by webaware 5 (20 reviews)

Disable Emails

Name: Disable Emails
Rating: 5.0 (20 reviews)
Author: webaware

Stop WordPress from sending any emails. ANY!

Disable Emails ranks #1,041 among WordPress.org plugins with 30,000+ active installations, is #65 of 3,483 in the Communication category, a 5/5 rating from 20 reviews, and was last updated Sep 6, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.3

v1.8.3 Current Version v1.8.3

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 06 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#65 of 3,483 in Communication Top 5% by installs Downloads -14.6% this week

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.8.3
Last Updated: Sep 06, 2026
Requires WP: 5.5+
Tested Up To: 7.1.3
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: webaware

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Reviews: 20
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners running demonstration, development, test, or bulk-loading environments who don't want real emails sent. It stops WordPress from sending any emails via wp_mail(), including password resets and administrator notifications.

Blocks all wp_mail() emails
Disables password reset emails
Disables administrator notifications
Multisite installation support
Supports WordPress 5.5 and later
Legacy version for WordPress 5.4

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Disable Emails

You probably have another plugin that adds its own implementation of the wp_mail() function. Try disabling some plugins. In some circumstances, enabling the must-use plugin from settings will fix this, because must-use plugins load before other plugins. Standard WordPress emails have stopped, but some others still get sent You probably have a plugin that is sending emails via some other method, like directly using the PHP mail() function, or directly implementing an SMTP client. Not much I can do about that...

The plugin replaces the standard WordPress wp_mail() function with a function that sends no emails. Nada. Zip. Silence. Behind the scenes, it creates a private copy of PHPMailer and allows the system to interact with it, but silently suppresses the functions that send emails. The standard WordPress filter and action hooks are supported, so plugins that register hooks for those will still function as normal. It just doesn't actually send any emails.

Yes. Once you have activated the plugin, navigate to Settings > Disable Emails and click the "Activate must-use plugin". This will create a must-use plugin (mu-plugin) that ensures that Disable Emails is always loaded. This can be especially useful on development websites where the database is frequently refreshed from a live site which does not have Disable Emails activated. NB: if you activate the must-use plugin on a multisite, it will stop emails on all sites on the multisite! If you have multiple networks on your multisite, the must-use plugin will stop emails on all networks. Contributions Translate into your preferred language Fork me on GitHub