Is Compressed Emoji free?

Yes, Compressed Emoji is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Compressed Emoji?

Compressed Emoji has 200 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Compressed Emoji alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Compressed Emoji include Native Emoji, Emoji Settings, Emoji Toolbar. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Compressed Emoji work with the latest WordPress?

Compressed Emoji has been tested up to WordPress 6.9.4. It requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+.

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Compressed Emoji

Name: Compressed Emoji
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: Mustafa Uysal

Same emoji, but compressed. It helps to serve emoji via your server.

By Mustafa Uysal·Emoji·Free

5(3 reviews)

·200 active installs·Updated 4 months ago

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As of April 2026, Compressed Emoji is a WordPress emoji plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Top alternative: Native Emoji.

5/53 reviews

200active installs

7.7K+total downloads

10 yearssince 2016

Overview

Origin Story: WordPress emoji comes from s.w.org and they were not optimized well, Compressed Emoji was fixing that problem (detail info).

Credits

Adem Ilter for inspire
svgo for emoji compression
twemoji for emoji

Automated Updates

This repository includes a GitHub Actions workflow that automatically checks for new Twemoji releases monthly and creates a pull request with optimized emoji assets. The workflow fetches the latest release from jdecked/twemoji, optimizes SVG files using SVGO, and optimizes PNG files using pngquant and optipng.