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Best WordPress Plugins for Emoji

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Emoji

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for emoji comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Disable Emojis Best overall 89/100
  2. 2. Featherweight 82/100
  3. 3. ShareThis Reaction Buttons 78/100
  4. 4. Remoji 78/100
  5. 5. Compressed Emoji 78/100
  6. 6. Instant Emoji Reactions 76/100
  7. 7. Emoji Toolbar 74/100
  8. 8. wp-Monalisa 74/100
  9. 9. Emoji Settings 69/100
  10. 10. Section Separator Block 68/100
  11. 11. Really Disable Emojis 56/100
  12. 12. Disable WP Emoji Icons 52/100
  13. 13. Native Emoji 50/100
  14. 14. Super Emoji Plus+ 50/100
  15. 15. TinyMCE Smiley Button 49/100
1 Disable Emojis
Best overall Free by Ryan Hellyer

Disable Emojis

Disable the WordPress emoji functionality to improve performance and privacy.

5★
from 108 ratings
60k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
89

WPScore

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2 Featherweight
Free by jody nesbitt

Featherweight

Speed up WordPress by disabling unused features — emojis, embeds, query strings, XML-RPC, RSS and more — for fewer requests and faster pages.

4.1★
from 45 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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4 Remoji
Free by WPDO

Remoji

Reactive emoji. Allow visitors to add emoji reactions to your posts and comments. Disable comment for pages, posts.

5★
from 5 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
78

WPScore

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6 Instant Emoji Reactions
Free by Usama Khalid

Instant Emoji Reactions

Add emoji reactions to posts, WooCommerce products, and custom post types with built-in analytics for reaction trends and top-performing content.

4.4★
from 5 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
76

WPScore

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8 wp-Monalisa
Free by tuxlog

wp-Monalisa

wp-monalisa is the plugin that smiles at you like monalisa does. place the smilies of your choice in posts, pages or comments.

4.8★
from 25 ratings
600+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
74

WPScore

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9 Emoji Settings
Free by Sybre Waaijer

Emoji Settings

Emoji Settings adds an option to your Writing Settings page to toggle emoji conversion to images.

5★
from 12 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
May 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
69

WPScore

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10 Section Separator Block
Free by bPlugins

Section Separator Block

Create responsive section dividers in Gutenberg – multi-layer waves, SVG icon separators, animated pills, gradients, and playful emoji stacks.

100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
68

WPScore

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12 Disable WP Emoji Icons
Free by gr8nilay

Disable WP Emoji Icons

This plugin disable WordPress emoji icons ( from Post, Page, Comments and Email content ) and removes the extra code and style which is added by defau …

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2024
Tested to
WP 6.4.10
52

WPScore

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13 Native Emoji
Free by Danny BS

Native Emoji

Insert emojis in your posts, pages, custom post types, and comments

3.7★
from 19 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2018
Tested to
WP 4.9.31
50

WPScore

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14 Super Emoji Plus+
Free by Eric Andrew Lewis

Super Emoji Plus+

This plugin adds an Insert Emoji button into the post content editor. It will also enable autocomplete of emoji by typing a colon and then an emoji n …

5★
from 4 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2017
Tested to
WP 4.8.30
50

WPScore

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