DimitriAus

This lightweight plugin removes WordPress emoji functionality to reduce HTTP requests and improve page load times.
What it removes:
<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.

Isrg Rajan

WordPress Emoji Remover & Sanitizer is a lightweight plugin designed to disable and remove the default WordPress Emoji scripts and styles. It helps to:
<ol>
<li>Remove Emoji CSS from the admin dashboard and <code>wp-head</code>.</li>
<li>Remove the <code>wp-includes/js/emoji.js</code> script from all pages.</li>
<li>Disable TinyMCE emoji support.</li>
<li>Prevent WordPress from loading emoji-related DNS prefetch requests.</li>
<li>Improve page loading speed and performance by eliminating unnecessary resources.</li>
</ol>
This plugin is fully compatible with WordPress 6.7.2 and PHP 7.4+.
<h3>Plugin Settings</h3>
By default, all the features are enabled. To disable any option, navigate to Settings > Emoji Sanitizer, select/deselect the desired option(s), and click Save Changes.

WordPress Emoji Remover & Sanitizer

WordPress Emoji Remover & Sanitizer helps you remove the in-built WordPress Emoji feature by clearing unnecessary JavaScript and CSS, improving pa …

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