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1 # Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)
2
3 Contributors: qriouslad
4 Donate link: https://bowo.io/asenha-sp-rdm
5 Tags: enhancements, tweaks, optimizations, tools
6 Requires at least: 4.6
7 Tested up to: 6.4.1
8 Stable tag: 6.2.2
9 Requires PHP: 5.6
10 License: GPLv2 or later
11 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
12
13 ![](.wordpress-org/banner-772x250.png)
14
15 Duplicate post, post order, image resize, email via SMTP, admin menu editor, custom css / code, disable gutenberg and much more in a single plugin.
16
17 ## Description
18
19 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) helps you to **easily enhance** various admin workflows and site aspects while **replacing multiple plugins** doing it.
20
21 **Pro version** with Lifetime Deal (LTD) is available at [](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-webwww.wpase.com](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web).
22
23 Here's First Look at ASE Pro by David McCan.
24
25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdbl-Ao_1Xc
26
27 Here's a review of ASE Pro at v6.0.6 by Albert Tan.
28
29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZjGCcmJ3xw
30
31 On using ASE as part of your WordPress optimization toolkit.
32
33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d1k3saNgak
34
35 Here's a review at v6.0.7 by Michal Magneter in Polish.
36
37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nonc05qvRD0
38
39 Here's a review at v5.7.1 by Buxbaum Barna in Hungarian.
40
41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHo1x3ITs8E
42
43 Here's a review at v5.7.0 by Tiziano Fogliata in Italian.
44
45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKTLi24KpXQ
46
47 Here's a review at v5.4.1 by Chiara Costa in Portuguese.
48
49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpjKvWUcJlk
50
51 Here's a review at v5.2.9 by Alexis FH of WP Made Simple.
52
53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPBEx1vHwuY
54
55 Here's a review at v5.1.0 by Paul Charlton of WPTuts.
56
57 [youtube https://youtu.be/V-_4TnjGloE]
58
59 Here's a review at v5.0.2 by Imran Siddiq @websquadron.
60
61 https://youtu.be/Ja8GxOPGqKY
62
63 Here's a quick review at v5.0.1 by Nathan Wrigley @wpbuilds.
64
65 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwaWL6znuZg&t=3242s
66
67 Here's a walkthrough of the plugin at v4.8.2 by Nathan Ingram.
68
69 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qXGDEBfMp0&t=2984s
70
71 ### What Users Say
72
73 _"**Every single thing works as expected**."_ ~[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwaWL6znuZg&t=3242sNathan Wrigley @wpbuilds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwaWL6znuZg&t=3242s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwaWL6znuZg&t=3242s)
74
75 _"**I’m replacing so many plugins with this!**"_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/im-replacing-so-many-plugins-with-this/@instadesign](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/im-replacing-so-many-plugins-with-this/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/im-replacing-so-many-plugins-with-this/)
76
77 _"**This is the best plugin I’ve installed in 2023!**🙂 It replaced several existing plugins and added some really useful extra functionality on top."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-essential-plugin-3/@steve1215](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-essential-plugin-3/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-essential-plugin-3/)
78
79 _"**So many useful features** it blows my mind, as well as enabling me to **ditch so many other plugins!**"_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-plugin-2441/@simonclay](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-plugin-2441/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-plugin-2441/)
80
81 _"**A must have plugin for most sites**. So many useful features. along with a great developer who is open to suggestions."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-plugin-2443/@akgt](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-plugin-2443/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-plugin-2443/)
82
83 _"This plugin is simply amazing. It **easily replaces a dozen or more plugins I install on every website project**. It is **super lightweight**, easy to use, and support has been wonderful and responsive. Highly recommended!"_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-must-have-plugin-2/NetzzJD](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-must-have-plugin-2/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-must-have-plugin-2/)
84
85 _"**...it replaces many single purpose plugins which bloat up the site and the admin area**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replaces-a-lot-of-single-purpose-plugins/@tageins](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replaces-a-lot-of-single-purpose-plugins/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replaces-a-lot-of-single-purpose-plugins/)
86
87 _"**Full of useful features, works without problems**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/full-of-useful-features-works-without-problems/Krzysztof Płaneta](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/full-of-useful-features-works-without-problems/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/full-of-useful-features-works-without-problems/)
88
89 _"**Great plugin! Clear, useful, and a joy to use**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-clear-useful-and-a-joy-to-use/Todd](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-clear-useful-and-a-joy-to-use/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-clear-useful-and-a-joy-to-use/)
90
91 _"One of those plugins that feels like it **should be part of the [WordPress] core, lots of useful features without the bloat**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-contribution-5/@mohobook](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-contribution-5/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-contribution-5/)
92
93 _"It is great how many small things are all included in this one plugin. **Definitely makes things feel a lot simpler**."_ ~[@kenmundell
