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Disable WordPress Core Update Email

Disables the default notification email sent by WordPress for an automatic core update. Simply activate the plugin to disable the notification email : …

By Alex Moss·Email·Free
5(1 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As of April 2026, Disable WordPress Core Update Email is a WordPress email plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 22% this week. Top alternative: WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most….

5/51 reviews
2.0K+active installs
7.3K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

Disables the default notification email sent by WordPress for an automatic core update. Simply activate the plugin to disable the notification email 🙂

  • Disable WordPress Core Update Email Plugin homepage.
  • More WordPress Plugins.
  • Peadig: A WordPress Bootstrap theme framework.
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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Does exactly what it says it does (even 5 years since last update)
by KZeni·5 years ago

The simplicity of the plugin helps it be lightweight & easy to use.

That also means the one line of active PHP code that it consists of (it then being what WordPress recommends in its current documentation per https://wordpress.org/support/article/configuring-automatic-background-updates/#disable-emails-via-filter) is likely to continue to work exactly as expected unless WordPress were to completely overhaul its setup regarding this (with there appearing to be no plans for this.) Especially considering it’s using a filter so it’s even more flexible if things were to change in the future (won’t outright break things due to a code error beyond WordPress doing a fundamental change to a core function like add_filter or __return_false & that’d then break the majority of plugins & themes out there [they’d need a good reason for doing so & it appears they obviously have no plans for doing that either.])

Download Trends

Today: 2Yesterday: 1This week: 22Period total: 754

Compatibility

WordPress4.0+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • Initial release.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

PeadigPeadigAlex MossAlex Moss
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
May 5, 2016
WP Requires
4.0+
Tested Up To
4.5.33
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
2.0K+
Downloads
7.3K+
Added
May 5, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

emailupdatescore updatenotifications

Developer

A
Alex Moss
13 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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