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How to disable smileys/emojis in WordPress headers to speed up the site

Posted: 01 Mar 2017 08:00 AM PST

WordPress has smileys or so-called emojis added in version 4.2+. It added emoji character using javascript and other junk. It slows down the site for no real reason, and I do not use it at all. Here is how to remove unnecessary HTML and emoji URL calls to every page of your site and speed up your site.

Disable WordPress emoji