Disable All Update Notifications vs Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Disable All Update Notifications

by Geenen IT-Systeme GmbH

Health B80

Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails

by KZeni

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

Disable All Update Notifications Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Disable All Update Notifications	Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 80 ✓	D · 52
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	10/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.40★ ✓
Reviews	0	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	60/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	27d ago ✓	2.9y ago
Downloads · 30d	136	336 ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Disable All Update Notifications Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.