YellowLab Stop Core Emails adds a focused settings page under Settings > Stop Core Emails, where administrators can disable selected native WordPress email notifications.
You can manage email notifications for:
<ul>
<li>automatic plugin updates</li>
<li>automatic theme updates</li>
<li>automatic WordPress core updates</li>
<li>available core update notices</li>
<li>new user notifications sent to administrators</li>
<li>user password changes</li>
<li>password change notices sent to administrators</li>
<li>user email address changes</li>
<li>site administrator email address changes</li>
<li>new comments</li>
<li>comments waiting for moderation</li>
<li>critical error and recovery mode messages</li>
</ul>
The plugin does not block updates, user actions, comments, or recovery features. It only disables the selected email notifications.
After activation, open Settings > Stop Core Emails or use the Settings link on the Plugins screen.
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YellowLab Stop Core Emails

Control native WordPress email notifications from Settings > Stop Core Emails.

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There’s not much to this plugin. It’s a couple barebones filters that turn off the plugin and theme autoupdate emails.
On WordPress 5.5.0, plugin/theme autoupdate emails are turned off regardless of whether or not they failed.
Since WordPress 5.5.1, emails indicating update failures are allowed through.

Disable Plugin Autoupdate Emails

Getting too many "plugin updated" or "theme updated" emails since WordPress 5.5? This turns them off.

YellowLab Stop Core Emails vs Disable Plugin Autoupdate Emails