Opened 4 weeks ago
#63451 new defect (bug)
Flag emoji rendering issue on Windows environment
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| Milestone: | Awaiting Review | Priority: | normal |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | |
| Component: | Emoji | Keywords: | |
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Description
Title:
Flag emoji rendering issue on Windows environment
Description:
On WordPress, flag emojis for England (🏴), Scotland (🏴), and Wales (🏴) do not render correctly in Windows environments. Instead of showing their respective flag designs, they are displayed as a plain black flag (🏴).
On mobile devices (such as Android or iOS), these flag emojis render properly as intended using either system emojis or Twemoji fallback. However, on Windows 10/11 desktop systems, particularly with the Segoe UI Emoji font, the emoji tag sequences required for these regional flags are not supported, causing them to appear as a generic black flag.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Post a comment or content on a WordPress site containing these emojis:
- 🏴 (England)
- 🏴 (Scotland)
- 🏴 (Wales)
- View the page on:
- Mobile (Android/iOS) → Emoji display correctly
- Windows 10/11 desktop → Displays as 🏴 black flag
Expected Result:
England, Scotland, and Wales flag emojis should render properly across platforms, or at least gracefully fallback via Twemoji when system font support is lacking.
Actual Result:
On Windows, all three flag emojis appear as 🏴.
Additional Info:
- Confirmed on latest WordPress.com and WordPress.org self-hosted sites.
- Twemoji appears to correctly render these on other platforms like Mastodon, X.com (Twitter), and Misskey.
- Possible workaround: Ensure Twemoji or another fallback emoji library handles emoji tag sequences on desktop platforms where system fonts lack support.
Related Links:
- [Emojipedia - England Flag](https://emojipedia.org/flag-england/)
- [Emojipedia - Scotland Flag](https://emojipedia.org/flag-scotland/)
- [Emojipedia - Wales Flag](https://emojipedia.org/flag-wales/)
https://wordpress.com/support/emoji/
https://x.com/thaumiel999/status/1923038246533001630
https://mastodon.social/@thaumiel999/114512564948217544
https://misskey.io/notes/a7t3kaiafyr70boz
https://kimjiwoon96.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/%EC%95%84%ED%8C%8C%ED%8A%B8-%EC%98%A5%EC%83%81/comment-page-1/#comment-54