years and it shows. Your site loads faster, stays compliant, and emojis still work naturally. Win-win-win! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2545c79a4e73bc8e0f2a745acac07fbcaced0e3ebf242465d80c33fbe7c48123? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Doesn’t activate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-activate-4/)󠁿 [kianmovahhed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kianmovahhed/) 2024-11-13 Does not activate. Every time I click “activate”, the page just refreshes with no action. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8ce6d15ccb9ae5d78178f7de418f9ebe17db1d35dc62bd3fc56d3fcbc5944a3? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does what I need it to](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-i-need-it-to-20/)󠁿 [Chris Lovie-Tyler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrislt/) 2024-04-19 Thanks for making this plugin, Ryan! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ccc0110c25af06bdfe181bb51f073676190256dd92b5101e299063128c686be0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Thorough and concise](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thorough-and-concise/)󠁿 [Walf](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wallfur/) 2023-05-29 No settings, just works. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3bd18538ef506b7924cbc157679510c477359414d81cd6eb0e0114a8844b7be? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Performance increase](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/performance-increase/)󠁿 [Huckleberry](https://profiles.wordpress.org/helijobs/) 2022-10-08 Tested with PageSpeed Insights. [ Read all 107 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-emojis/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Ryan Hellyer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanhellyer/) “Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)” has been translated into 21 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-emojis/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-emojis) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-emojis/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-emojis/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-emojis/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-emojis/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.7.7 * Confirmed support for newer WordPress versions. #### 1.7.6 * Confirmed support for newer WordPress versions. #### 1.7.5 * Added Composer support. #### 1.7.4 * Fixing typos. #### 1.7.3 * Unneeded version bump to shut the WordPress.org notice up. #### 1.7.2 * Subtle improvement to code cleanliness. * Improved documentation regarding GDPR issues. #### 1.7.1 * Added GDPR friendly label on advice from Ipstenu. #### 1.7 * Removed DNS prefetch URL again. * This time using simple string check rather than relying on internal WordPress filters. #### 1.6 * Removed DNS prefetch URL. Props to Aaron Queen for assisting with this. #### 1.5.3 * Catering to new DNS prefetch URL in version 4.7 of core #### 1.5.2 * Improved documentation. * Removed redundant dns prefetching. Thanks to [Milan Dinic](http://blog.milandinic.com/) for the pull request. #### 1.5.1 * Updating documentation. #### 1.5 * Catering for invalid $plugin array. #### 1.4 * Updating to use Otto’s code. #### 1.3 Removing extraneous styles. #### 1.2 Bug fix. #### 1.1 Updating to work with latest beta. #### 1.0 Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.7.7** * Last updated **1 ел ago** * Active installations **60 000+** * WordPress version ** 4.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Languages * [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Danish](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [English (South Africa)](https://en-za.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Galician](https://gl.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Hebrew](https://he.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Hungarian](https://hu.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Kurdish (Kurmanji)](https://kmr.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Serbian](https://sr.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Spanish (Argentina)](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/), һәм [Tibetan](https://bo.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-emojis) * Tags * [disable](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable/)[emojis](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/emojis/) [GDPR](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gdpr/) * [Advanced View](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-emojis/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 106 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-emojis/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-emojis/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-emojis/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-emojis/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-emojis/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-emojis/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-emojis/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Ryan Hellyer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanhellyer/) ## Support Got something to say? 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