Title: Disabling admin notifications?
Last modified: December 16, 2021

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# Disabling admin notifications?

 *  Resolved [curioustoad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/curioustoad/)
 * (@curioustoad)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-admin-notifications/)
 * Firstly, thanks for creating such a reliable plugin – the Lite version has always
   worked for me across different sites and setups.
 * I have a WooCommerce-based subscription website which generates a lot of scheduled
   actions (sub renewals etc) in the Action Scheduler.
 * The load on the server can get quite high, so I’m looking at optimising as much
   as possible by removing unnecessary tasks.
 * I notice in the scheduled actions a lot of instances of the following hook:
 * wp_mail_smtp_admin_notifications_update
 * At times it runs about three or four times in a five minute window, other times
   it’s every few hours.
 * Im guessing from the name it’s querying something to generate a quick report 
   or send a notification to admin users? As I get full logging from the SMTP provider(
   Send In Blue), I don’t have any need for the dashboard widget, so I turn this
   off in settings.
 * Is the hook mentioned above to do with the dashboard widget, or something else?
 * If it is, it shouldn’t be firing if the widget is not enabled.
 * If it’s something else, can you please explain:
 * A) what it actually is doing
    B) if it’s safe to disable C) how to disable it
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  [Sanjeev Aryal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanzeeb3/)
 * (@sanzeeb3)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-admin-notifications/#post-15179647)
 * Hi [@curioustoad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/curioustoad/),
 * Thanks for reaching out. There is an option in **WP Mail SMTP > Settings > Misc
   > Hide Announcements**. Here’s [a screenshot](https://d.pr/A04Y4f) for quick 
   reference.
 * However, please note that “wp_mail_smtp_admin_notifications_update” should run
   only once in a day. It sounds like your site is facing issues with scheduled 
   actions and you might need to check into that.
 * I hope this helps!
 *  Thread Starter [curioustoad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/curioustoad/)
 * (@curioustoad)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-admin-notifications/#post-15193118)
 * Thanks Sanjeev. I’ve already disabled all those options from the admin screen.
   What is the hook used for? If I don’t use the notifications there’s no sense 
   leaving a process being scheduled?
 *  [Sanjeev Aryal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanzeeb3/)
 * (@sanzeeb3)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-admin-notifications/#post-15200577)
 * Hi [@curioustoad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/curioustoad/),
 * If you have checked the “Hide Announcements” options, there should not be new“
   wp_mail_smtp_admin_notifications_update” tasks. If there are any pending tasks,
   you can cancel the tasks from **WP Mail SMTP > Tools > Scheduled Actions**. However,
   if the tasks aren’t running or there are multiple ‘wp_mail_smtp_admin_notifications_update’
   tasks pending, there’s an issue with Action Scheduler on your site.
 * You may not need these notifications, but these tasks should not cause the issue
   you’re describing.
 * I hope this clarifies!

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 * Last reply from: [Sanjeev Aryal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanzeeb3/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-admin-notifications/#post-15200577)
 * Status: resolved