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Disable WordPress Update Emails

Shared by Amit Dholiya · June 17, 2026

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WordPress sends email notifications after core, plugin, and theme updates. If you manage updates yourself, you can disable these emails.

Steps

  1. Open your WordPress theme functions.php file.
  2. Add the code below at the end of the file.
  3. Save the file.
  4. Future update notification emails will stop.

Done — WordPress will no longer send automatic update emails.

⚠️ Only use this if you regularly monitor and maintain your website updates manually.

add_filter('auto_core_update_send_email', '__return_false');
add_filter('auto_plugin_update_send_email', '__return_false');
add_filter('auto_theme_update_send_email', '__return_false');
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