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Actively maintained Tested up to 7.0.6 #2 in autoupdate

Custom Recovery Mode Email

Customize the recipient, sender and behavior of WordPress recovery, autoupdate and administrative emails. Multisite-aware.

Active installs100+100+ tier
Downloads · 30d376▼ -50.6% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score70/100Good
All-time downloads4.1KSince Dec 2019
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 6.0PHP 7.4+
Downloads · 7d22▼ -74.4% week over week
Our verdict

Solid choice

Custom Recovery Mode Email is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 4 weeks ago, and scores 70/100 on our health check.

  • Actively developed — last update 4 weeks ago
  • Small user base (100+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

336699Jul 1Aug 14Sep 28
Yesterday2
Daily average (1y)6
Peak day132Aug 21, 2026
Last 12 months2.1K

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Custom Recovery Mode Email stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
autoupdate #3 48 Best autoupdate plugins →
fatal error #21 3,997 Best fatal error plugins →
multisite >100 5,426 Best multisite plugins →
Notifications >100 8,649 Best Notifications plugins →
recovery mode #1 741 Best recovery mode plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 2.077.7%
  • 1.022.3%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Custom Recovery Mode Email

From the official readme · v2.0.5

Description

Since WordPress 5.2 there is a built-in feature that detects when a plugin or theme causes a fatal error on your site, and notifies you with an automated email. Sometimes the message lands in the wrong inbox, or with a sender name that does not match your brand.

With Custom Recovery Mode Email you can:

  • Set one or more recipient addresses for the Recovery Mode email when a Fatal Error occurs.
  • Customize the From name and email address used by WordPress system emails.
  • Adjust the rate limit between Recovery Mode emails (in days, hours or minutes).
  • Toggle individual administrative notifications: password changes, new user registrations, and plugin/theme auto-update results (success and failure separately).
  • Configure everything network-wide on Multisite, with optional per-site overrides for the recipient and the sender.

The plugin ships with a redesigned settings page that organises every option into clear, focused cards, making it easy to find what you need at a glance.

Translations

  • English
  • Español (España)
  • Euskara (thanks to @garridinsi)
  • Galego
  • Svenska (thanks to @tobifjellner)

Note: Please contact us if you would like to help translating the plugin into your language.

Installation

  1. Upload the entire plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress (or “Network Activate” in Multisite).
  3. Go to Settings → Recovery Mode Email to access the settings page (or Network Admin → Settings → Recovery Mode Email in Multisite).

Minimum Requirements

  • PHP 7.4 or greater. Tested with PHP 8.2.
  • WordPress 5.2 or greater.

Frequently asked questions

Does it work with WordPress Multisite?

Yes. Network-wide defaults are configured from Network Admin → Settings → Recovery Mode Email. Each individual site can override only the Recovery recipient and the mail sender from its own Settings page.

Where do I configure the rate limit and notification toggles in Multisite?

In Multisite, the rate limit and the notification toggles (password change, auto-updates, new users) are network-wide and live in the Network Admin page only. Individual sites cannot override these.

What happens if I leave a field empty?

Empty fields fall back to sensible defaults: the site administration email for the recipient, the WordPress default sender for the From address, and the network-level value when overriding from a single site in Multisite.

Can I send notifications to more than one recipient?

Yes. Enter multiple addresses in the Recipient Address field separated by commas. Recovery Mode and the enabled administrative notifications will be sent to every valid address in the list.

Will my existing settings be preserved when upgrading from 1.x?

Yes. The 2.0.0 release is a visual and internal overhaul, but the data schema and option names are unchanged. Your saved configuration carries over automatically.

Changelog

Fixes emails sent with an empty sender name arriving as "From: WordPress" instead of your Site Title.

2.0.5

  • Fix: emails sent with an empty “Mail Sender Name” arrived with “WordPress” as the From name instead of falling back to the Site Title.
  • Fix: the “Mail Sender Name” placeholder now shows the actual Site Title (as saved in Settings → General) instead of the generic “Website Name” text.

