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WP Updates Notifier · Version history

WP Updates Notifier changelog and version history

Latest version
2.0.0
Oct 26, 2026 (14 days ago)
Releases
15
since 2011
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20117 releases
  • 20123 releases
  • 20141 release
  • 20151 release
  • 20161 release
  • 20201 release
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. WP Updates Notifier 2.0.0Latest

    • Breaking changes
    • WordPress’s core auto-update emails now always go to the site admin email. Sites that sent them to another address must change the admin email or use the auto_core_update_email filter. The notify_automatic setting, its SC_WPUN_SETTING_NOTIFY_AUTOMATIC constant and the sc_wpun_default_settings key a…
    • removed Settings_Page methods sc_wpun_settings_email_notifications_field_email_notifications(), sc_wpun_settings_email_notifications_field_notify_to(), sc_wpun_settings_email_notifications_field_notify_from(), sc_wpun_settings_email_notifications_field_notify_reply_to(), email_enabled_schema(), ema…
    • Channel::validate_settings() takes a second parameter, array $stored = array(), the instance’s stored settings. A channel that overrides it must declare the same signature.
    • the sc_wpun_settings option stores notify_automatic and hide_updates as booleans instead of 1/0, and the sc_wpun_default_settings filter documents them as bool. Code reading the option directly sees true/false. A settings save that leaves out notify_automatic, hide_updates or email_notifications no…
    • the default Channel::validate_settings() now rejects a checkbox or boolean field whose value is not true/false, 1/0, ‘1’/’0′ or ”, returning a WP_Error naming the field, and stores the value as a bool.
    • the sc_wpun_settings option stores notify_plugins and notify_themes as ‘none’, ‘all’ or ‘active’ instead of 0, 1 and 2, and the sc_wpun_default_settings filter and SC_WPUN_SETTING_NOTIFY_PLUGINS / SC_WPUN_SETTING_NOTIFY_THEMES take only those keys. Code that reads the option directly must compare t…
    • the main file is now wp-updates-notifier.php. Sites updating from 1.5 or 1.6 must activate the plugin again; settings are kept.
    • channel instance IDs may no longer contain “__” or start or end with “_”, so they map to unambiguous constant names.
    • the plugin no longer removes already-notified items through sc_wpun_plugins_need_update and sc_wpun_themes_need_update, so callbacks on those filters receive every pending item on each run. SC_WP_Updates_Notifier::check_plugins_against_notified() and check_themes_against_notified() are deprecated.
    • the email subject is now “WP Updates Notifier: updates available for ” and the body uses the new plain-text layout. sc_wpun_email_content receives unescaped text and both email filters get the notification and channel instance as extra arguments. No From address is set unless one is configured; a 1…
    • Slack notifications are no longer sent. The Slack settings are kept in the slack channel instance but are not used. SC_WP_Updates_Notifier::send_slack_message(), send_test_slack() and the Slack settings field callbacks are deprecated and do nothing.
    • the email and Slack settings (email_notifications, notify_to, notify_from, slack_notifications, slack_webhook_url, slack_channel_override) are no longer in the sc_wpun_settings option. Code that read them directly should use sc_wpun_channels() instead.
    • the plugin now requires PHP 7.4 or newer and WordPress 6.7 or newer. WordPress.org does not offer the update to sites below those versions, so they stay on 1.6.0.
    • Features
    • add a boolean field type with checkbox, radio or select display
    • add a check now button to the settings screen
    • add a plugin header for the api version an add-on needs
    • add an action to run the update check on demand
    • add an enum field type and store notify settings as keys
    • add and edit channel instances from schema-driven forms
    • add length-limited rendering for channel modules
    • add settings screen tabs with general and channels tabs
    • add text, textarea, url, email_list, secret, number field types
    • add the notification module API, registry and dispatcher
    • add the public hook API for checks, notifications and delivery
    • add version constraints for the public api
    • add an about tab, hidden by a code-only setting
    • link the documentation from the plugin’s row
    • mark required fields with “(required)” and aria-required

20201 release

  1. WP Updates Notifier 1.6

    • Added slack notifications and testing button
    • Separated notifications so they can be email, slack, or both
    • Reorganized settings page
    • Changed validation to not turn on notifications for email or slack unless required fields are valid
    • Test email or slack message are now triggered with a temporary transient
    • Removed javascript functions

20161 release

  1. WP Updates Notifier 1.4.4

20151 release

  1. WP Updates Notifier 1.4.3

20141 release

  1. WP Updates Notifier 1.4.1

20123 releases

  1. WP Updates Notifier 1.3.2

  2. WP Updates Notifier 1.3.1

  3. WP Updates Notifier 1.3

20117 releases

  1. WP Updates Notifier 1.2

  2. WP Updates Notifier 1.1

  3. WP Updates Notifier 1.0.4

  4. WP Updates Notifier 1.0.3

  5. WP Updates Notifier 1.0.2

  6. WP Updates Notifier 1.0.1

  7. WP Updates Notifier 1.0

Questions about WP Updates Notifier’s releases

What is the latest version of WP Updates Notifier?

2.0.0, released on Oct 26, 2026 (2 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is WP Updates Notifier updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from June 2011.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in WP Updates Notifier’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.