DimitriAus

<p>This lightweight plugin removes WordPress emoji functionality to reduce HTTP requests and improve page load times.</p>
<p><strong>What it removes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Emoji detection script from page head</li>
<li>Emoji styles from frontend and admin</li>
<li>TinyMCE wpemoji plugin</li>
<li>Emoji conversion in RSS feeds</li>
<li>Emoji handling in emails</li>
<li>DNS prefetch for emoji CDN</li>
</ul>


Manly No Emojis

Disables the emoji functionality in WordPress to improve performance.

Mustafa Uysal

<p><strong>Origin Story</strong>: WordPress emoji comes from <code>s.w.org</code> and they were not optimized well, Compressed Emoji was fixing that problem <a href="https://wptavern.com/new-wordpress-plugin-serves-pre-compressed-emoji" rel="nofollow ugc">(detail info)</a>.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ademilter/" rel="nofollow ugc">Adem Ilter</a> for inspire</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/svg/svgo" rel="nofollow ugc">svgo</a> for emoji compression</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/twitter/twemoji" rel="nofollow ugc">twemoji</a> for emoji</li>
</ul>
<h4>Automated Updates</h4>
<p>This repository includes a GitHub Actions workflow that automatically checks for new Twemoji releases monthly and creates a pull request with optimized emoji assets. The workflow fetches the latest release from <a href="https://github.com/jdecked/twemoji/" rel="nofollow ugc">jdecked/twemoji</a>, optimizes SVG files using SVGO, and optimizes PNG files using pngquant and optipng.</p>
<h4>Contributing</h4>
<p>Pull requests are welcome on <a href="https://github.com/mustafauysal/compressed-emoji" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a></p>
<p><strong>If you like Compressed Emoji, then consider checking out my other projects:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://poweredcache.com/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Powered Cache</a> – Caching and Optimization for WordPress – Easily Improve PageSpeed & Web Vitals Score</li>
<li><a href="https://handyplugins.co/magic-login-pro/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Magic Login Pro</a> – Easy, secure, and passwordless authentication for WordPress.</li>
<li><a href="https://handyplugins.co/easy-text-to-speech/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Easy Text-to-Speech for WordPress</a> – Transform your textual content into high-quality synthesized speech with Amazon Polly.</li>
<li><a href="https://handyplugins.co/handywriter/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Handywriter</a> – AI-powered writing assistant that can help you create content for your WordPress.</li>
<li><a href="https://handyplugins.co/paddlepress-pro/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">PaddlePress PRO</a> – Paddle Plugin for WordPress</li>
<li><a href="https://handyplugins.co/wp-accessibility-toolkit/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">WP Accessibility Toolkit</a> – A collection of tools to help you make your WordPress more accessible.</li>
</ul>


Compressed Emoji

Does what is says on the box. Compresses your emojis so they load faster.

5 Stars.

Much Compression, Very Performance

Same emoji, but compressed. It helps to serve emoji via your server.

Manly No Emojis vs Compressed Emoji