Disable New User Notification
by mikakaltoft · Email & Marketing
Disable the user notification email that is sent to the user, with a password reset link, after registration.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “email”, “notification” and “registration” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
44 health vs 66 average across 2,121 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.8%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 5.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,296 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
75/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, well behind 6.8.
- Reviews souring. Recent reviews read meaningfully worse than older ones, an early sign of decline.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 6 reviews to 2016-11-18Older reviewers loved how simple it is, while the newest ones say the plugin doesn't actually stop the email without a manual code fix.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3816 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8
3.8★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.07★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3816 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notification your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| registration your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “email”, “notification” and “registration” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 154 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 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 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ zehawk10.0y ago
Mail is still sent.
Read on wp.org ↗ - Read on wp.org ↗★★★★★ mikakaltoft11.0y ago
- ★★★★★ Dave11.1y ago
It works, but it needs this tweak as noted by a previous reviewer: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-receive-the-e-mail?replies=3
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vinnyd11.1y ago
<UPDATE> There seems to be an error in the code (not sure how the other reviews had it work without this fix). It’s a simple fix, just go into the “Edit” function of your plugin and fix the code there. Here is a helpful link: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-receive-the-e-mail?replies=3 I’ll give it 5 stars since it works after the fix! </END UPDATE> Agreed that there are a lot of terrible plugins floating out there for this simple problem, but then when I installed, activated, and tested, the new user still received an e-mail notification… Any help would be awesome! Will immediately change this to a 5 star if it can be resolved!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jenny Beaumont11.1y ago
After trying a few hacky functions floating around out there, this plugin did the trick. No settings, just activate and you’re good to go! Love the new secure password feature, but on some site you want control over the emails being sent…thnx for this!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ LumberHack11.2y ago
Great Plugin .. safe, clean and reusable code
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 328 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-08 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-07 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-04 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-03 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-01 200+ → 100+ down after 856 days in tier
- 2023-09-29 300+ → 200+ down after 342 days in tier
- 2022-10-22 400+ → 300+ down
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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Manage Notification E-mails 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Disable auto-update Email Notifications 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Allow Multiple Accounts 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Comment Reply Email Notification 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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