Title: WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover Author: meagan hanes Published: March 25, 2009 Last modified: January 15, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/assets/banner-772x250.png? rev=1053600) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev =1053600) # WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover By [meagan hanes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/meaganhanes/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover.zip) * [Details](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/#description) * [Reviews](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/#reviews) * [Installation](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/#installation) * [Development](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/) ## Description The WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover quickly removes the smiley face that WordPress. com Stats (https://wordpress.org/extend/downloads/stats/) places in the footer of your web pages. The #9786; (smiley face) character is created by WordPress.com Stats when activated which can throw a number of designs off. The WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover uses W3C compliant CSS code to remove the character from users screens. This plugin was created by Christopher Ross and is maintained by Meagan Hanes, http:// meaganhanes.com https://twitter.com/mhanes/ ### Updates Updates to the plugin will be documented in the changelog. ### Donations If you would like to donate to help support future development of this tool, please contact Meagan Hanes. ## Installation 1. Upload the full folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ Questions There have been no questions, please feel free to ask questions in the https://wordpress. org/ forums. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ meagan hanes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/meaganhanes/) * [ christopherross ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/christopherross/) * [ thisismyurl ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thisismyurl/) [Translate “WordPress.com Stats Smiley Remover” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 14.12.01 * added language file support * added German and French Canadian * fixed a couple of typo’s * moved links code within the class structure * removed menu item under Settings (while maintaining link in Plugins page) #### 14.12 * moved CSS to child directories * added information page for plugin * tested for WordPress 4.1 * removed icon file #### 14.11 * made code 4.0.1 ready * converted to OOP * used wp_enqueue_scripts() hook for compatibility #### 4.1.0 * added additional hide CSS #### 4.0.1 * inline documentation updates * added switch to control echo vs. return #### 4.0.0 * minimized code for WP 3.2 * removed common files * removed footer comment #### 3.1 * wp admin changes #### 3.0.3 * updated copyright, links, readme * tested for 3.0.2 #### 3.0.2 * removed welcome message #### 1.2.5 * removed update routines * added RSS routines for link #### 1.2.4 * code optimization * added donate link to menu #### 1.2.3 * added instructions link #### 1.2.2 * removed credit options (hidden comments) * removed options screen to cut down admin clutter #### 1.2.0 * replace plugin update routines * replaced plugin settings dialog * added settings link to menus * updated for 3.x compatibility * added credits options #### 1.1.6 * Fixed code for pluginUpdate subroutines #### 1.1.5 * Formating fixes for WP 2.8.0 #### 1.1.0 * Compatibility fixes for WP 2.8.0 #### 1.0.0 (2009-04-26) Official release as a full, stable plugin. #### 0.3.2 * Happy Birthday to me * Fixed a link in the readme.txt file #### 0.3.0 * Added the change log ## Meta * Version **15.01** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **300+** * WordPress version ** 3.2.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.1.0** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/) * Tags * [image](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image/)[removal](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/removal/) [smiley](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/smiley/)[stats](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/stats/) * [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ meagan hanes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/meaganhanes/) * [ christopherross ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/christopherross/) * [ thisismyurl ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thisismyurl/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpresscom-stats-smiley-remover/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://thisismyurl.com/downloads/)