# Replace Word Feature - Stopped working with emojis

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-word-feature-stopped-working-with-emojis/242216
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** watched-words
**Created:** [October 18, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-word-feature-stopped-working-with-emojis/242216 "2022-10-18T15:37:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Chris\_Lail](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chris_lail/32/199229_2.png) [@Chris\_Lail](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_Lail)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-word-feature-stopped-working-with-emojis/242216/1 "2022-10-18T15:37:38Z")

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We have a replacement function added to convert a word to an emoji. This used to work, but has been broken for some time. Here is my setup for reference:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/a/e/0ae8d3bcba5e159059ebe8dedf7f0baec9c6eefb.png)

The replacement just shows the emoji shortcode ’ colon poop colon ’ and not the actual icon.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-word-feature-stopped-working-with-emojis/242216/5 "2022-10-19T22:26:24Z")

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Thanks for reporting, we have this reproduced and hopefully should have it fixed in the next month or so.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-word-feature-stopped-working-with-emojis/242216/9 "2022-12-01T22:06:50Z")

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I think this should be fixed now: 💩 🥳

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/19171](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/19171)

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-word-feature-stopped-working-with-emojis/242216/11 "2022-12-06T22:07:15Z")

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