Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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Older reviewers loved how simply it killed update emails, but the newest ones say it blocks all updates and throws an error on install, so it's turned into a problem instead of a fix.

1. ★★★★★ kleinananas

   4mo ago

   Bei 6.9.4 kommt eine Fehlermeldung. Besser nicht benutzen, lässt sich nicht installieren.

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2. ★★★★★ jakobward

   7mo ago

   Blocks ALL updates – not notifications. I just installed this on a ton of sites on a very slow server. Now I have to go back and uninstall it to get updates working again. Waste of time.

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3. ★★★★★ pitzputz

   1.3y ago

   Thank you fo taking the time to make this happen.

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4. ★★★★★ tansandals

   1.8y ago

   I mean, yes it disables annoying notifications. The problems is it blocked all my new user notifications as well, so that when I added a new user, they never received the email. Couldn’t find any settings to address this.

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5. ★★★★★ shoulders1024

   1.9y ago

   From what I can tell your plugin does the following disables plugin updates disables theme updates disables wordpress core updates disables update notifications. Because you are disabling the updates the descriptions should be Disable all plugin updates. Disable all theme updates Disable all WordPress core updates Disable plugins & themes auto-update email notifications. The description should read This plugin will completely disable the Plugin, Theme, and WordPress core update notifications. It will also disable auto-update Email Notifications for Plugins, Themes and WP CORE.

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6. ★★★★★ James1101

   2.1y ago

   Just what the doctor ordered. Please keep it updated and don’t abandon it like many others do..!!

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7. ★★★★★ Haste

   2.1y ago

   Good plugin!

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8. ★★★★★ himalayande

   2.2y ago

   It worked great – until the last (auto-) update. Immediately the option to auto-update ALL of my plugins (including woocommerce and 23 others) disappeared and the wordpress auto update function itself was disabled. This sent me on a wild goose chase for half a day until I could locate your plugin as the cause.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.4.2 Add: Generic function and option names Fix: Security and performance issues 2.4.2
2. — Version 2.3.2 Fix: Hides all checkboxes in admin issue 2.3.2
3. — Version 2.2 Disable auto-update Email Notifications which was added as part of the WordPress 5.5 version. Fixed PHPCS warnings. 2.2
4. — Version 2.1.0 Fixed admin css issues 2.1.0
5. — Version 1.0.0 Initial release. 1.0.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Disable WordPress Update Notifications <= 2.3.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2023-05-30 CVE-2023-34029 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.3.3 Patched in 2.4.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.3

Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-02-14 9K+ → 10K+ up after 87 days in tier
2. 2023-11-19 8K+ → 9K+ up after 267 days in tier
3. 2023-02-25 7K+ → 8K+ up after 90 days in tier
4. 2022-11-27 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2022-11-26 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2022-11-24 6K+ → 7K+ up after 3 days in tier
7. 2022-11-21 7K+ → 6K+ down after 3 days in tier
8. 2022-11-18 6K+ → 7K+ up

Competes with

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Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications: 10K+ active installs, 4.2★ (19 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/disable-update-notifications