# Square Emoji site setting does not work as expected

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/square-emoji-site-setting-does-not-work-as-expected/49429>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [August 30, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/square-emoji-site-setting-does-not-work-as-expected/49429 "2016-08-30T08:19:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/square-emoji-site-setting-does-not-work-as-expected/49429/4 "2018-08-30T08:39:08Z")

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I remember doing that setting for people migrating from other forum engine with weird “gifs” used as emojis.

![64](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/9/f98535dffff07e34f072011086ad2de9d653258a.gif)

But it seems it broke and only @gkln noticed. So I guess it’s fine to 🔥 it and only use CSS to force a square ratio on the custom emojis.

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