Best plugin update plugins for WordPress
The most popular plugin 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 Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails (10K+) and Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes (9K+). All 10 plugins tagged “plugin update” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 plugin update plugins
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Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email NotificationsThe most installed plugin update plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 19 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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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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Email Notifications for Updates100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
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Disable All Updates & Notifications10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Auto Backup Before Update10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
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Admin Restriction10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
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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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PatchmarkFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
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Disable All Update & NotificationFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
All 10 plugins tagged “plugin 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 Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,899by KZeni3 years ago
Disables the default notification emails sent by a site after an automatic theme and/or plugin update. Simply activate the plugin to disable these ema …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 21/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
Email Notifications for Updates
Up in the last 7 days:78#14,286by AWEOS GmbH1 year ago
Automatic E-mail notifications for outdated plugins. Select multiple recipients and use our beautiful E-mail layout with plugin thumbnails.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable All Updates & Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:246#30,809by Sakthivel S7 years ago
Disable Wordpress, Themes & Plugins Updates along with their update notifications.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Backup Before Update
#32,781by Sajjad Hossain Sagor5 months ago
Automatically backs up each plugin and theme before updates — allowing quick rollback to previous versions if anything goes wrong.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Restriction
Down in the last 7 days:192#34,575by Barry Kooij3 years ago
Disables updating the WordPress Core plus plugin and theme installation, updating and removal for all users except the administrator user with ID 1.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 2/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
Patchmark
#60,524by ClearanceClarence3 days ago
See what a plugin or theme zip, or an update, changes before it replaces the installed copy. Check plugins against WordPress.org.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 87/day
Disable All Update & Notification
#62,691by Pirtpal Singh2 years ago
A plugin to disable all WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates, and remove update notifications.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day