[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50988: Provide option to disable emails about auto-updates

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#50988: Provide option to disable emails about auto-updates
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 Reporter:  Paddy Landau     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  5.5.1
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:  5.5
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion      |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by knutsp):

 I can see that for many, the frequency of core admin emails may increase
 when auto-updates are enabled. WordPress also send admin emails abut user
 password changes, new user registrations and so on.

 Should we make an exception for auto-updates, make them an option, not
 just on/off, but more even fine grained, as suggested above? There will be
 demands for distinquishing theme/plugin updates, individual ones of those,
 almost endless. This is one of the reasons for "decisions - not options"
 principle. But such principle can and must be overridden when it may
 useful for a majority of users. And especially if the lack of option(s)
 may have side effects, like not wanting to enable auto-updates just to get
 fewer emails.

 If this is implemented soon, let it at least be temporary.

 WP Notify should take care of all kinds of messages and logging and/or
 forwarding them to any desired service (Web Push Notifications, WhatsApp,
 SMS, etc. - by plugin). WP Notify should be end user configurable to some
 extent, like muting some messages by source/severity.

 But please don't introduce something that may delay WP Notify. We need to
 prepare for an almost email-less future (for some), not just ad-hoc fixing
 an annoyance.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50988#comment:8>
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