diff --git a/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php b/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php
index 54883b840d7f4..6b6ebf87450a3 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@
 	add_filter( $filter, 'shortcode_unautop' );
 }
 
+// Clickable content filters
+add_filter( 'make_clickable', 'make_url_clickable', 2 );
+add_filter( 'make_clickable', 'make_ftp_clickable', 4 );
+add_filter( 'make_clickable', 'make_email_clickable', 6 );
+
 // Format for RSS.
 add_filter( 'term_name_rss', 'convert_chars' );
 
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 3ecc352528fec..7d6c65932f3ab 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -3106,31 +3106,7 @@ function make_clickable( $text ) {
 			}
 		} else {
 			$ret = " $piece "; // Pad with whitespace to simplify the regexes.
-
-			$url_clickable = '~
-				([\\s(<.,;:!?])                                # 1: Leading whitespace, or punctuation.
-				(                                              # 2: URL.
-					[\\w]{1,20}+://                                # Scheme and hier-part prefix.
-					(?=\S{1,2000}\s)                               # Limit to URLs less than about 2000 characters long.
-					[\\w\\x80-\\xff#%\\~/@\\[\\]*(+=&$-]*+         # Non-punctuation URL character.
-					(?:                                            # Unroll the Loop: Only allow punctuation URL character if followed by a non-punctuation URL character.
-						[\'.,;:!?)]                                    # Punctuation URL character.
-						[\\w\\x80-\\xff#%\\~/@\\[\\]*(+=&$-]++         # Non-punctuation URL character.
-					)*
-				)
-				(\)?)                                          # 3: Trailing closing parenthesis (for parenthesis balancing post processing).
-				(\\.\\w{2,6})?                                 # 4: Allowing file extensions (e.g., .jpg, .png).
-			~xS';
-			/*
-			 * The regex is a non-anchored pattern and does not have a single fixed starting character.
-			 * Tell PCRE to spend more time optimizing since, when used on a page load, it will probably be used several times.
-			 */
-
-			$ret = preg_replace_callback( $url_clickable, '_make_url_clickable_cb', $ret );
-
-			$ret = preg_replace_callback( '#([\s>])((www|ftp)\.[\w\\x80-\\xff\#$%&~/.\-;:=,?@\[\]+]+)#is', '_make_web_ftp_clickable_cb', $ret );
-			$ret = preg_replace_callback( '#([\s>])([.0-9a-z_+-]+)@(([0-9a-z-]+\.)+[0-9a-z]{2,})#i', '_make_email_clickable_cb', $ret );
-
+			$ret = apply_filters( 'make_clickable', $ret );
 			$ret = substr( $ret, 1, -1 ); // Remove our whitespace padding.
 			$r  .= $ret;
 		}
@@ -3140,6 +3116,69 @@ function make_clickable( $text ) {
 	return preg_replace( '#(<a([ \r\n\t]+[^>]+?>|>))<a [^>]+?>([^>]+?)</a></a>#i', '$1$3</a>', $r );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Converts URLs in text into clickable links.
+ *
+ * @since 6.8.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @param string $text The text to be processed.
+ * @return string Text with converted URLs.
+ */
+function make_url_clickable( $text ) {
+	$url_clickable = '~
+		([\\s(<.,;:!?])                                # 1: Leading whitespace, or punctuation
+		(                                              # 2: URL
+			[\\w]{1,20}+://                            # Scheme and hier-part prefix
+			(?=\S{1,2000}\s)                           # Limit to URLs less than about 2000 characters long
+			[\\w\\x80-\\xff#%\\~/@\\[\\]*(+=&$-]*+     # Non-punctuation URL character
+			(?:                                        # Unroll the Loop: Only allow puctuation URL character if followed by a non-punctuation URL character
+				[\'.,;:!?)]                            # Punctuation URL character
+				[\\w\\x80-\\xff#%\\~/@\\[\\]*(+=&$-]++ # Non-punctuation URL character
+			)*
+		)
+		(\)?)                                          # 3: Trailing closing parenthesis (for parethesis balancing post processing)
+	~xS';
+
+	// The regex is a non-anchored pattern and does not have a single fixed starting character.
