Installing Custom Wordpress Smilies

This tutorial will teach you how to install Custom Smilies to replace the default ones, letting visitors comment with smilies on your Wordpress blog.

1. Download this plugin.



2. Open the file and extract it



3. Log into your FTP and find the file. Upload it to the Wordpress Plugins folder.
It should be in Wordpress > WP-content > Plugins.


Remember to upload the custom-smilies file not the custom-smilies.1.2 one. Or it won’t work. The custom-smilies file is INSIDE the custom-smilies.1.2 file.



4. In your FTP, go to Wordpress > WP-Includes > Images > Smilies. You will find the default smilies in there. Delete them all. And then Upload the Smilies that you want to use.

5. Now log into your Wordpress admin-panel (http://yoururl.com/wordpress/wp-login.php)

6. Click on the Plugins tab and activate the Custom Smilies plugin. It will turn green after it’s activated.

7. Then you should now go to the Manage tab and select Smilies



8. This page should come up. Next to the smiley there should be a textarea. There, you can type in the tags for each.



Then smilies can be added to any posts or comments by typing :), :heart:, :tongue:, etc. and the smiley will show up. Or clicking them in the docking box within your Write page



9. If you want to add clickable smilies to your comment form, copy this code
And paste it in your comments.php file which can be located in your current Wordpress theme folder. Find the part where the comment form begins and paste it somewhere in between the lines.