Grade A

Change Admin Email

Name: Change Admin Email
Rating: 5.0 (137 reviews)
Author: johndeebdd

⤓ Download v5.0 on WordPress.org ↗

by johndeebddupdated 2026-04-08✨The Quiet Achiever

Bypasses the email confirmation loop but watch your inbox.

HealthyGrowing

84/100

It solves a specific WordPress headache instantly. One user reports being added to a mailing list without consent.

Loved32/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest10/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum11/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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add_filter( 'pre_update_option_new_admin_email', fn( $value ) => $value );
add_filter( 'pre_update_option_admin_email', fn( $value ) => $value );

// Bypass the pending email confirmation flow introduced in WP 4.9.
add_filter( 'pre_option_new_admin_email', '__return_false' );

Keep in mind:The plugin also offers a third-party test email service; the snippet skips that entirely.

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Active installs

~55,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+

→ on track for 60k+in ~3 months

Rating

4.8★

137 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+42%

Growing fast

213 → 303 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +42% in the last year

213/day a year ago→303/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Change Admin Email is a well-regarded utility plugin praised for solving a frustrating WordPress limitation quickly and simply, though at least one user reports being added to a spam mailing list upon installation.

What people like

+Solves the WordPress admin email change problem instantly, bypassing the usual confirmation email workflow×10
+Extremely simple to use — install, activate, and change the email with no configuration needed×6
+Useful for client sites, local/staging environments, and InstaWP blueprints where email confirmation is impractical×3

Common complaints

−Installing the plugin reportedly subscribes the user to the developer's email list without clear consent, resulting in spam

Review trustReviews look organic

4.95★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
12%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 137 total

5★

130

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 90 analyzed

2026-04-07★★★★★Spam Plugin Thane
2026-02-15★★★★★Excelent plugin!!!wiredgorilla
2025-12-03★★★★★Lifesaver! 5/5 photoMaldives
2025-11-20★★★★★It works perfectly yvonnefm
2025-10-11★★★★★Easy and working Solution Bilal Afridi
2025-10-03★★★★★Works!janetmoon
2025-07-01★★★★★Great Solution Jens Schneider
2025-05-25★★★★★Works even on local server Mizagorn
2025-04-11★★★★★It does exactly what it says danielepais
2025-03-23★★★★★Quick and easy!chamwatkins

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-04-08v5.0
2024-10-07v4.0
2024-10-07v4.1
2018-12-30v1.8.0
2018-12-30v1.9.0

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

295

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

254

Prior 7-day baseline

235

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

1,555

Mean release-day peak (30d)

310

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+16.1%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

0.90

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

99%

5★ share in analyzed sample

12%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

-60%

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.96 → 4.95★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered