Turn OFF Administration email verification!

The following will disable the admin email verification check:

add_filter( ‘admin_email_check_interval’, ‘__return_false’ );

Thanks but why is WordPress adding all these extra error emails and admin checks that we then have to add code to every installation to turn off? Why don’t you just add this option in the dashboard under Settings > General?

I’m tired of big software developers forcing features we don’t need or want!

That’s a result of the strategy “designing for the majority”. Read more at https://www.ads-software.com/about/philosophy/
For users who don’t feel ok adding code via a custom plugin or functions.php in a child theme, they can usually throw in a very light-weight plugin that will do these things nicely.

What majority wanted this?

graftedin, I guess it’s about the number of requests to add [and/or] remove any function that WordPress team receive.

that we then have to add code to every installation to turn off?

Remember the Gutenberg editor since v5.0 release and 5+ million users who installed the “Classic Editor” plugin. After that remember the “Hello Dolly” plugin which must be removed manually after each installation etc. etc.

Exactly my point. Why are they adding all of this stuff that no one wants or needs instead of doing something useful like adding class and id fields to widgets so i don’t have to install a plugin for that every time.

This is to some extent also the result of volunteer-driven development:
There need to be a joint understanding that something is needed and won’t break things for inexperienced users.
In the forums we regularly help people who don’t know html nor CSS and would feel totally uncomfortably, should someone mention PHP in their presence, still they’re using WordPress. For these users (and for the support volunteers) the safeguards around “comboy editing” code directly in the Admin or workarounds to enable admin access to the back-end even when some plugins are causing PHP fatals is a pure blessing.
Down-side: developers, who use their own deployment systems, etc. don’t need (or even don’t want) these things. But they know how to throw in a couple of filters, so they are still ok…

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I’m just tired of new stuff being forced on us with out a way to just turn in off in the dashboard.

So stay on 4.9 and take only security updates. That will work fine at least for another year, now that PHP is constantly developing and WordPress also needs to keep up with it. ??

Not when I have clients fussing about the update notice.

*Raises hands, does time out thing*

SO! Every new feature in WordPress was put into new versions of WordPress to address a need. There are no exceptions. This too was added to address a need. You don’t agree and that’s fine. It’s your installation. Here’s a couple of ways to disable that.

How do I turn OFF Administration email verification? This is NOT NEEDED!

I am sorry you do not like that feature but this is one option to disable that.

add_filter( ‘admin_email_check_interval’, ‘__return_false’ );

Which was literally the first reply in this topic.

Another option is this plugin which does the same thing and is attractive because you do not need to edit any files.

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/disable-administration-email-verification-prompt/

You can view the code for that plugin and it is the same thing. A nice, neat little plugin.

I’m just tired of new stuff being forced on us with out a way to just turn in off in the dashboard.

That’s fair. But very off topic to this conversation. it’s gotten a little heated and away from your original ask. That’s why I am closing this topic. It’s just a way to take a timeout.

If you still need support with this or anything else, please feel free to open a new support topic.