Keep Emoticons as Textv1.0.0
Disables the default WordPress option of converting emoticons to image smilies
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VB Disable Emojisv1.0.1
Completely disables WordPress emoji scripts and styles on frontend and backend. No settings, no UI, zero overhead.
Basic Optimizationv2.1.0
A lightweight WordPress optimization plugin for disabling selected default frontend and header outputs such as emojis, shortlinks, embeds, XML-RPC, se …
Disable the WordPress emoji functionality to improve performance and privacy.
Speed Up – Clean WPv1.0.11
Removes unused scripts (emoji, jquery-migrate, comment-reply) and cleans unnecessary metadata from the head.
This is the CORRECT WAY to remove or disable the WordPress emojis feature that was added in v4.2.
Payloadlessv1.1.0
Fifteen switches that turn off what WordPress loads by default and most sites never use. No caching, no minification.
TGG – WP Optimizerv1.27
This plugin is a collection of various WP tweaks.
A lightweight collection of small WordPress cleanup, performance, admin, and privacy fixes with individual toggles.