It seems odd that this plugin has its WordPress version support listed as 3.0 and higher when the filter that it’s utilizing was just introduced in WordPress 5.5. It’s possible this wasn’t caused by WordPress 5.5 at all per them possibly installing it on a version of WordPress that this plugin doesn’t actually support (even though it currently incorrectly states it to be otherwise.)
Either way, the email consisting of what you sent means it wasn’t from WordPress’ native plugin update notification (latter being what this plugin currently deactivates.) One of those looks like this:
Howdy! Some plugins have automatically updated to their latest versions on your site at https://www.example.com. No further action is needed on your part.
These plugins are now up to date:
– Plugin Example #1 version 4.1.8
– Plugin Example #2 version 3.1.0
– Plugin Example #3 version 6.1.2
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Not like this:
The following plugins were successfully updated:
* SUCCESS: Disable auto-update Email Notifications
So it’s not so much a plugin conflict (considering this plugin is still doing what it’s intending to do; stop WordPress’ native plugin & theme update notifications as of WordPress 5.5). It’s just that there appears to be some other plugin/code on the site that’s doing it’s own thing and has its own notification which is then not being accounted for.
Honestly, I’m thinking that whatever plugin sent this notification should be the thing that’s patched to check if auto_plugin_update_send_email
is set to false or not so it follows the expected behavior built into WordPress (again, as with WordPress 5.5 & newer.) Alternatively, it should offer its own email to be toggled on/off accordingly via its settings (if it does, then chalk this up to confusion & misattribution on the original poster’s part per what’s being talked about is entirely a support request for a different plugin). That said, what’s the need for that plugin now that WordPress provides automatic updating of itself, themes, and plugins natively?