Disable the Emoji Script and Styles
Removes the emoji detection script, inline styles and DNS prefetch that WordPress adds to every page. Browsers still display emoji natively.
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Code
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_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wp_enqueue_emoji_styles' );
remove_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'wp_enqueue_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' );
} );
add_filter( 'tiny_mce_plugins', function ( $plugins ) {
return is_array( $plugins ) ? array_diff( $plugins, array( 'wpemoji' ) ) : $plugins;
} );
add_filter( 'wp_resource_hints', function ( $urls, $relation_type ) {
if ( 'dns-prefetch' !== $relation_type ) {
return $urls;
}
return array_filter( $urls, function ( $url ) {
return ! is_string( $url ) || false === strpos( $url, 's.w.org/images/core/emoji' );
} );
}, 10, 2 );How to add this snippet
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