Disable Emoji Script

// Disable Emoji Script / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026

function disable_emoji_script() {

    // Remove the inline emoji detection script from the frontend head

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

    // Remove the emoji detection script from the admin area

    remove_action('admin_print_scripts', 'print_emoji_detection_script');

    // Remove emoji CSS styles from the frontend

    remove_action('wp_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles');

    // Remove emoji CSS styles from the admin area

    remove_action('admin_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles');

    // Stop converting emoji in RSS feed content

    remove_filter('the_content_feed', 'wp_staticize_emoji');

    // Stop converting emoji in RSS comment text

    remove_filter('comment_text_rss', 'wp_staticize_emoji');

    // Stop converting emoji in outgoing emails

    remove_filter('wp_mail', 'wp_staticize_emoji_for_email');

    // Remove the DNS prefetch for the emoji CDN

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

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

            $urls = array_filter($urls, function($url) {

                return strpos($url, 'https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/') === false;

            });

        }

        return $urls;

    }, 10, 2);

    // Prevent the emoji script from loading via the block editor

    add_filter('emoji_svg_url', '__return_false');

    // Disable from TinyMCE editor

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

        if (is_array($plugins)) {

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

        }

        return array();

    });

}

add_action('init', 'disable_emoji_script');