Title: Classic Smilies
Author: Samuel Wood (Otto)
Published: <strong>July 9, 2009</strong>
Last modified: January 6, 2016

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Classic Smilies

 By [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/otto42/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/classic-smilies.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-smilies/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-smilies/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-smilies/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-smilies/)

## Description

Replace the smilies with the original versions from previous versions of WordPress.

Added bonus: Disables all “emoji” functionality in WordPress 4.2 and above.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f5bcb0b183b67586e10f7445d22cd543c1dfa05ea3992dcdac543429532177b6?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Very goood plugin, some improvement needed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-goood-plugin-some-improvement-needed/)󠁿

 [Gulshan Kumar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thegulshankumar/) September 19, 
2016

I have been using this plugin and I proudly recommend to everyone. PRO – It improve
performance by removing inline JS and reducing HTTP requests. Cons – Smiley images
shouldn’t be look dull. It could be appear clear like Original. Thanks & Regards,
Gulshan

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/698e7b090a875e6245722ae2c5ba7e8303f0afa8cbd5589b73e8cc7441c7e8bf?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Just doing its work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-doing-its-work/)󠁿

 [Sobak](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sobak/) September 3, 2016

It’s a shame that plugin like this is needed at all, but this one does its job very
well. It’s lightweight and focused on a goal.

 [ Read all 13 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-smilies/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Classic Smilies” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Samuel Wood (Otto) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/otto42/)

[Translate “Classic Smilies” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/classic-smilies)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/classic-smilies/), 
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/classic-smilies/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/classic-smilies/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/classic-smilies/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.3

 * Added additional code to remove the default 1em styling from smilies, which was
   added in WordPress 4.2.

#### 1.2

 * Updated emoji removal code for 4.2RC3. Should be the same code in 4.2 final.

#### 1.1

 * Disables all of the “emoji” features in WordPress 4.2+

#### 1.0

 * First version

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 * Tags
 * [classic](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/classic/)[smilies](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/smilies/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-smilies/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.9 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  12 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-smilies/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  1 4-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-smilies/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-smilies/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-smilies/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-smilies/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Samuel Wood (Otto) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/otto42/)

## Support

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