Removes the smiley face created by WordPress.com Stats and JetPack plugins for WordPress by adding a single line of CSS to your header.
As of April 2026, WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover is a WordPress image plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 78K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
The WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover quickly removes the smiley face that WordPress.com Stats (https://wordpress.org/extend/downloads/stats/) places in the footer of your web pages.
The #9786; (smiley face) character is created by WordPress.com Stats when activated which can throw a number of designs off. The WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover uses W3C compliant CSS code to remove the character from users screens.
This plugin was created by Christopher Ross and is maintained by Meagan Hanes, http://meaganhanes.com https://twitter.com/mhanes/
Updates to the plugin will be documented in the changelog.
If you would like to donate to help support future development of this tool, please contact Meagan Hanes.
| WordPress | 3.2.0+ requiredTested up to 4.1.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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