# Auto-replace emoji like ☺ with Discourse codes

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-replace-emoji-like-with-discourse-codes/26155>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [9 Marzo 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-replace-emoji-like-with-discourse-codes/26155 "2015-03-09T21:23:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![RaceProUK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/raceprouk/32/115844_2.png) [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)\
**Post date:** [9 Marzo 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-replace-emoji-like-with-discourse-codes/26155/1 "2015-03-09T21:23:17Z")

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Over on TDWTF, I’ve been using a bot to automatically replace Unicode emoji like ☺ with Discourse emoji codes like `:smile:`; it’s useful when posting from mobile. @codinghorror suggests it could be made a Discourse feature; it never occurred to me before, but it does sound like it’d be useful. That way it could also work in PMs, which is something I haven’t got working in my bot yet.

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