by Geek Goddess 5 (8 reviews)

Keep Emoticons as Text

Name: Keep Emoticons as Text
Rating: 5.0 (8 reviews)
Author: Geek Goddess

Disables the default WordPress option of converting emoticons to image smilies

Keep Emoticons as Text ranks #7,853 among WordPress.org plugins with 700+ active installations, is #209 of 1,182 in the Editor & Writing category, a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews, and was last updated Jul 31, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1.4)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 31 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#209 of 1,182 in Editor & Writing Top 10% by installs

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7.8K

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (8 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Jul 31, 2026
Requires WP: 4.3+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Geek Goddess

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 8
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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emoticons formatting smilies

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want text emoticons to stay as plain text instead of being converted to image smilies. It restores the ability to disable automatic smiley conversion, a setting WordPress temporarily removed from the Writing settings in version 4.3.