From 0c75934adf4040ad83f10b454aa8dbc9bd7c2f80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:25:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: #13889, custom emoji from Piefed

---
 src/posts/create.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/posts/create.js b/src/posts/create.js
index 064e337a94..044b07d699 100644
--- a/src/posts/create.js
+++ b/src/posts/create.js
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 							tag.name = `${tag.name}:`;
 						}
 
-						postData.content = postData.content.replace(new RegExp(tag.name, 'g'), `<img class="not-responsive emoji" src="${tag.icon.url}" title="${tag.name}" />`);
+						const property = postData.sourceContent && !postData.content ? 'sourceContent' : 'content';
+						postData[property] = postData[property].replace(new RegExp(tag.name, 'g'), `<img class="not-responsive emoji" src="${tag.icon.url}" title="${tag.name}" />`);
 					});
 			}