Unicode Characters (Emoji) don’t work in Titel & Metas

there is probably a better fix, but this happened to me a while ago and I just took out the emoji…

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+1 :: I have the exact same problem : if I use emoji in Meta Description then Yoast doesn’t save the meta.

But to solve this :
-don’t copy/past the emoji icon itself
-use the html code, for example “& # 1 2 8 2 0 0 ;” (space, because the forum display the emoticon -sorry) for a chart

It’s works in the yoast google preview.
In the html code it show the “& # 1 2 8 2 0 0 ;”
but for now (because I solved it 5 minutes ago) I can’t say if Google will display it as emoji.

WARNING : when you update your page you have to write again the html-unicode-emoji code in the meta :/

So, i’m not sure if it could be, at first, a plugin conflict but a plugin issue.

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Me too. I copy the Unicode to the meta description and it works visually in the yoast preview – everything looks good, though Yoast converts code to emoji.
Google doesn′t display my emoji, though, and taking it out is not a fix, IMHO.

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