Disable emoji option doesn’t exist but still in use

I see the Settings>Writing>use_smilies option is disabled for db versions higher than “32453”

wordpress/wp-admin/options.php line #165-168

if ( get_site_option( 'initial_db_version' ) < 32453 ) {
	$allowed_options['writing'][] = 'use_smilies';
	$allowed_options['writing'][] = 'use_balanceTags';
}

But it’s still in use and you can’t disable it without updating the option manually by update_option( 'use_smilies', 0, true );

Why is this option still being checked even though it has been removed? Why can’t we disable emojis with an option but only can do that manually?

• This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata).