I have tried to search this site, but couldn’t find the answer to this question: How can I create a new (custom for my site) emoji set that either extends one of the existing default sets, or is selectable in settings on its own? I have recently migrated my forum from phpBB to Discourse, and while…

Thank you all for your fast and helpful pointers! I have found the custom smileys tab today. It wasn’t there yesterday, probably something with browser caching. I will try the css and look at the plugin. My question has been answered.

[image] Geekess: You can only use them if you type their exact name. You can’t select them in the emoji-selector The custom emojis are on the last tab of the emoji selector modal

For the Q3 : you can adapt the size of each emoji using this CSS img.emoji[title=":haha:"] { width: 20px; height: 20px; } They’ll always appear weird on the selector but in the posts, it’ll be at your taste. Also, here’s my emoji plugins , you can use it as an example : you can sort them as you l…

You should be able to select them via the emoji toolbar icon in the editor. There is a dedicated tab for custom emoji. Here is what it looks like: [image] There is no support for an entirely new replacement set of every single emoji, just adding additional custom emoji.

How to create a new emoji set

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Falco (Falco) June 18, 2016, 10:59pm 2

The custom emojis are on the last tab of the emoji selector modal

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How to create a new emoji set

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