10 Best Disable WordPress Core Update Email Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Disable WordPress Core Update Email has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Disable WordPress Core Update Email
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SAR Friendly SMTP
Closest match4.6 (46) 2,000+ active installsA friendly SMTP plugin for WordPress. No third-party, simply using WordPress native possibilities.
Shares the email, Notifications tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 15, 2026.
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4.7 (30) 60,000+ active installsThe officially-supported ActiveCampaign Postmark plugin for Wordpress.
Shares the email, Notifications tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, no update since November 18, 2024.
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4.9 (25) 1,000+ active installsEasiest and most lightweight plugin to let visitors subscribe to comments and get email notifications.
Shares the Notifications tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since August 30, 2024.
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Announcement & Notification Banner – Bulletin
4.6 (20) 2,000+ active installsPublish a slick announcement banner notice across your website or Woocommerce shop. Extend with icons, countdowns, placement rules and more!
Shares the Notifications tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated February 23, 2026.
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4.6 (42) 3,000+ active installsPush Notifications that are self-hosted, you don't need API keys to integrate with external Push Notifications providers that will charge you lat …
Shares the Notifications tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, no update since September 4, 2025.
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Notification
Paid version availableNotification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress
4.6 (124) 10,000+ active installsTake full control of WordPress emails and notifications. Replace default messages, add custom triggers, and send alerts via email, webhook, Slack, and …
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated March 11, 2026.
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4.8 (33) 3,000+ active installsThis plugin allows visitors to subscribe to get answers to their comments via e-mail.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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WP Telegram (Auto Post and Notifications)
5.0 (426) 30,000+ active installsIntegrate your WordPress site perfectly with Telegram with full control.
Shares the Notifications tag on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, last updated February 14, 2026.
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Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts
Paid version availableCustomize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP
4.8 (184) 30,000+ active installsSupercharge your WordPress email notifications using a WYSIWYG editor and shortcodes. Default and new notifications available. Add-ons available.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro
4.7 (122) 20,000+ active installsShow a waitlist form on out-of-stock products and automatically email subscribers when items are restocked. Turn lost sales into customers.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
Switching from Disable WordPress Core Update Email: common questions
What is the best alternative to Disable WordPress Core Update Email?
SAR Friendly SMTP is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Disable WordPress Core Update Email alternative has the most users?
ActiveCampaign Postmark for WordPress, with 60,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Disable WordPress Core Update Email alternative is rated highest?
WP Telegram, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 426 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Disable WordPress Core Update Email alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Disable WordPress Core Update Email score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Disable WordPress Core Update Email on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
SAR Friendly SMTP is the closest match to Disable WordPress Core Update Email by the data we track, and ActiveCampaign Postmark for WordPress has the widest reach with 60,000+ active installs. Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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