WordPress has built-in functionality to automatically create smiley face images (emoticons, if you will) for both entries and for comments. It just occurred to me that I probably only know the text equivalents for three or four of them. Here’s the entire list. I got this list by looking at the code of /wp-includes/vars.php.
:) :-) and :smile: 🙂
:D :-D and :grin: 😀
:( :-( and :sad: 🙁
:o :-o and :eek: 😮
8O 8-O and :shock: 😯
:? :-? and :???: 😕
8) 8-) and :cool: 😎
:lol: 😆
:x :-x and :mad: 😡
:P :-P and :razz: 😛
😮ops: 😳
:cry: 😥
:evil: 👿
:twisted: 😈
:roll: 🙄
;) ;-) and :wink: 😉
:!: ❗
:idea: 💡
:arrow: ➡
:| :-| and :neutral: 😐
:mrgreen: 
Thanks for sharing this mate. Blogging Kenneth would benefit from these small knowledge. 😉
labas
Oh, and did not know about it. Thanks for the information …
Very helpful thanx.
This one – ops: – needs to be changed to (colon)oops(colon), so that it looks like this – 😳
🙂 🙂 and 🙂
r there any nerd ones? 😆 but I never said just kidding so I’m not kidding
Many thanks! I could never figure out why wordpress wouldn’t do the sticky out tongue smiley :p 😛
Great list, I run a smiley site and have been meaning to make a WP plugin… it’s on the ever expanding to-do list.
Smile on.
Thanks so much for this! Very helpful!