Sohaus

Sohaus Clean Emoji Slugs keeps WordPress permalinks clean when editors use emoji in post titles.
By default, WordPress may include emoji or encoded emoji characters in generated slugs. This plugin removes emoji, pictograms, dingbats, variation selectors and related characters from slugs while leaving the original title unchanged.
Example:
❤️ I love WordPress 🩸
Becomes:
i-love-wordpress
The plugin works automatically when a post, page or supported public post type is saved.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Removes emoji from slugs.</li>
<li>Cleans already encoded emoji in existing slugs when a post is saved, but does not bulk-update old posts automatically.</li>
<li>Keeps emoji in post titles.</li>
<li>Works on save and update.</li>
<li>Supports posts and pages by default.</li>
<li>Does not add database tables.</li>
<li>Does not track users.</li>
<li>Does not send any data to external services.</li>
</ul>

Sohaus Clean Emoji Slugs

Removes emoji and special symbols from WordPress slugs while keeping them in post titles.

Sharon

Implement emojis into your posts and pages. Using CSS, transparent PNGs seamlessly integrate with your favorite theme and color scheme.
This plugin shows emojis by using shortcodes. It will not override the default <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies" title="WordPress Smileys" rel="nofollow ugc">Smileys</a>.
How To Use:
<ol>
<li>After activating this plugin, an emoji icon will appear next to your “Add Media” button above the editor window.</li>
<li>Click on that button to display the dropdown list of available emojis.</li>
<li>Click “Add Shortcode”, and the shortcode will automatically be added to your editor window.</li>
</ol>
Alternatively, you can type in your shortcode by hand using this format:
<pre><code>[sce emoji="happy" /]
</code></pre>

Sharon's Shortcode Emojis

Implement emojis into your posts and pages

Sohaus Clean Emoji Slugs vs Sharon's Shortcode Emojis