Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails
by KZeni · Email & Marketing
Also makes 1 other plugin · 10.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Disables the default notification emails sent by a site after an automatic theme and/or plugin update. Simply activate the plugin to disable these ema …
52 health vs 63 average across 1,297 Email & Marketing plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1040 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
337
now · peak 12.1K
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
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.8y ago
latest release · v2.0.5
13
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2020-10-19 · 1,423 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0.5 Released October 24th, 2023 Added new link to the plugin details on the main plugin page. Confirmed WordPress 6.4 compliance. 2.0.5
- — Version 2.0.4 Released July 24th, 2023 Confirmed WordPress 6.3 compliance. 2.0.4
- — Version 2.0.3 Released March 20th, 2023 Confirmed WordPress 6.2 compliance. 2.0.3
- — Version 2.0.2 Released October 31st, 2022 Confirmed WordPress 6.1 compliance. 2.0.2
- — Version 2.0.1 Released August 31st, 2022 Fixed potential PHP error where auto_theme_update_send_email and/or auto_plugin_update_send_email might not have the second attribute supplied. Updated settings to help illustrate how the succe 2.0.1
- — Version 2.0 Released August 29th, 2022 Made the default setup allow failed updates to still send email notifications. Added “Disable failed update email notifications” setting to Settings => General to allow failed updates to be dis 2.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-11-03 9K+ → 10K+ up
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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