feat(core): add siteConfig.markdown.emoji config option to disable remark-emoji (#11282)

packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/processor.ts

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ async function createProcessorFactory() {
         headings,
         {anchorsMaintainCase: options.markdownConfig.anchors.maintainCase},
       ],
-      emoji,
+      ...(options.markdownConfig.emoji ? [emoji] : []),
       toc,
     ];
   }

packages/docusaurus-types/src/markdown.d.ts

@@ -136,6 +136,16 @@ export type MarkdownConfig = {
    */
   mermaid: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Allow remark-emoji to convert emoji shortcodes to Unicode emoji.
+   * - `true` (default): enables the remark-emoji plugin to convert shortcodes
+   * - `false`: disables the remark-emoji plugin
+   *
+   * @see https://github.com/rhysd/remark-emoji
+   * @default true
+   */
+  emoji: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Gives opportunity to preprocess the MDX string content before compiling.
    * A good escape hatch that can be used to handle edge cases.

packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__snapshots__/config.test.ts.snap

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ exports[`loadSiteConfig website with .cjs siteConfig 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ exports[`loadSiteConfig website with ts + js config 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ exports[`loadSiteConfig website with valid JS CJS config 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",
@@ -275,6 +278,7 @@ exports[`loadSiteConfig website with valid JS ESM config 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",
@@ -353,6 +357,7 @@ exports[`loadSiteConfig website with valid TypeScript CJS config 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",
@@ -431,6 +436,7 @@ exports[`loadSiteConfig website with valid TypeScript ESM config 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",
@@ -509,6 +515,7 @@ exports[`loadSiteConfig website with valid async config 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",
@@ -589,6 +596,7 @@ exports[`loadSiteConfig website with valid async config creator function 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",
@@ -669,6 +677,7 @@ exports[`loadSiteConfig website with valid config creator function 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",
@@ -752,6 +761,7 @@ exports[`loadSiteConfig website with valid siteConfig 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",

packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/__snapshots__/site.test.ts.snap

@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ exports[`load loads props for site with custom i18n path 1`] = `
       "anchors": {
         "maintainCase": false,
       },
+      "emoji": true,
       "format": "mdx",
       "hooks": {
         "onBrokenMarkdownImages": "throw",

packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/configValidation.test.ts

@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_STORAGE_CONFIG,
   validateConfig,
 } from '../configValidation';
-import type {
-  MarkdownConfig,
-  MarkdownHooks,
-} from '@docusaurus/types/src/markdown';
 import type {
   FasterConfig,
   FutureConfig,
   FutureV4Config,
   StorageConfig,
-} from '@docusaurus/types/src/config';
-import type {Config, DocusaurusConfig, PluginConfig} from '@docusaurus/types';
+  MarkdownConfig,
+  MarkdownHooks,
+  Config,
+  DocusaurusConfig,
+  PluginConfig,
+} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {DeepPartial} from 'utility-types';
 
 const baseConfig = {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const baseConfig = {
   url: 'https://mysite.com',
 } as Config;
 
-const normalizeConfig = (config: DeepPartial<Config>) =>
+const normalizeConfig = (config: DeepPartial<Config>): DocusaurusConfig =>
   validateConfig({...baseConfig, ...config}, 'docusaurus.config.js');
 
 describe('normalizeConfig', () => {
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ describe('normalizeConfig', () => {
       markdown: {
         format: 'md',
         mermaid: true,
+        emoji: false,
         parseFrontMatter: async (params) =>
           params.defaultParseFrontMatter(params),
         preprocessor: ({fileContent}) => fileContent,
@@ -366,7 +367,9 @@ describe('onBrokenLinks', () => {
 });
 
 describe('markdown', () => {
-  function normalizeMarkdown(markdown: DeepPartial<MarkdownConfig>) {
+  function normalizeMarkdown(
+    markdown: DeepPartial<MarkdownConfig>,
+  ): MarkdownConfig {
     return normalizeConfig({markdown}).markdown;
   }
   it('accepts undefined object', () => {
@@ -381,6 +384,7 @@ describe('markdown', () => {
     const markdown: Config['markdown'] = {
       format: 'md',
       mermaid: true,
+      emoji: false,
       parseFrontMatter: async (params) =>
         params.defaultParseFrontMatter(params),
       preprocessor: ({fileContent}) => fileContent,
@@ -476,6 +480,54 @@ describe('markdown', () => {
     `);
   });
 
