Title: WP Updates Notifier
Author: Scott Cariss
Published: <strong>ജൂൺ 1, 2011</strong>
Last modified: ഫെബ്രുവരി 14, 2020

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Updates Notifier

 By [Scott Cariss](https://profiles.wordpress.org/l3rady/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-updates-notifier.1.6.zip)

 * [Details](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-updates-notifier/)

## Description

Monitors your WordPress installation for core, plugin and theme updates and emails
you when they are available. This plugin is ideal if you don’t login to your WordPress
admin regularly or you support a client’s website.

_Features_

 * Set the interval of how often to check for updates; hourly, twice daily or daily.
 * Sets WordPress to check for updates more often meaning you get to know about 
   updates sooner.
 * Get emailed about core, plugin and theme updates.
 * Chose if you want to be notified about active only themes and plugins updates.
 * Remove upgrade nag message to non-admin users.
 * For advanced users there are a number of filters and actions you can use. More
   coming soon.

This plugin is a fork of [Update Notifier](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/update-notifier/).
This plugin was forked because there seemed to be no further development on the 
existing plugin and there was no way to contact the original author to ask about
taking ownership. WP Updates Notifier has the following improvements over Updates
Notifier:

 * Completely rewritten from the ground up using best practises for writing WordPress
   plugins
 * Code wrapped in a class so better namespace.
 * You can set the cron interval, allowing for more frequent checks.
 * Update checks trigger WordPress internal update check before notification.
 * Allows you to set the ‘from address’.
 * Allows you to set multiple ‘to addresses’.
 * Makes use of the Settings API.
 * A number of available hooks and filters for advanced users.
 * Active support and development.

_Languages_

 * French by [Christophe Catarina](http://www.ordilibre.com/) – _Added 03 July 2013_
 * German by [Alexander Pfabel](http://alexander.pfabel.de/) – _Added 02 October
   2012_

### Filters

Two filters have been provided to allow you to alter the email subject and email
content being sent by WP Updates Notifier.

#### sc_wpun_email_subject

@parameters:
  $email_subject – the email subject to be filtered.

**Example:**

    ```
    /* 
    *   Alter the email subject being sent by WP Updates Notifier 
    */
    function alter_wp_updates_notifier_email_subject( $email_subject ) {
        $email_subject = 'This is the new email subject for updates notifier';
        return $email_subject;
    }
    add_filter( 'sc_wpun_email_subject', 'alter_wp_updates_notifier_email_subject' );
    ```

#### sc_wpun_email_content

@parameters:
 $message – the content of the email to be filtered

**Example:**

    ```
    /* 
    *   Alter the email content being sent by WP Updates Notifier 
    */
    function alter_wp_updates_notifier_email_content( $message ) {
        $message = 'This is our new email content that will override the default.';
        return $message;
    }
    add_filter( 'sc_wpun_email_content', 'alter_wp_updates_notifier_email_content' );
    ```

## Installation

 * Unzip and upload contents to your plugins directory (usually wp-content/plugins/).
 * Activate plugin
 * Visit Settings page under Settings -> WP Updates Monitor in your WordPress Administration
   Area
 * Configure plugin settings
 * Wait for email notifications of updates

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9d4158313ce6f8f81aed91ad3481f4b4080324611efafcc7bf1b4a46ff61fccc?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Essential plugin to manage many sites](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/essential-plugin-to-manage-many-sites/)󠁿

 [WebePc Gianluca Molina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webepc/) മാർച്ച്‌ 16, 2020

A unique plugin of its kind but which I consider very useful and fundamental if 
you have to manage many websites (as in my case) in order to have a “memory” of 
the plugins to be updated! EXCELLENT!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Out-of date and not fully working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/out-of-date-and-not-fully-working/)󠁿

 [kudlav](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kudlav/) ഫെബ്രുവരി 7, 2018

It’s ok for theme and plugins notifications, but notification about core updates
does’t work for more than one year! This plugin probably won’t recieve an update
anymore.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/344a676823c8ba6db0ad7148911cd0dd36e54d5907f59326757e388b0754ff56?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Simple and effective](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-effective-709/)󠁿

 [rgallini](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rgallini/) ഫെബ്രുവരി 28, 2017

I get notified whenever a plugin needs to be updated. Perfect!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3cc94764dae0b65e80eabf23c7b299f3da208a8c6da848b92a18936da09d86e1?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Just Works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-works-348/)󠁿

 [Mel – Jett Web Development](https://profiles.wordpress.org/melr/) ഫെബ്രുവരി 14,
2017

Simple, no excess fluff. I like the email notifications, points to Details, Changelog
on each plugin, states compatibility. Thanks

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-3549/)󠁿

 [Anonymous User](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anonymized-10133093/) ഫെബ്രുവരി
1, 2017

Should be installed by default in Wordpress!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Just works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-works-326/)󠁿

 [titizebioutifoul](https://profiles.wordpress.org/titizebioutifoul/) നവംബർ 18, 
2016

A bit ugly but work like a charm!

