Snippet: Remove Smile Emojis

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Important: WordPress no longer does this on new installations! And for old installations, you can now disable this via WordPress under Settings > Writting > Convert emoticons like :-) and :-P to graphics on display.

By default WordPress converts :) into a smile emoji on the frontend. The following code disables the conversion so that it will still render as plain text.

/**
 * Remove Smile Emojis
 *
 * @link https://totalwptheme.com/docs/snippets/remove-smile-emojis/
 */
add_action( 'init', function() {
	remove_filter( 'the_content', 'convert_smilies', 20 );
	remove_filter( 'wpex_the_content', 'convert_smilies', 20 );
} );
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