94 ](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-multi-purpose-plugin/)
95
96 _"**This plugin is what I have been waiting for to see for years!**"_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-swiss-army-tool-for-wordpress/@AlexGraphicD](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-swiss-army-tool-for-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-swiss-army-tool-for-wordpress/)
97
98 _"Great job! **Saved me lots of time to add lots of plugins** to get ready for my work. It's a relief to have **everything streamlined and ready to go**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-2817/Tao Sheng](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-2817/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-2817/)
99
100 _"I’m already in love with this plugin... **It will make my WP-life a lot easier**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/im-allready-in-love-with-this-plugin/@medieskolen](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/im-allready-in-love-with-this-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/im-allready-in-love-with-this-plugin/)
101
102 _"I really love how this plugin incorporates **so many small fixes or tweaks** that are needed with WordPress - I can now get rid of many other plugins."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-plugin-replacing-many-other-plugins/Dale Reardon](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-plugin-replacing-many-other-plugins/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-plugin-replacing-many-other-plugins/)
103
104 _"This plugin allows you to install and maintain **one plugin instead of a host of smaller ones**. My tests were all successful and I was happy to simplify my maintenance with fewer plugins."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replaced-4-plugins-worked-well-a/Vic Drover](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replaced-4-plugins-worked-well-a/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replaced-4-plugins-worked-well-a/)
105
106 _"With this plugin, I can remove tons of plugins to **reduce the possibility of plugin conflicts**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-powerful-tool-13/@chiehliniceday](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-powerful-tool-13/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-powerful-tool-13/)
107
108 _"**It’s worth 10 stars (or more)**. This plugin eliminates the need to install many other plugins and also **makes functions.php smaller** since I have to insert fewer code snippets."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/its-worth-10-stars-or-more/Angelika Reisiger](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/its-worth-10-stars-or-more/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/its-worth-10-stars-or-more/)
109
110 _"Excellent and **very well-supported plugin**; saves me a lot of work! Admin Site Enhancements has made my list of 'must install' plug-ins, since **it makes so many other tasks much easier**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-and-very-well-supported-plugin-saves-me-a-lot-of-work/@grizdev](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-and-very-well-supported-plugin-saves-me-a-lot-of-work/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-and-very-well-supported-plugin-saves-me-a-lot-of-work/)
111
112 _"**I was super skeptical** that this plugin could do so much without any problems, **but I was wrong... 100% recommended!**"_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-all-in-one-plugin-you-need-in-your-arsenal/@scarlywebs](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-all-in-one-plugin-you-need-in-your-arsenal/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-all-in-one-plugin-you-need-in-your-arsenal/)
113
114 _"Normally, I tend to steer clear of “all-in-one” plugins; however, I believe that the **selection of tools** incorporated into this plugin has been astutely deliberated, given that it **nearly aligns entirely with the options I typically apply to each website**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-features-selection/@cvladan](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-features-selection/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-features-selection/)
115
116 _"There are so many little **wordpress tweaks** that we all have to do which either requires **a bunch of small plugins or added code snippets**. This is a great step in **consolidating them into a well organized spot, without polluting the admin screen with nags and menu items and other junk**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-clear-useful-and-a-joy-to-use/Todd](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-clear-useful-and-a-joy-to-use/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-clear-useful-and-a-joy-to-use/)
117
118 _"**ASE has been a game-changer for us**... we were able to remove numerous duplicate plugins, reducing clutter and improving efficiency. ASE's enhanced admin dashboard, improved site performance, and robust security features have truly transformed our website management... It's a must-have plugin for anyone looking to optimize their WordPress site and streamline their workflow."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-has-reduced-my-plugin-list-by-6-7/@tomhung](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-has-reduced-my-plugin-list-by-6-7/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-has-reduced-my-plugin-list-by-6-7/)
119
120 _"I love the **modular approach**. And I love that the whole plugin - with all its potential functionality - is **smaller in file-size than some of the plugins that it replaces**, which do only one of these things. Thank you for the great work!"_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-swiss-army-knife/Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-swiss-army-knife/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-swiss-army-knife/)
121
122 _"Thank You for **killing the dashboard SPAM!**"_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-what-freedom-tastes-like/@happyfrank73](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-what-freedom-tastes-like/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-what-freedom-tastes-like/)
