Disable Emails
by webaware · Blocks
Also makes 12 other plugins · 151.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Stop WordPress from sending any emails. ANY!
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Health
A 89/100
no flags
Active installs
30K+
≈35K estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “emails”, “sending” and “stop” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #10 and #22 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
89 health vs 71 average across 2,522 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.3%
of downloads still active
At least 30K of 562.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,577 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2025-12-04Reviewers keep coming back to the same thing, it installs, activates, and stops emails going out from staging or development sites without any settings to fuss over.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Listing tuning
Updated 55 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 20 reviews, smoothed to 4.36★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Only 2 tags — use the full 5 relevant tags so search matches more queries.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| block emails your tag | #1 | #1 | up 1 |
| disable emails your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| disable required emails | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| disable user emails | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| emails | #4 | #7 | down 1 |
| disable | #7 | #7 | 0 |
| disable block | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| sending | #10 | #12 | — |
| disable blocks | #8 | #7 | 0 |
| wordpress emails | #9 | #15 | 0 |
| stop | #22 | #18 | up 1 |
| disable site | #9 | #12 | 0 |
| plugin disable | #11 | #14 | up 1 |
| disable plugin | #12 | #15 | up 1 |
| disable plugins | #13 | #15 | down 1 |
| disable plugins by page | #14 | #18 | 0 |
72 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 56 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “emails”, “sending” and “stop” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #10 and #22 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 32.4K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v1.8.3 · 12 May 2026
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 69% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Sep 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Marcos Nakamine11mo ago
Works
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Uday Kokitkar2.4y ago
Just activate it and it works. No fancy popups, settings, begging for reviews, etc.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Menn2.9y ago
This plugin helps a lot when you need to test or import and need to disable email sending.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AJD2.9y ago
We needed to make sure that automatic emails do not go out to customers from a staging site. In conjunction with an mail logging plugin, you can still see which emails would have gone out, so also great for troubleshooting email processes. Install, activate, done. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dani4.0y ago
I’ve been using this Plugin a lot lately and it does a great job while also being ridiculous easy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dave Loodts4.4y ago
Great plugin that we use on our staging sites. Some sites use a pre-order plugi for WooCommerce, sending out mails when particular launch date is there. Of course, we don’t want the staging site to sent out mails. That’s a no go.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ omegasix6.0y ago
Works super headache-free. A must use handy tool! Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ isabel1046.9y ago
This is my go to plugin for all development sites. Very useful!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 52 languages, 12 at 90% or more
Plus 28 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,856 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 2 tags appear in the text ("block emails", "disable emails" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-08 40K+ → 30K+ down after 21 days in tier
- 2026-03-18 30K+ → 40K+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2026-02-17 40K+ → 30K+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-02-06 30K+ → 40K+ up after 134 days in tier
- 2025-09-25 40K+ → 30K+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2025-09-03 30K+ → 40K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-01 40K+ → 30K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-31 30K+ → 40K+ up after 18 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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