 [ Read all 35 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-updates-notifier/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Updates Notifier” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Scott Cariss ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/l3rady/)
 *   [ Alley ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alleyinteractive/)

“WP Updates Notifier” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-updates-notifier/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “WP Updates Notifier” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-updates-notifier)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-updates-notifier/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-updates-notifier/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-updates-notifier/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-updates-notifier/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 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

#### 1.5.1

 * Removed ability to trigger with external cron job (a potential security risk)

#### 1.5

 * Bring up to WordPress coding standards
 * PHPCS ruleset
 * Travis testing
 * Base for unit testing

#### 1.4.4

 * Avoid PHP Strict notices
 * PHP 7 compatibility
 * Minor cleanup on some internal code

#### 1.4.3

 * Repaired all PHP errors being thrown
 * Two new filters added to allow you to alter the email content (sc_wpun_email_subject,
   sc_wpun_email_content – see readme.txt for examples)

#### 1.4.2

 * Added an option that allows the plugin to notify the provided email about WordPress
   core automatic updates.

#### 1.4.1

 * Switch from using site_url() to home_url() in email subject line so not to link
   to a 404 page.

#### 1.4

 * Added external cron method allowing users check for updates as often or as little
   as they want
 * Added sc_wpun_get_options_filter and sc_wpun_put_options_filter filters to allow
   filtering of this plugins settings
 * Now using wp_get_schedules() rather than statically assigned schedules. This 
   allows admins to set their own schedules such as a weekly one
 * Added French translations
 * Added date and time of when this plugin last did an update check on the settings
   screen

#### 1.3.2

 * Added $wp_version globals ( Explains why WordPress Core Updates notifications
   haven’t been working )
 * Added missed variable $cur_wp_version

#### 1.3.1

 * Fixed PHP Fatal error on line 175.

#### 1.3

 * Added send test email functionality in settings page.
 * Fixed `Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated` PHP errors.

#### 1.2

 * Added the ability to allow multiple email address to be added to the `notify 
   to` setting. Multiple email addresses to be comma separated.
 * Removed code from last version that was left in from dev. Caused WP to check 
   for update on every admin page load.

#### 1.1

 * Plugin update notification email now includes links to new plugin description
   and changelog page.
 * Plugin update notification email now shows compatibility of a new plugin. This
   is same functionality that appears in the WP update area.
 * On plugin activation the first update check is scheduled to run an hour after
   rather than straight away. This stops current awaiting updates being sent to 
   admin email before you’ve had chance to change the email settings.

#### 1.0.4

 * Fixed code to not report multiple times of core upgrades. Plugin now only notifies
   you once of core upgrade until upgrade is done.

#### 1.0.3

 * When plugin was deactivated then reactivated the cron was not rescheduled unless
   the settings were saved. This has now been fixed.

#### 1.0.2

 * Fixed plugin version

#### 1.0.1

 * Fixed spelling mistake in deactivate hook that stopped deactivate running properly.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.6.0**
 *  Last updated **6 വര്‍ഷങ്ങള്‍ ago**
 *  Active installations **30,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അതിലും ഉയര്‍ന്നത് **
 *  Tested up to **5.3.21**
 *  Languages
 * [Danish](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/),
   [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/),
   [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/), [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/),
   ഉം [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-updates-notifier)
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[monitor](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/monitor/)
   [notification](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/notification/)[theme](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/theme/)
   [upgrade](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/upgrade/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-updates-notifier/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5ൽ 4.2 നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ.

 *  [  23 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-updates-notifier/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  6 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-updates-notifier/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-updates-notifier/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-updates-notifier/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  5 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-updates-notifier/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Scott Cariss ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/l3rady/)
 *   [ Alley ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alleyinteractive/)

## Support

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