123
124 _"Great compilation of settings and options. **It had quickly become one of my essential plugins**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-3276/@unapersona](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-3276/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-3276/)
125
126 _"**Incredibly powerful and well organized**. It’s a real accomplishment to put this many features into a plugin and still make it easy to navigate."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/holy-cow-this-is-excellent/Nathan Ingram](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/holy-cow-this-is-excellent/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/holy-cow-this-is-excellent/)
127
128 _"\[This\] is a Swiss Army Knife in terms of features that will **keep your WordPress clean and optimal**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/there-are-no-words-just-amazing/@samirhp](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/there-are-no-words-just-amazing/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/there-are-no-words-just-amazing/)
129
130 _"**Has noticeably improved performance on many of my sites**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/im-replacing-so-many-plugins-with-this/@instadesign](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/im-replacing-so-many-plugins-with-this/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/im-replacing-so-many-plugins-with-this/)
131
132 _"**...everything is clear, fast, consistent and lightweight**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-job-premium-functions-in-free-plugin/Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-job-premium-functions-in-free-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-job-premium-functions-in-free-plugin/)
133
134 _"**Greatest plugin ever**."_ ~[](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/greatest-plugin-ever-11/@angelaustr](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/greatest-plugin-ever-11/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/greatest-plugin-ever-11/)
135
136 _"**p.s. There are bugs**. This is software development after all and **I'm the developer (as well as user)**. [](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-site-enhancements/Please report](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-site-enhancements/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-site-enhancements/) if you found one, and **I'll try to fix the next chance I get**. Thanks!"_ ~[](https://bowo.io/bowoio-asenhaBowo](https://bowo.io/bowoio-asenha](https://bowo.io/bowoio-asenha)
137
138
139 ### Content Management
140
141 * **[[](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-webPro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] Custom Content Types**. Conveniently register and edit custom post types and custom taxonomies without writing a single line of code. Optionally enable the creation of custom field groups.
142 * **Content Duplication**. Enable one-click duplication / clone / copy of pages, posts and custom posts. The corresponding taxonomy terms and post meta will also be duplicated.
143 * **Content Order**. Enable custom order for pages, posts and custom post types. Useful for displaying them in the desired order in wp-admin and on the frontend. e.g. projects, services, FAQs, team members, testimonials, etc.
144 * **[[](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-webPro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] Media Categories**. Add categories for the media library and enable drag-and-drop categorization of media items. Categories can then be used to filter media items during media insertion into content.
145 * **Media Replacement**. Easily replace any type of media file with a new one while retaining the existing media ID, publish date and file name. So, no existing links will break.
146 * **SVG Upload**. Allow some or all user roles to upload SVG files, which will then be sanitized to keep things secure.
147 * **[[](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-webPro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] AVIF Upload**. Enable uploading AVIF files in the Media Library.
148 * **External Permalinks**. Enable pages, posts and/or custom post types to have permalinks that point to external URLs. The rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" attribute will also be added for enhanced security and SEO benefits. Compatible with links added using [](https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-links-to/Page Links To](https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-links-to/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-links-to/).
149 * **Open All External Links in New Tab**. Force all links to external sites to open in new browser tab via target="\_blank" attribute. The rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" attribute will also be added for enhanced security and SEO benefits.
150 * **Allow Custom Navigation Menu Items to Open in New Tab**. Allow custom navigation menu items to have links that open in new browser tab via target="\_blank" attribute. The rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" attribute will also be added for enhanced security and SEO benefits.
151 * **Auto-Publish Posts with Missed Schedule**. Trigger publishing of scheduled posts of all types marked with "missed schedule", anytime the site is visited.
152
153 ### Admin Interface
154
155 * **Clean Up Admin Bar**. Remove various elements from the admin bar.
156 * Remove WordPress logo/menu
157 * Remove customize menu/link
158 * Remove updates counter/link
159 * Remove comments counter/link
160 * Remove new content menu
161 * Remove 'Howdy' text
162 * Remove the Help tab and drawer
163 * **Hide Admin Notices**. Clean up admin pages by moving notices into a separate panel easily accessible via the admin bar.
164 * **Disable Dashboard Widgets**. Clean up and speed up the dashboard by completely disabling some or all widgets. Disabled widgets won't load any assets nor show up under Screen Options.
