Core update prompt emails

  • Running a variety of versions (from 3.5 to 3.8) … managing around 80 installations (including test and development copies).

    I’ve started to get emails to prompt an update to 3.8.2 … lots of them. The few I’ve checked come from 3.7x installations. They are going to the ‘admin’ email address … which is mostly me. They are all from wordpress@(domain-name).

    Sites are updated according to clients’ needs, to a schedule agreed with them. There is usually additional work to deal with plugins which don’t perform etc., and with so many sites, they can’t all be done at once.

    Unlike the minor updates, going from (say) 3.7x to 3.8x can’t be done on the live site – that would be irresponsible.

    It looks like it is a ‘feature’ included in 3.7.2 (which the 3.7x installations have all updated to).

    I’m also concerned that some of these emails go to clients, and it’s likely to cause panic and distress for them.

    How can I turn this off/manage it?

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  • define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false ); in wp-config.php.
    but cant figure how to edit in bulk for all sites.

    Thread Starter davidmcc3

    (@davidmcc3)

    It’s just the emails I want to stop … doesn’t this stop minor updates too?

    Having to edit the files for dozens of sites is worse than installing a plugin!

    Yet another setting which should be controlled by a simple admin-only switch.

    oh ok..

    in file class-wp-upgrade.php, it uses this fn to send files:
    `protected function send_email( $type, $core_update, $result = null ) {‘

    this fn uses apply_filters( 'auto_core_update_send_email', true, $type, $core_update, $result )

    so am guessing adding an apply_filters( 'auto_core_update_send_email', false) in functions.php should do the trick. but i havent tried it out though so cant guarantee.

    no idea bout plugins.. maybe you can write one? ??

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