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Mail On Update

By Sven Kubiak, Matthias Kindler

Description

Since WordPress Version 2.5, WordPress automatically checks if a new update for an installed plugin is available. However, you still have to check your wp-admin to see the notification. This plugin informs you via e-Mail when a new update is available.
It uses the WordPress build-in update function to periodically check for new versions at the WordPress plugin directory. If a new version is available, either a single or multiple administrators will recieve an e-mail, informing them which plugins needs to be updated.

Available Languages

  • German
  • English
  • Russian

Installation

  1. Download Plugin an unzip
  2. Copy complete folder to your WordPress plugin-folder
  3. Activate plugin via wp-admin
  4. Go to Settings -> Mail On Update and set your options (if required)

Done.

Reviews

Super useful. Must have!

April 21, 2020
I kept forgetting to check updates because the small site I help run rarely receives new content. As a result, we got unwelcome visitors. Mail On Update solves the problem beautifully. Instead of me having to remember to check for updates on a regular basis, I now get a notification when my attention is needed. In my opinion this functionality should be part of WordPress core. It's odd that WP offers email notifications when people post comments, but not for something as important as updates. From what I can tell, MOU does not check for theme or core updates. They are also important, so it would be nice if they could be checked as well.

Very useful plugin

February 24, 2017
Very useful plugin. Two suggestions: Currently the plugin also sends emails for all of my disabled plugins. It would be nice if you would only send notifications for enabled plugins as it doesn't make sense to continuously update disabled plugins. The email reminders contain a link to http://MYSITE/wp-admin/plugins.php. It would be nice if this would be a https link so that you don't accidentially submit your login credentials through an unsecured connection. Keep up the good work!
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Contributors & Developers

“Mail On Update” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“Mail On Update” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

5.4.13

  • Cosmetics on settings

5.4.12

  • Updated versions

5.4.11

  • Changed target URL of plugin updates

5.4.10

  • Fixed bug where no emails where send out

5.4.9

  • Updated email sender header

5.4.8

  • Very minor cleanup

5.4.7

  • Very minor cleanup
  • Refactored debugging information

5.4.6

  • Fixed potential double sending of emails

5.4.5

  • Added update call to wp_header as well as wp_footer
  • Added Debug option

5.4.4

  • Fixed bug that overwrite recipients when saving filters

5.4.3

  • Fixed typo
  • Updated WordPress compatibility
  • Removed flattr links

5.4.2

  • Translation fix

5.4.1

  • Fixed deprecated PHP 7 warning

5.4.0

  • Added new WordPress translation feature
  • Tested with latest WordPress version 4.4.5

5.3.5

  • Fixed wrong URL in eMail Template when WordPress is installed in subdirectory
  • Fixed PHP warning when saving recipients
  • Fixed various PHP warnings and notices
  • Tested with latest WordPress version 4.3.0

5.3.4

  • Fixed typo in german translation

5.3.3

  • Fixed some PHP notices

5.3.2

  • Fixed typo in german translation
  • Updated mail footer

5.3.1

  • Replaced JQuery with compliant WordPress version
  • (Re-)Added russian translation (Thanks to Flector)

5.3.0

  • Added option to select multiple admin recipients
  • Remove Flattr button from backend and moved it to email footer
  • Fixed bug that reseted the settings when plugin was deactivated
  • Added nonce check to form
  • Removed unmanged translations
  • Updated translations
  • Minor code cleanup

5.2.6

  • Tested and released agains WP 4.1

5.2.5

  • Removed deprecated function call (Thanks to Patabugen)

5.2.4

  • Re-added flattr button
  • Minor code cleanup
  • Added licence tag

5.2.3

  • Replaced deprecated PHP function split (Thanks to Simon Hampel)

5.2.2

  • Removed Flattr Link

5.2.1

  • Fixed typos

5.2.0

  • Fixed slightly possible CSRF security vulnerability (CVE-2013-2107)

5.1.0

  • Reverted to version 4.6.0 as 5.0.0 needs more testing

5.0.0

  • Plugin now requires WordPress 3.0 +
  • Plugin now checks for theme and WordPress Core updates
  • Updated functions for PHP > 5.3 compatibility
  • Notification is only send to users with update permission
  • First update call is initiated after activation, not 12 hours
  • Updated translations
  • GREAT THANKS TO HEIKO ADAMS!!!

4.6.0

  • Minor Code clean up
  • Check compatability with WordPress 3.5

4.5

  • Fixed some deprecated message

4.4

  • Minor code cleanup
  • Added Donation Link in readme

4.3

  • Added Option to inform only once per Update (thanks to Sander, vandragt.com)

4.2

  • Added Flattr button

4.1

  • Fixed Bug with WordPress 3.0
  • Plugin requires now at least WordPress 2.8
  • Updated language files

4.0

  • Added compatibility to WordPress 3.0
  • Updated language files

3.4

  • Code-Cleanup
  • Update language files

3.3

  • Removed debug informations which made it in the release (sorry)
  • Change Subject of notifcation E-Mails
  • Added new WordPress Plugins Changelog

3.2

  • WordPress-Plugin SVN Error, which did not allow 3.2 commit?!

3.1

  • Fixed incompatibility with WordPress 2.8

3.0

  • Changed handling of options
  • Code cleanup and improvements
  • New style for settings page
  • Update language file

2.7

  • Added current and new version to notification mail
  • Update language file

2.6

  • Fixed Bug when using filter
  • Added French translation

2.5

  • Fixed Bug with umlaut
  • Fixed Bug when checke WordPress Version

2.4

  • Fixed Bug when validating E-Mail-Adresses
  • Fixed Bug with UTF-8 encoding
  • Fixed Bug when validating if a plugin is active or not
  • Updated language file

2.3

  • Fixed Bug when sending notifications

2.2

  • Fixed Pharse Error

2.1

  • Updated language file

2.0

  • Added Option page
  • Added Option for alternative Recipients
  • Added Option to filter Plugins
  • Added Option to not inform user if a plugin is anctive
  • Update language file
  • Update readme file

1.5

  • Changed E-Mail Notification

1.4

  • Minor code cleanup

1.3

  • Fixed bug in E-Mail Notification

1.2

  • Stable Release
  • Minor code cleanup

1.1 Beta

  • Fixed: Blogname was missing

1.0 Beta

  • Initial version

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