+	// Tell PCRE to spend more time optimizing since, when used on a page load, it will probably be used several times.
+	return preg_replace_callback( $url_clickable, '_make_url_clickable_cb', $text );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts FTP and www addresses in text into clickable links.
+ *
+ * @since 6.8.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @param string $text The text to be processed.
+ * @return string Text with converted FTP and www addresses.
+ */
+function make_ftp_clickable( $text ) {
+	return preg_replace_callback(
+		'#([\s>])((www|ftp)\.[\w\\x80-\\xff\#$%&~/.\-;:=,?@\[\]+]+)#is',
+		'_make_web_ftp_clickable_cb',
+		$text
+	);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts email addresses in text into clickable links.
+ *
+ * @since 6.8.0
+ * @access private
+ *
+ * @param string $text The text to be processed.
+ * @return string Text with converted email addresses.
+ */
+function make_email_clickable( $text ) {
+	return preg_replace_callback(
+		'#([\s>])([.0-9a-z_+-]+)@(([0-9a-z-]+\.)+[0-9a-z]{2,})#i',
+		'_make_email_clickable_cb',
+		$text
+	);
+}
+
 /**
  * Breaks a string into chunks by splitting at whitespace characters.
  *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/makeClickableFilters.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/makeClickableFilters.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..63c21a1e15005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/makeClickableFilters.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @group formatting
+ *
+ * @covers ::make_clickable
+ * @covers ::make_url_clickable
+ * @covers ::make_ftp_clickable
+ * @covers ::make_email_clickable
+ */
+class Tests_Formatting_MakeClickableFilters extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+	public function set_up() {
+		parent::set_up();
+		remove_all_filters( 'make_clickable' );
+		add_filter( 'make_clickable', 'make_url_clickable', 2 );
+		add_filter( 'make_clickable', 'make_ftp_clickable', 4 );
+		add_filter( 'make_clickable', 'make_email_clickable', 6 );
+	}
+
+	public function tear_down() {
+		parent::tear_down();
+		remove_all_filters( 'make_clickable' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 32787
+	 */
+	public function test_remove_url_filter() {
+		remove_filter( 'make_clickable', 'make_url_clickable', 2 );
+
+		$text     = 'Visit http://wordpress.org and test@example.com';
+		$expected = 'Visit http://wordpress.org and <a href="mailto:test@example.com">test@example.com</a>';
+
+		$this->assertSame( $expected, make_clickable( $text ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 32787
+	 */
+	public function test_remove_email_filter() {
+		remove_filter( 'make_clickable', 'make_email_clickable', 6 );
+
+		$text     = 'Visit http://wordpress.org and test@example.com';
+		$expected = 'Visit <a href="http://wordpress.org" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org</a> and test@example.com';
+
+		$this->assertSame( $expected, make_clickable( $text ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 32787
+	 */
+	public function test_remove_ftp_filter() {
+		remove_filter( 'make_clickable', 'make_ftp_clickable', 4 );
+
+		$text     = 'Visit ftp.wordpress.org and http://wordpress.org';
+		$expected = 'Visit ftp.wordpress.org and <a href="http://wordpress.org" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org</a>';
+
+		$this->assertSame( $expected, make_clickable( $text ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 32787
+	 */
+	public function test_remove_all_filters() {
+		remove_all_filters( 'make_clickable' );
+
+		$text     = 'Visit http://wordpress.org, ftp.wordpress.org and test@example.com';
+		$expected = 'Visit http://wordpress.org, ftp.wordpress.org and test@example.com';
+
+		$this->assertSame( $expected, make_clickable( $text ) );
+	}
+}