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Daan - Allow Emoji's

This plugin converts emojis to Unicode escape sequences (e.g., \u{1F600} for 😀) to ensure compatibility with databases that might not fully support native emoji storage.

by Daan from Daan.dev · github.com/dan0sz/allow-emojis

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Install

The author publishes release zips, so WP-CLI can install straight from GitHub:

wp plugin install https://github.com/dan0sz/allow-emojis/releases/download/v1.1.0/daan-allow-emojis.zip

Declares an update source (Dan0sz/allow-emojis), so updates arrive through the plugin's own updater.

Readme

Allow Emoji's in WordPress Posts

This plugin uses wp_encode_emoji to encode any emojis in the post content into a format that is safe for saving in the database. It converts emojis to Unicode escape sequences (e.g., \u{1F600} for 😀) to ensure compatibility with databases that might not fully support native emoji storage.

Installation

There is no configuration. Just install the latest release, activate it and you're done!

Shoutout

This plugin is a copy/paste (with added support for post titles and excerpts) from this StackOverflow response.

Read the full README on GitHub →

Releases

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v1.1.0 Apr 14, 2025 daan-allow-emojis.zip 125
v1.0.0 Apr 14, 2025 daan-allow-emojis.zip 2