Disable Emojis

/**

 * Disable the emojis in WordPress.

 */

add_action( 'init', function () {

	remove_action( 'wp_head', 'print_emoji_detection_script', 7 );

	remove_action( 'admin_print_scripts', 'print_emoji_detection_script' );

	remove_action( 'wp_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles' );

	remove_action( 'admin_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles' );

	remove_filter( 'the_content_feed', 'wp_staticize_emoji' );

	remove_filter( 'comment_text_rss', 'wp_staticize_emoji' );

	remove_filter( 'wp_mail', 'wp_staticize_emoji_for_email' );

	// Remove from TinyMCE.

	add_filter( 'tiny_mce_plugins', function ( $plugins ) {

		if ( is_array( $plugins ) ) {

			return array_diff( $plugins, array( 'wpemoji' ) );

		} else {

			return array();

		}

	} );

	// Remove from dns-prefetch.

	add_filter( 'wp_resource_hints', function ( $urls, $relation_type ) {

		if ( 'dns-prefetch' === $relation_type ) {

			$emoji_svg_url = apply_filters( 'emoji_svg_url', 'https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2/svg/' );

			$urls          = array_diff( $urls, array( $emoji_svg_url ) );

		}

		return $urls;

	}, 10, 2 );

} );