2.0.4

  • Feature: the Recovery Mode recipient field now accepts multiple email addresses separated by commas.
  • Improvement: recipient lists are sanitized, validated and deduplicated before being saved and passed to WordPress mail notifications.

2.0.3

  • Fix: the sender email example no longer includes the “www.” prefix (other subdomains, e.g. erp.example.com, are kept as-is).
  • Improvement: in Multisite, the per-site sender name/email fields now show the actual network-level value as a placeholder when left empty, instead of a generic example.

2.0.2

  • Fix: disabled administrative notification toggles now cancel the corresponding wp_mail call through pre_wp_mail instead of returning invalid or empty email data.
  • Fix: successful plugin/theme update emails are reliably suppressed when their toggle is disabled.
  • Fix: mixed plugin/theme update results now follow the failed-update notification setting.
  • Compatibility: removed the remaining PHP 8-only syntax so the declared PHP 7.4 minimum is genuinely supported.
  • Hardening: notification and recipient filters run last so later plugin callbacks cannot accidentally undo the configured policy.
  • Hardening: sender overrides no longer leak to a later email when another plugin short-circuits wp_mail.

2.0.1

  • Fix: replaced PHP 8.0+/8.1+ syntax (constructor property promotion, readonly properties) with PHP 7.4-compatible code, fixing a fatal parse error on servers running PHP 7.4.
  • Minor: small admin CSS adjustments.

2.0.0

  • Feature: new “WPVulnerability Email” field below the Mail Sender Email, shown only when the WPVulnerability plugin is active. The plugin defines the WPVULNERABILITY_MAIL constant (only if not already defined elsewhere) using the configured value, or a fallback of wpvulnerability@ if the field is empty.
  • Feature: new sidebar banner promoting the Dixitalmedia plugins on WordPress.org, dismissible independently from the FactuPress banner.
  • Multisite: the new WPVulnerability email can be set network-wide and overridden per site, following the same pattern as the recovery email and the sender override.
  • Major: full visual redesign of the admin settings page. Each section is now grouped into a card with its own icon, title and description, replacing the previous flat layout.
  • Major: complete internal rewrite. The plugin now follows an OOP architecture with namespaces, autoloading via Composer, a service container, and dedicated classes for hooks, services, settings and lifecycle. The public behavior is unchanged; existing settings are preserved.
  • New: hero header on top of the settings page summarising the plugin scope at a glance.
  • New: dedicated card for the Notifications section, with refined toggle switches.
  • New: callout component for Multisite-context notices (replaces the previous generic admin notice on per-site pages).
  • New: action bar at the bottom of the form with a loading state and spinner when saving, plus aria-busy for assistive technologies.
  • Improvement: admin assets reorganised into assets/css/ and assets/js/ for clarity. Inline <h2> styles removed and replaced with proper CSS classes.
  • Improvement: focus states on inputs and switches now use :focus-visible to avoid showing outlines on mouse clicks.
  • Improvement: prefers-reduced-motion is honoured for the save spinner animation.
  • Compatibility: tested up to WordPress 6.9.4.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

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FAQ

Custom Recovery Mode Email: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 29, 2026

Is Custom Recovery Mode Email free?

Yes. Custom Recovery Mode Email is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Custom Recovery Mode Email safe to use in 2026?

Custom Recovery Mode Email is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 4 weeks ago, and scores 70/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Custom Recovery Mode Email?

Custom Recovery Mode Email is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,148 times since it launched in December 2019. It was downloaded 376 times in the last 30 days.

Does Custom Recovery Mode Email work with WordPress 7.1?

Custom Recovery Mode Email is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

What PHP version does Custom Recovery Mode Email need?

Custom Recovery Mode Email requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was Custom Recovery Mode Email last updated?

The latest version, 2.0.5, was released on September 3, 2026 (4 weeks ago).

Who makes Custom Recovery Mode Email?

Custom Recovery Mode Email is developed and maintained by Jairo Ochoa.

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