What are the emoji scripts for?
WordPress automatically loads emoji scripts on every page to support emoji display on older browsers and to add support for modern emoji when browsers might not have updated yet.
Why would you remove the emoji scripts?
If you don’t use emoji on your site, you don’t need these scripts. If your users are using modern browsers (like 99.9% are): you don’t need these scripts. They slow down your site for everyone, so we recommend removing them.
How can you remove the emoji scripts?
- Go to your WordPress dashboard.
- Hover over Yoast SEO and click on “Settings”.
- In settings, click on “Advanced”.
- Then click on “Crawl optimization”.
- Find “Remove emoji scripts” and disable the checkbox.