WordPress plugin comparison

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts vs Update Notifier

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts

by Jack - BNFW

30K+ installs4.8

Update Notifier

by Jon Cave

600+ installs

At a glance

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts has more active installs: 30K+, against 600+ for Update Notifier.
On a typical day, Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts is downloaded about 753 times, Update Notifier about 6.
Update Notifier has no reviews yet.
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts was updated more recently: Oct 31, 2026, against Sep 20, 2010 for Update Notifier.
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.0.5 for Update Notifier.
Update Notifier has been around longer: since 2009, against 2013 for Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts.

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts	Update Notifier
Popular rank	#1,046	#8,068
Active installs	30K+	600+
Downloads, last 30 days	35K	135
Rating	4.8(184)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	3.0.5
Search multiplier	×0.98	×0.00
Last release	9 days ago	16 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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