WordPress Smilies

Smilies are glyphs used to convey emotions in your writing. By default, WordPress automatically converts text smilies into graphic images. Some examples are:

‘;-) is equivalent to

‘:-) is equivalent to

‘:-? is equivalent to

Needless to say, they’re a great way to brighten up posts! Now how can we customize these smilies? Simple!

1. Find your smiley image files in the /wp-includes/images/smilies directory and back them up to another directory.
2. Note the names of each smiley file. Your files must match these names and should be in the same ‘gif’ image format.
3. For predictable behavior, the image sizes should be similar.
4. Upload your new files to the /wp-includes/images/smilies directory with an FTP program.

You can also find WordPress Plugins to allow you to customize your smilies.

For more information on using smilies, check out WordPress Codex.

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