=== Keep Emoticons as Text ===
Contributors: Geek Goddess
Tags: smilies, emoticons, formatting
Requires at least: 4.3
Tested up to: 7.0.2
Stable tag: trunk
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Disables the default WordPress option of converting emoticons to image smilies

== Description ==

This plugin was created because with the release of 4.3, WordPress removed the "Formatting" section from the Writing settings.  Included in there was the option to turn off WordPress's default action to convert text emoticons to image smilies.  This plugin does the same thing as unchecking the "convert to smilies" box that used to be available via the settings when that update happened.

Now that setting has returned to the Writing Settings, so you can simply uncheck the box again there, but in case WordPress removes the setting again, this plugin will remain available.

== Installation ==

1. Upload the `keep-emoticons-as-text` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this add any overhead to WordPress? =

No, it's one line of code. It's being posted as a plugin for convenience for those who don't want to edit their theme functions file.


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== Changelog ==


= 1.0.0 =

* Initial release