Samuel Wood (Otto)

Replace the smilies with the original versions from previous versions of WordPress.
Added bonus: Disables all “emoji” functionality in WordPress 4.2 and above.

Classic Smilies

I have been using this plugin and I proudly recommend to everyone.
PRO
- It improve performance by removing inline JS and reducing HTTP requests.
Cons
- Smiley images shouldn't be look dull. It could be appear clear like Original.

Thanks & Regards,
Gulshan

Very goood plugin, some improvement needed

Replace the smilies with the original versions from previous versions of WordPress.

David Miller

Best-Of Comments allows anyone with the ability to edit comments to mark a comment as ?featured? and then featured comments will be randomly selected and displayed anywhere you choose to place the php call to best_of_comments().
You can select how comments are displayed, how many to display, and how much of a comment to display (if comments are longer than the specified word length they contain a link back to the original comment). In the future you will have the ability to limit how far in the past to look for featured comments.

Best-Of Comments

Best-Of Comments allows users to tag exceptional comments and display a randomly selected list of those comments wherever they choose in their theme.

Classic Smilies vs Best-Of Comments