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<p>Marketingbende Tiny Fixes bundles small WordPress cleanup fixes into one lightweight plugin. Each fix has its own toggle, and only enabled fixes register runtime hooks.</p>
<p>The first release enables emoji cleanup by default. Other fixes are opt-in from Settings > Tiny Fixes.</p>
<p>Included fix groups:</p>
<ul>
<li>Performance cleanup, including emoji cleanup, embeds, Dashicons for guests, comment reply script, Heartbeat, asset query strings, and lazy loading helpers.</li>
<li>General cleanup, including generator output, RSD link, WLW manifest link, shortlinks, REST API discovery links, self pingbacks, smilies, attachment comments, and comment form cleanup.</li>
<li>SEO cleanup, including attachment page redirects, canonical redirect guessing, and archive title prefixes.</li>
<li>Admin cleanup, including dashboard widgets, Help tabs, Screen Options, block directory, remote block patterns, core block patterns, widget block editor, login screen tweaks, and admin bar visibility.</li>
<li>Admin noise controls for auto-update emails and the admin email verification prompt.</li>
<li>Privacy and security cleanup for X-Pingback output and author query enumeration.</li>
</ul>
<p>The plugin does not add database tables, does not track visitors, does not call an external service, and does not load public assets for the settings UI.</p>


Marketingbende Tiny Fixes

A lightweight collection of small WordPress cleanup, performance, admin, and privacy fixes with individual toggles.

Ryan Hellyer

<p>This plugin disables the WordPress emoji functionality, removing unnecessary code bloat that adds support for emojis in older browsers.</p>
<h4>What it does</h4>
<ul>
<li>Removes the emoji detection script from <code>wp_head</code> and the admin</li>
<li>Removes emoji styles from <code>wp_print_styles</code> and admin</li>
<li>Removes emoji DNS prefetching, preventing connections to <code>s.w.org</code></li>
<li>Removes the <code>wpemoji</code> TinyMCE plugin</li>
<li>Strips emoji CDN hostname from DNS prefetch hints</li>
</ul>
<h4>Performance & Privacy</h4>
<p>Emojis will still display in modern browsers that have built-in support. This plugin simply removes the extra HTTP requests and JavaScript overhead for browsers that don’t need it. Additionally, it prevents DNS prefetching to WordPress.org’s emoji CDN, improving privacy.</p>
<p>Note: Emoticons like <code>:)</code> will continue to work as expected.</p>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>PHP 7.4+</li>
<li>WordPress 5.0+</li>
</ul>
<h4>GDPR compliancy</h4>
<p>This plugin does not send any data to external servers. It disables 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 cannot guarantee anything.</p>
<h4>Architecture</h4>
<p>The plugin uses:</p>
<h4>Quality</h4>
<p>All code uses <code>declare(strict_types=1)</code> and follows PSR-12. The plugin runs the following tooling:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>PHP_CodeSniffer</strong> (run via <code>composer phpcs</code>) — sniffs for PSR-12 violations</li>
<li><strong>PHP-CS-Fixer</strong> (run via <code>composer cs</code>) — dry-run style check</li>
<li><strong>PHPStan</strong> at level 6 (run via <code>composer phpstan</code>) — static analysis</li>
</ul>


Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)

should add this one as well !

remove_action( 'embed_head', 'print_emoji_detection_script' );

another remove filter to add to the too long list !

No configuration needed. No ads. Does the job.

Clean

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!

Clean Up Your Site & Improve GDPR Compliance


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!


Small but mighty

Disable the WordPress emoji functionality to improve performance and privacy.

Marketingbende Tiny Fixes vs Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)