Emojis not working in WordPress posts

  • I am facing an issue where emojis are not displaying correctly in the WordPress Classic Editor nor the Gutenberg editor; they appear as “????” instead of the actual emoji. I have tried various methods to resolve this, including checking for plugin or theme conflicts, but the problem persists.

    Steps Taken So Far:

    1. Checking WordPress Installation: Ensured that the WordPress installation is up-to-date. I have version 6.3.1.
    2. Checking Plugin and Theme Conflicts: Checked for any plugin or theme conflicts by temporarily deactivating them one by one and testing the emoji display. Also tried using different themes including the WordPress Twenty Twenty-Three theme but the issue remained.
    3. Using External Resources: Attempted to use external resources like GetEmoji.com to copy and paste emojis into the editor, but this did not resolve the issue.
    4. Database Configuration: Verified that the database is using the utf8mb4 character set which supports emojis. Checked the wp-config.php file to ensure that the DB_CHARSET and DB_COLLATE values are correctly set.
    5. Jetpack Site Accelerator: Considered the possibility that the Jetpack’s “Site Accelerator” feature might be causing the issue and contemplated disabling it to check if it resolves the problem.

    Despite trying the above methods, the issue has not been resolved. Any ideas?

    Here’s my Perplexity conversation as I tried to resolve the issue: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/Does-Wordpress-classic-5.utnfxFT5Goqntw9ViGSQ?s=c

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  • A thought on this:
    Did you also do the following when testing with the plugins:
    Deactivate all plugins. Then reinsert an emoji in a post, save it – can you see it? If so, then it is due to one of the deactivated plugins.

    Simply deactivating plugins or changing the theme without saving a new emoji might not solve the problem.

    Another idea: move the project to another hosting (or maybe just to a local installation). If it works there, it was probably due to font issues on the previous hosting.

    Thread Starter andyotto

    (@andyotto)

    Yes, I did deactivate all and then retyped a new emoji, saved, and previewed. No luck.

    Are you saying that my hosting provider might be the issue? You mean pay for another hosting provider to test it?

    You can also try it free of charge locally on your computer, e.g. with https://localwp.com.

    Otherwise, of course, in any hosting package you find that is compatible.

    Alternatively, you can also look for someone here who can look at it directly at your place: https://jobs.wordpress.net

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