by Sal Ferrarello 5 (12 reviews)

Stop Emails

Name: Stop Emails
Rating: 5.0 (12 reviews)
Author: Sal Ferrarello

Stop all outgoing emails sent from WordPress.

Stop Emails ranks #3,124 among WordPress.org plugins with 5,000+ active installations, is #175 of 3,352 in the Communication category, a 5/5 rating from 12 reviews, and was last updated Jan 13, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)

v1.2.1 Current Version v1.2.1

Updated 8 months ago Last Update on 13 Jan, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#175 of 3,352 in Communication Top 5% by installs Downloads -15.4% this week

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#3,124

-2 this week

Active Installs

5K+

-9.9%

KW Avg Position

0.5 worse

Downloads

77.3K

+11 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (12 reviews)

Next Milestone 6K

Total Progress 55.4%

5K+ 6K+

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Reviews & Ratings

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12 reviews

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.1
Last Updated: Jan 13, 2026
Requires WP: 3.6+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Sal Ferrarello

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 12
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 and developers who want to stop outgoing emails, such as during development work. It prevents emails sent via the wp_mail() function from actually being delivered, while optionally logging them to the PHP error log.

Stops emails sent via wp_mail()
Silent failure for wp_mail() calls
Optional logging to PHP error log
Admin settings page (Settings > Stop Emails)

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Stop Emails

The emails are lost forever.

Most likely, this is due to a plugin you have running. There are two different things the plugin could be

The plugin is overriding our overriding of the sending mechanism. The plugin is calling the PHP function mail() directly. Unfortunately in either of these cases, this plugin will not be able to stop the email.

A list of Known Incompatible Plugins is available at https://github.com/salcode/stop-emails/wiki/Known-Incompatible-Plugins. I want to log the emails that are stopped You can enable logging of stopped emails on the admin menu page Settings > Stop Emails. Emails will be logged to your PHP error log.

Activating a plugin normally requires logging into the site. Installing the file in the mu-plugins directory allows you to activate the plugin without logging in. This can be helpful when setting up an existing site locally.

Please report bugs at https://github.com/salcode/stop-emails/issues