Christian Leuenberg

<p>WordPress comes with a built-in replacement function that turns 🙂 etc. into emojis. If you need to switch this off, simply install and activate this plugin. It’s that simple.</p>


Really Disable Emojis

Disables the automatic emojis (smilies) replacement function. Really! :-)

CodeAndReload

<p>This plugin provides the option to enable/disable the usage of shortcodes in the default text widget provided by WordPress along with smilies if enabled for the blog.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>Technical support for this plugin will be provided via the WordPress plugin forum.  Additional support may be<br />
available at <a href="http://www.codeandreload.com/wp-plugins/allow-shortcodes-in-text-widgets/" title="Allow Shortcodes in Text Widgets at Code
and Reload">plugin’s homepage</a>.</p>


Allow Shortcodes in Text Widgets

This plugin provides the option to enable/disable the shortcodes in the default text widgets along with smilies.

Really Disable Emojis vs Allow Shortcodes in Text Widgets