+  describe('emoji', () => {
+    it('accepts emoji boolean true', () => {
+      expect(
+        normalizeMarkdown({
+          emoji: true,
+        }).emoji,
+      ).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('accepts emoji boolean false', () => {
+      expect(
+        normalizeMarkdown({
+          emoji: false,
+        }).emoji,
+      ).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('defaults emoji to true when undefined', () => {
+      expect(normalizeMarkdown({}).emoji).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('throw for string emoji value', () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        normalizeMarkdown({
+          // @ts-expect-error: bad value
+          emoji: 'yes',
+        }),
+      ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+      ""markdown.emoji" must be a boolean
+      "
+    `);
+    });
+
+    it('throw for number emoji value', () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        normalizeConfig({
+          markdown: {
+            // @ts-expect-error: bad value
+            emoji: 1,
+          },
+        }),
+      ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+      ""markdown.emoji" must be a boolean
+      "
+    `);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('hooks', () => {
     function normalizeHooks(hooks: DeepPartial<MarkdownHooks>): MarkdownHooks {
       return normalizeMarkdown({

packages/docusaurus/src/server/configValidation.ts

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_MARKDOWN_HOOKS: MarkdownHooks = {
 export const DEFAULT_MARKDOWN_CONFIG: MarkdownConfig = {
   format: 'mdx', // TODO change this to "detect" in Docusaurus v4?
   mermaid: false,
+  emoji: true,
   preprocessor: undefined,
   parseFrontMatter: DEFAULT_PARSE_FRONT_MATTER,
   mdx1Compat: {
@@ -435,6 +436,7 @@ export const ConfigSchema = Joi.object<DocusaurusConfig>({
       () => DEFAULT_CONFIG.markdown.parseFrontMatter,
     ),
     mermaid: Joi.boolean().default(DEFAULT_CONFIG.markdown.mermaid),
+    emoji: Joi.boolean().default(DEFAULT_CONFIG.markdown.emoji),
     preprocessor: Joi.function()
       .arity(1)
       .optional()

website/docs/api/docusaurus.config.js.mdx

@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ type MarkdownHooks = {
 type MarkdownConfig = {
   format: 'mdx' | 'md' | 'detect';
   mermaid: boolean;
+  emoji: boolean;
   preprocessor?: MarkdownPreprocessor;
   parseFrontMatter?: ParseFrontMatter;
   mdx1Compat: MDX1CompatOptions;
@@ -557,6 +558,7 @@ export default {
   markdown: {
     format: 'mdx',
     mermaid: true,
+    emoji: true,
     preprocessor: ({filePath, fileContent}) => {
       return fileContent.replaceAll('{{MY_VAR}}', 'MY_VALUE');
     },
@@ -590,6 +592,7 @@ export default {
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `format` | `'mdx' \| 'md' \| 'detect'` | `'mdx'` | The default parser format to use for Markdown content. Using 'detect' will select the appropriate format automatically based on file extensions: `.md` vs `.mdx`. |
 | `mermaid` | `boolean` | `false` | When `true`, allows Docusaurus to render Markdown code blocks with `mermaid` language as Mermaid diagrams. |
+| `emoji` | `boolean` | `true` | When `true`, allows Docusaurus to render emoji shortcodes (e.g., `:+1:`) as Unicode emoji (👍). When `false`, emoji shortcodes are left as-is. |
 | `preprocessor` | `MarkdownPreprocessor` | `undefined` | Gives you the ability to alter the Markdown content string before parsing. Use it as a last-resort escape hatch or workaround: it is almost always better to implement a Remark/Rehype plugin. |
 | `parseFrontMatter` | `ParseFrontMatter` | `undefined` | Gives you the ability to provide your own front matter parser, or to enhance the default parser. Read our [front matter guide](../guides/markdown-features/markdown-features-intro.mdx#front-matter) for details. |
 | `mdx1Compat` | `MDX1CompatOptions` | `{comments: true, admonitions: true, headingIds: true}` | Compatibility options to make it easier to upgrade to Docusaurus v3+. |