Actual version: 0.2 testing
Sends daily notification at admins’ email if installation of WordPress is out of date
Do you want to buy me a beer for saving your time? 
== Description ==
This plugin is for you if you don’t look inside of your Admin Panel every day (for example you have tens of wordpress installations) but still want to have wordpress up to date. After installation plugin will check every day if newer version of wordpress is available and if yes, will send email to blog’s admin with notification.
== Installation ==
1. Like every plugin, download zip file
2. Upload to /wp-content/plugins
3. Activate it.
4. Wait for notifications
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= Newer version of wordpress is available but I don’t get emails =
Check your spam folder in email account
= I’ve got newest version but plugin sends me notifications, which says that i have installed wordpress in strange version ‘abc’ =
This is caused by plugin WP Security Scan. Deactivate it or look into its code and deacctivate this place, which changes variable $wp_version into string ‘abc’.
== Screenshots ==
== Changelog ==
= 0.2 =
* nothing new, just code is cleaner, shorter and should be faster. it uses core wordpress functions to upgrade check in place of written by me (and now removed).
= 0.1 =
* Works fine. Sends very sexy emails
17 Comments
Hi! I´m brazilian,
It would like to translation plugin in pt_BR, sends me an email with file pot or translation file php.
sorry my poor english!
see you!
Yes, translation is possible. In php file change lines no 81 (which has subject of email) and 8 (which has content of email)
For this moment no .pot file is provided
sorry, lines 81 and 85
If you need the plugin in pt_BR, it´s in my blog, ok?
http://www.foinoticia.com.br/2009/09/06/notificacao-por-email-de-novas-versoes-do-wordpress/
See you!
Thanx for a great plugin! Got a few installations that doesn’t get the attention they deserve – until now
Suggestions for future versions:
- add link to upgrade page for even easier access
- check for plugins needing upgrade
@Rafael: thank you
i hop people will see this in comments
@Nicklas: also thank you for opinion
Those suggested features will be next, also i thought about them 
I will add them i next versions
Hello,
Definitely a useful plugin.
The only problem is that the message in the mail says: “The plugin Upgrade Notification by Email noticed that at WordPress server is available newer version of blogging software than this, which is installed at Home. Please upgrade it in your admin panel. You have abc and newest is 2.8.4″.
Not sure where the “abc” comes from?
Could this be caused by having removed the version number from the footer? The current version 2.8.4 still displays correctly on the dashboard, though.
BTW, wrt plugin notifications, there is already a plugin: http://www.svenkubiak.de/mail-on-update/
Thanks.
@gundo: you didn’t look into FAQ
i will write again 
= I?ve got newest version but plugin sends me notifications, which says that i have installed wordpress in strange version ?abc? =
This is caused by plugin WP Security Scan. Deactivate it or look into its code and deacctivate this place, which changes variable $wp_version into string ?abc?.
oops. Didn’t see the readme. Anyway, seems to work now
Thanks.
@gundo: how did you changed this? you deactivated wp security scan, or you found inside function which changes wp_version? if second, where is it exactly? because i didn’t found
I edited out some lines (lines 103-…) in functions.php of the security plugin:
function mrt_remove_wp_version()
{
#if (!is_admin()) {
# global $wp_version;
# $wp_version = ‘$wp_version’;
# }
}
Maybe not the best method, but that’s what I did so far.
Konrad- Thanks for this helpful plugin!
A “test email” function would be nice. It would allow the user to confirm that their webserver can send emails. I tested mine by changing the primary conditional in version 0.2 from… ‘if ($zm == “upgrade”) {‘ … to … ‘if ($zm != “upgrade”) {‘ temporarily. I changed it back after receiving the email. Keep up the good work,
-Tyler from Rochester NY USA
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I’m removing this plugin because it emails me every day and all of the components of my website are up to date. My WP version is 3.0, all plugins and themes are up to date.
This is a fantastic plugin and, as JPPayne says, it needs to be updated for WP v.3.x.
I’m assuming there’s a minor edit to the plugin required (probably just changing the major version number).
yes, i had thesame problem. but moment ago i uploaded to plugins repository newer version. i hope now everything will be ok
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