Title: Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications Author: Prem Tiwari Published: April 14, 2016 Last modified: June 10, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/disable-update-notifications/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev= 1395014) ![](https://ps.w.org/disable-update-notifications/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=2478721) # Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications By [Prem Tiwari](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freewebmentor/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-update-notifications.2.4.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-update-notifications/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-update-notifications/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-update-notifications/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-update-notifications/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-update-notifications/) ## Description [Homepage](https://www.premtiwari.in/) | [Documentation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-update-notifications/#installation) | [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-update-notifications/reviews/#new-post) This plugin will completely disables the Plugins, Themes, and WordPress core update notifications displayed by WordPress based on your plugin settings. Apart from this it will also disable auto-update Email Notifications. ### 🎉 Disable auto-update Email Notifications Since WordPress 5.5 version, if you have enabled plugin and theme auto-update you will receive an automated email notifications when any plugin or theme auto-update is successful or failed. If you manage a dozen of websites, then the you will receive the constant stream of auto-update notifications emails and may be it annoying you. I have added a new feature to cure the problem by automatically Disable auto-update Email Notifications for plugins and themes auto-update email notifications. 👉 Most importantly, This plugin is free and always will be free. ## Screenshots * [[ * screenshot-1.png * [[ * screenshot-2.png ## Installation 1. Unzip the ZIP file and drop the folder straight into your ‘wp-content/plugins/’ directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the wordpress admin >> ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. For plugin configurations go to settings >> Disable Notification Settings 4. Save settings. It’s done. ## FAQ ### Does this plugin disable the automatic updates in WordPress higher versions? Yes, will disable the core and plugins update checks. ### Can I disable the theme update notifications too? Yes. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f9c2261b2015fa825f2c59c1cdcb8e7b80a4e89a6c90c10df5ed5a496717634e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does not work as advertised…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-as-advertised-12/)󠁿 [jakobward](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakobward/) February 5, 2026 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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/da2d4bfd6e6781593205b14b13c06a2d1086508ff0bf043a88e2d012230d0f4b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Thank you!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-3638/)󠁿 [pitzputz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pitzputz/) May 9, 2025 Thank you fo taking the time to make this happen. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/36e867f4d3d891a95bdb9b129f7905c8e58cc1af802f99e73bc3503fd9b04f59? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Blocked User Notifications Too](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocked-user-notifications-too/)󠁿 [tansandals](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tansandals/) November 19, 2024 1 reply 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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dcf9a2346dc7bd73203dc69be018b2475976fd18dfdaf499dd0f49e8818fa33c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I think your descriptions are wrong](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-think-your-descriptions-are-wrong/)󠁿 [shoulders1024](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shoulders1024/) October 17, 2024 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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc0b68a0eb478db1d38507dc3e73cfd23b41480f7bdfc6466fdf0030282ff67? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/last-update-messed-up-all-plugin-theme-updates/)󠁿 [Haste](https://profiles.wordpress.org/haste18/) October 1, 2024 2 replies Good plugin! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8bf8953b3e510bb5501fab1559685d16bc34e9939ba19f7f0a4b88616092d457? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent – Thank You!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-thank-you-35/)󠁿 [James1101](https://profiles.wordpress.org/james1101/) July 29, 2024 Just what the doctor ordered. Please keep it updated and don’t abandon it like many others do..!! [ Read all 17 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-update-notifications/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Prem Tiwari ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freewebmentor/) [Translate “Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-update-notifications) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-update-notifications/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-update-notifications/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-update-notifications/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-update-notifications/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.4.2 – 13/03/2024 * Add: Generic function and option names * Fix: Security and performance issues #### 2.3.2 – 22/09/2021 * Fix: Hides all checkboxes in admin issue #### 2.2 – 15/01/2021 * Disable auto-update Email Notifications which was added as part of the WordPress 5.5 version. * Fixed PHPCS warnings. #### 2.1.0 – 08/06/2016 * Fixed admin css issues #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **2.4.2** * Last updated **10 months ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Tags * [core update](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/core-update/)[disable](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable/) [plugin update](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/plugin-update/)[update notifications](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/update-notifications/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-update-notifications/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.4 out of 5 stars. * [ 15 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-update-notifications/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-update-notifications/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-update-notifications/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-update-notifications/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-update-notifications/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-update-notifications/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-update-notifications/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Prem Tiwari ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freewebmentor/) ## Support Got something to say? 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