Title: Adding smilies
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Adding smilies

 *  [redneck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redneck/)
 * (@redneck)
 * [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-smilies/)
 * I can’t see where in the code one adds smilies.
    I had assumed you simply copy
   a new GIF file into the wp-images/smilies directory, called icon_newsmiley.gif,
   and employ the appropriate :newsmiley: tag in the post, but that doesn’t work.
   How is it done?

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 *  [Jean-Pierre Michaud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nexia/)
 * (@nexia)
 * [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-smilies/#post-38238)
 * wp-config-extra.php for the place to set the smilies… it’s easy!
 *  Thread Starter [redneck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redneck/)
 * (@redneck)
 * [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-smilies/#post-38243)
 * Yay!
    I searched everywhere for this info. Is this seekrit?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [redneck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redneck/)
 * Last activity: [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-smilies/#post-38243)
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