Emoji disabling code snippet for WordPress

disable-emoji-wordpress.php

<?php // For implementation instructions see: https://aceplugins.com/how-to-add-a-code-snippet/

/**
 * Disable WP 4.2 emoji
 */
function ace_remove_emoji() {

	add_filter( 'emoji_svg_url', '__return_false' );
	remove_action( 'admin_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles' );
	remove_action( 'wp_head', 'print_emoji_detection_script', 7 );
	remove_action( 'admin_print_scripts', 'print_emoji_detection_script' );
	remove_action( 'wp_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles' );
	remove_filter( 'wp_mail', 'wp_staticize_emoji_for_email' );
	remove_filter( 'the_content_feed', 'wp_staticize_emoji' );
	remove_filter( 'comment_text_rss', 'wp_staticize_emoji' );

	// filter to remove TinyMCE emojis
	add_filter( 'tiny_mce_plugins', 'ace_disable_emoji_tinymce' );
}
add_action( 'init', 'ace_remove_emoji' );

/**
 * Remove tinyMCE emoji
 */
function ace_disable_emoji_tinymce( $plugins ) {
	unset( $plugins['wpemoji'];

	return $plugins;
}