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Disable Auto Update Emails and Block Updates for Plugins, WP Core, and Themes

by ideasToCode · Blocks

Also makes 4 other plugins · 14.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin disables email notifications for auto-updates and blocks updates for specific plugins, hide plugins, WordPress core, and themes.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 99/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 67 average across 1,682 Blocks plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+78% vs prior 30d
29Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

682

now · peak 4.2K

66530d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Disable Auto Update · #3368 you Classic Editor · #4 Classic Widgets · #24 Advanced Editor Tool · #30

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

166per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.0.5

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.5 · 3mo ago1.0.4 · 1.7y ago1.0.3 · 1.7y ago1.0.0 · 1.7y ago1.0.1 · 1.7y ago1.0.2 · 1.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.5K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 5K+ in roughly 199 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,421 observations

4KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.0.5
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2021-08-17 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
5.5
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 2 reviews to 2024-12-15
Positive Praise

Both reviewers are happy, calling it easy to use and saying the configuration options cover exactly what they needed.

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. santoshsth1
    1.7y ago

    Exactly what I was looking for. And provides all CHOOSING options!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. subinmertz
    5.0y ago

    More flexible and easy to use!!!

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.0.5 Hide Plugin from the Plugin’s List 1.0.5
  2. Version 1.0.4 Minor updates and added FAQs 1.0.4
  3. Version 1.0.3 Features added: Block specific plugin updates and Block WordPress or theme updates. 1.0.3
  4. Version 1.0.2 Minor Updates 1.0.2
  5. Version 1.0.1 Minor Updates 1.0.1
  6. Version 1.0 Initial release. 1.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-28 3K+ → 4K+ up after 220 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-20 2K+ → 3K+ up after 589 days in tier
  3. 2024-05-10 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2024-05-09 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
  5. 2024-05-07 1K+ → 2K+ up after 8 days in tier
  6. 2024-04-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-04-28 1K+ → 2K+ up after 390 days in tier
  8. 2023-04-04 900+ → 1K+ up after 28 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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