Update dependencies and enhance emotize method

Bumps required plugin version dependencies for compatibility. Refactors the `emotize` method by adding a `$stripslashes` parameter to provide optional handling of string slashes, improving flexibility and functionality.

includes/core/class-shortcodes.php

@@ -217,16 +217,18 @@ if ( ! class_exists( 'um\core\Shortcodes' ) ) {
 			return $args;
 		}
 
-
 		/**
 		 * Emoji support
 		 *
-		 * @param $content
+		 * @param string $content
+		 * @param bool   $stripslashes
 		 *
 		 * @return mixed|string
 		 */
-		function emotize( $content ) {
-			$content = stripslashes( $content );
+		public function emotize( $content, $stripslashes = true ) {
+			if ( $stripslashes ) {
+				$content = stripslashes( $content );
+			}
 			foreach ( $this->emoji as $code => $val ) {
 				$regex   = str_replace( array( '(', ')' ), array( '\\' . '(', '\\' . ')' ), $code );
 				$content = preg_replace(
@@ -238,7 +240,6 @@ if ( ! class_exists( 'um\core\Shortcodes' ) ) {
 			return $content;
 		}
 
-
 		/**
 		 * Remove wpautop filter for post content if it's UM core page
 		 */