Best core update plugins for WordPress
The most popular core update plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes (9K+) and Disable WordPress Core Update Email (2K+). All 7 plugins tagged “core update” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 core update plugins
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Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email NotificationsThe most installed core update plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 19 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes9K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
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Disable WordPress Core Update Email2K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Disable Automatic Updates100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
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Custom WP Update Message20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Remove Update Notification10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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Raju Core Version SwitcherFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “core update”
Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,671by Prem Tiwari2 months ago
Disables WordPress core update notification and plugins update notification update checks and notifications.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.2(19)
- Downloads
- 76/day
Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes
Down in the last 7 days:10#2,176by Johan van der Wijk1 month ago
Disables the WordPress update checking and notification system for all core, plugin and theme updates.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 73/day
Disable WordPress Core Update Email
Down in the last 7 days:18#4,911by Alex Moss10 years ago
Disables the default notification email sent by WordPress for an automatic core update. Simply activate the plugin to disable the notification email : …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable Automatic Updates
#14,082by Md Jahidul Islam7 years ago
Control automatic updates feature. Enable or disable all types of automatic updates including core, plugins, themes, translation etc.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom WP Update Message
#25,706by computercourage7 years ago
Customize and control the WordPress update message in the dashboard.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remove Update Notification
Up in the last 7 days:6,767#39,205by Shail Mehta7 years ago
Plugin , Theme, Wordpress Version Update Removal .
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Raju Core Version Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:5,560#61,801by Raju Ahmed2 months ago
Rollback or switch WordPress core versions. Fix a bad update, lock a stable release, and install a target version from Tools.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day