Title: Security Email Alerts Last modified: September 12, 2026 --- # Security Email Alerts * [maltfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maltfield/) * (@maltfield) * [5 days, 20 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-email-alerts/) * How can I subscribe to get critical security (only!) email alerts from WordPress? * A couple months ago, wordpress core [fixed](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-2-release/) a [high-severity (9.8/10) security bug](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-63030) which allows an unauthenticated website visitor to perform SQL Injections and achieve arbitrary Remote Code Executions. * Unfortunately, I didn’t learn about this release the day that it was fixed. * How can I get email notifications whenever a new WordPress release is published which patches critical security vulnerabilities? * > Note: I do *not* want to signup for a general newsletter nor get an email > every time a new version of WordPress is released. **I only want to recieve > emails when a _critical security_ bug is patched in a new release.** > Any answers that include me getting a single email that’s not about a new release > of wordpress with patches of critical security vulnerabilities is *not* a valid > answer to this question. - This topic was modified 5 days, 20 hours ago by [maltfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maltfield/). - This topic was modified 5 days, 20 hours ago by [maltfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maltfield/). - This topic was modified 5 days, 20 hours ago by [maltfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maltfield/). Reason: fix quotes Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Thread Starter [maltfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maltfield/) * (@maltfield) * [5 days, 20 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-email-alerts/#post-19018133) * See also: * * [https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/433274/security-email-alerts](https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/433274/security-email-alerts) * [Fida – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fidawpmudev/) * (@fidawpmudev) * [5 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-email-alerts/#post-19018251) * Hello [@maltfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maltfield/) , * I hope you are doing well. * The [WordPress News Security](https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/) category (feed [URL](https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/feed/)) and the [Make.WordPress.org](https://make.wordpress.org/security/) Security blog ( feed [URL](https://make.wordpress.org/security/feed/)) publish official announcements about vulnerabilities, patches, and end-of-support notices. You can subscribe to these feeds so that you’re always informed. * You can subscribe to RSS feeds by using a dedicated feed reader like Feedly, Inoreader, or NetNewsWire, or a browser extension like the [RSS Subscription Extension](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/rss-subscription-extensio/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd) for Chrome. You can check this article to learn more: [https://www.usecarly.com/blog/how-to-subscribe-to-rss-feed/](https://www.usecarly.com/blog/how-to-subscribe-to-rss-feed/) * Kind Regards, Fida Al Hasan * [Rezwan Shiblu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rezwanshiblu1952/) * (@rezwanshiblu1952) * [5 days, 11 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-email-alerts/#post-19018256) * There’s no official WordPress mailing list that only sends security alerts, as far as I know. * The closest official source is the security category on the news blog: [https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/](https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/) * The other thing that actually arrives as email is the auto update notice from your own site. Security fixes ship as minor releases and those auto update by default, so WordPress mails the admin address once it runs. * Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) * (@threadi) * [5 days, 9 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-email-alerts/#post-19018293) * Yes, you can also subscribe to the RSS feed from the URL mentioned above: [https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/feed](https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/feed)– external tools probably also allow you to set up email notifications for this. * Thread Starter [maltfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maltfield/) * (@maltfield) * [5 days, 5 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-email-alerts/#post-19018401) * Thanks all. RSS feeds are interesting, but not an email. * Does anyone know of a free service that will email me every time there’s a new entry published to an RSS feed? - This reply was modified 5 days, 5 hours ago by [maltfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maltfield/). * [Rezwan Shiblu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rezwanshiblu1952/) * (@rezwanshiblu1952) * [4 days, 8 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-email-alerts/#post-19018805) * Blogtrottr does exactly that. Paste the feed URL, choose real time delivery, and it emails you each new item – [https://blogtrottr.com](https://blogtrottr.com) * Feedrabbit is the same idea but it caps the number of feeds: [https://feedrabbit.com](https://feedrabbit.com) * If you would rather not depend on a third party, rss2email is a small Python tool you can run from cron on your own box: [https://github.com/rss2email/rss2email](https://github.com/rss2email/rss2email) * Either way, point it at [https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/feed/](https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/feed/). That category is low volume, so you should only hear from it when something security related is actually published. - This reply was modified 4 days, 8 hours ago by [Rezwan Shiblu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rezwanshiblu1952/). 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