by johndeebdd 4.8 (140 reviews)

Change Admin Email

Name: Change Admin Email
Rating: 4.8 (140 reviews)
Author: johndeebdd

Change the WordPress admin email without requiring email confirmation - perfect for development and testing environments.

Change Admin Email ranks #779 among WordPress.org plugins with 50,000+ active installations, is #55 of 3,373 in the Communication category, a 4.8/5 rating from 140 reviews, and was last updated Apr 8, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1.1)

v5.0 Current Version v5.0

Updated 5 months ago Last Update on 08 Apr, 2026

Refreshed 14 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#55 of 3,373 in Communication Top 1% by installs Downloads -7.7% this week

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#779

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Active Installs

50K+

-3.3%

KW Avg Position

9.3

0.3 worse

Downloads

391.1K

+67 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (140 reviews)

Next Milestone 60K

Total Progress 11.3%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

140 reviews

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Plugin Details

Version: 5.0
Last Updated: Apr 08, 2026
Requires WP: 4.9+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: johndeebdd

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 140
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress administrators who need to change the site admin email without server-based outgoing email, such as in development, testing, or localhost environments. It restores the ability (removed in WordPress 4.9) to change the admin email without requiring email confirmation.