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# Emoji and custom emoji

Add emoji to a post, including your server's custom emoji.

-   The composer has an emoji picker.
-   Custom emoji show up as images in your post.

Your server's admins add its custom emoji. Some apps on other servers show the emoji's shortcode instead of the image.

![Empty New post dialog for Alex Morgan with controls for media, emoji, poll, content warning and location, an audience selector, an add-to-thread button and a Post button.](https://welley.com/assets/media/publishing-composer-1200.367646aa.webp)

The new post form keeps the media, emoji, poll, content warning and location controls together. The picker for who sees the post and the Post button are at the bottom.

![The custom emoji editor shows file requirements, a shortcode, a category, and picker visibility.](https://welley.com/assets/media/admin-demo-custom-emoji-editor-848.eab2a89c.webp)

The custom emoji editor shows the file requirements, a shortcode, a category, and whether the emoji shows in the picker.

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