Updates silently enable security digest emails
Plugin updates silently turn on security digest and lockout emails for existing sites, flooding client inboxes.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 29 June 2026 · last reported 3 August 2026
What's going wrong
After an update, this security plugin switched on lockout alert emails and weekly and monthly security digest emails on existing installs without asking site owners. Agencies managing many client sites say their clients' inboxes filled with unexpected automated messages, causing confusion and complaints. Owners wanted new defaults applied only to fresh installs, with existing configurations left alone. A fix is a way to detect and review notification settings that updates change, so agencies can keep control across many sites.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports.
Products affected
Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention.
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Who has this problem
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