How to Disable the Emoji Icons in Form Notifications

Would you like to disable the emoji icons that show up in the form notifications when using the Rating field? You may not require the icons to come through the notification so using a PHP code snippet you can easily disable this option. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to disable these icons from showing.

By default, the emoji icons will automatically be included in all form notifications when using the Rating field.

Creating your form

First, you’ll need to create your form and set up your Rating field.

If you need assistance with this, please check out this documentation.

Disabling the rating icons

To disable these icons in the form notifications, you’ll need to add this snippet to your site.

If you need help in how to add snippets to your site, please review this article.

/**
 * Filters the disable the emoji icons in notification emails.
 *
 * @link   https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-disable-the-emoji-rating-icons-in-form-notifications/
 */

add_filter( 'wpforms_rating_field_emoji', '__return_false' );

And that’s it! You’ve now successfully added a snippet to disable the emoji icons from all form notifications.

Would you like to change the style of these icons on your form? Take a look at our article on How to Customize the Look of the Rating Icons.

Reference Filter

wpforms_rating_field_emoji