wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php:1235Sends an email upon the completion or failure of a plugin or theme background update.
$typestring$successful_updatesarray$failed_updatesarrayOne hook fires while WP_Automatic_Updater::send_plugin_theme_email() runs, in this order:
Filters the email sent following an automatic background update for plugins and themes.
protected function send_plugin_theme_email( $type, $successful_updates, $failed_updates ) { // No updates were attempted. if ( empty( $successful_updates ) && empty( $failed_updates ) ) { return; } $unique_failures = false; $past_failure_emails = get_option( 'auto_plugin_theme_update_emails', array() ); /* * When only failures have occurred, an email should only be sent if there are unique failures. * A failure is considered unique if an email has not been sent for an update attempt failure * to a plugin or theme with the same new_version. */ if ( 'fail' === $type ) { foreach ( $failed_updates as $update_type => $failures ) { foreach ( $failures as $failed_update ) { if ( ! isset( $past_failure_emails[ $failed_update->item->{$update_type} ] ) ) { $unique_failures = true; continue; } // Check that the failure represents a new failure based on the new_version. if ( version_compare( $past_failure_emails[ $failed_update->item->{$update_type} ], $failed_update->item->new_version, '<' ) ) { $unique_failures = true; } } } if ( ! $unique_failures ) { return; } } $admin_user = get_user_by( 'email', get_site_option( 'admin_email' ) ); if ( $admin_user ) { $switched_locale = switch_to_user_locale( $admin_user->ID ); } else { $switched_locale = switch_to_locale( get_locale() ); } $body = array(); $successful_plugins = ( ! empty( $successful_updates['plugin'] ) ); $successful_themes = ( ! empty( $successful_updates['theme'] ) ); $failed_plugins = ( ! empty( $failed_updates['plugin'] ) ); $failed_themes = ( ! empty( $failed_updates['theme'] ) ); switch ( $type ) { case 'success': if ( $successful_plugins && $successful_themes ) { /* translators: %s: Site title. */ $subject = __( '[%s] Some plugins and themes have automatically updated' ); $body[] = sprintf( /* translators: %s: Home URL. */ __( 'Howdy! Some plugins and themes have automatically updated to their latest versions on your site at %s. No further action is needed on your part.' ), home_url() ); } elseif ( $successful_plugins ) { /* translators: %s: Site title. */ $subject = __( '[%s] Some plugins were automatically updated' ); $body[] = sprintf( /* translators: %s: Home URL. */ __( 'Howdy! Some plugins have automatically updated to their latest versions on your site at %s. No further action is needed on your part.' ), home_url() ); } else { /* translators: %s: Site title. */ $subject = __( '[%s] Some themes were automatically updated' ); $body[] = sprintf( /* translators: %s: Home URL. */ __( 'Howdy! Some themes have automatically updated to their latest versions on your site at %s. No further action is needed on your part.' ), home_url() ); } break; case 'fail': case 'mixed': if ( $failed_plugins && $failed_themes ) {Introduced in 5.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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