165 * **Hide Admin Bar**. Hide it on the front end for all or some user roles.
166
167 * **Wider Admin Menu**. Give the admin menu more room to better accommodate wider items.
168 * **Admin Menu Editor / Organizer**. Customize the order of the admin menu and optionally change menu item title or hide some items.
169 * **[[](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-webPro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] Admin Columns Manager**. Manage and organize columns in the admin listing for pages, posts and custom post types.
170 * **Enhance List Tables**. Improve the usefulness of listing pages of various post types by adding / removing columns and elements.
171 * _Show the featured image column_: in the list tables for pages and post types that support featured images.
172 * _Show the excerpt column_: in the list tables for pages and post types that support excerpt.
173 * _Show the ID as a column or in the action rows_: in the list tables for pages, all post types, all taxonomies, media, users and comments.
174 * _Show custom taxonomy dropdown filter(s)_: on the list tables of all post types for taxonomies that are hierarchical like post categories.
175 * _Remove the comments column_: in in the list tables for pages, post types that support comments, and also media/attachments.
176 * _Remove the post tags column_: in the list table for posts.
177
178 ### Log In / Log Out
179
180 * **Change Login URL**. Improve site security by using a custom login URL, e.g. www.example.com/backend
181 * **Site Identity on Login Page**. Use the site icon and URL to replace the default WordPress logo with link to wordpress.org on the login page.
182 * **Log In/Out Menu**. Enable log in, log out and dynamic log in/out menu item for addition to any menu.
183 * **Last Login Column**. Log when users on the site last logged in and display the date and time in the users list table.
184 * **Redirect After Login / Logout**. Set custom redirect URL for all or some user roles after login / logout.
185
186 ### Custom Code
187
188 * **[[](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-webPro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] Code Snippets Manager**. Conveniently add and manage CSS, JS, HTML and PHP code snippets to modify your site's content, design, behaviour and functionalities
189 * **Custom Admin CSS**. Add custom CSS on all admin pages for all user roles.
190 * **Custom Frontend CSS**. Add custom CSS on all frontend pages for all user roles.
191 * **Insert <head>, <body> and <footer> Code**. Easily insert <meta>, <link>, <script> and <style> tags, Google Analytics, Tag Manager, AdSense, Ads Conversion and Optimize code, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter pixels, etc.
192 * **Custom Body Class**. Add custom <body> class(es) on the singular view of some or all public post types. Compatible with classes already added using [](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-custom-body-classCustom Body Class plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-custom-body-class](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-custom-body-class).
193 * **Manage ads.txt and app-ads.txt**. Easily edit and validate your ads.txt and app-ads.txt content.
194 * **Manage robots.txt**. Easily edit and validate your robots.txt content.
195
196 ### Disable Components
197
198 * **Disable Gutenberg**. Disable the Gutenberg block editor for some or all applicable post types. Optionally disable frontend block styles / CSS files for the selected post types.
199 * **Disable Block-Based Widgets Settings Screen**. Restores the classic widgets settings screen when using a classic (non-block) theme.
200 * **Disable Comments**. Disable comments for some or all public post types. When disabled, existing comments will also be hidden on the frontend.
201 * **Disable REST API**. Disable REST API access for non-authenticated users and remove URL traces from <head>, HTTP headers and WP RSD endpoint.
202 * **Disable Feeds**. Disable all RSS, Atom and RDF feeds. This includes feeds for posts, categories, tags, comments, authors and search. Also removes traces of feed URLs from <head>.
203 * **Disable All Updates**. Completely disable core, theme and plugin updates and auto-updates. Will also disable update checks, notices and emails.
204 * **Disable Smaller Components**. Prevent smaller components from running or loading. Make the site more secure, load slightly faster and be more optimized for crawling by search engines.
205 * Disable the **generator <meta> tag** in <head>, which discloses the WordPress version number. Older versions(s) might contain unpatched security loophole(s).
206 * Disable **version number** on static resource URLs referenced in <head>, which can disclose WordPress version number. Older versions(s) might contain unpatched security loophole(s).
207 * Disable the **Windows Live Writer (WLW) manifest <link> tag** in <head>. The WLW app was discontinued in 2017.
208 * Disable the **Really Simple Discovery (RSD) <link> tag** in <head>. It's not needed if your site is not using pingback or remote (XML-RPC) client to manage posts.
209 * Disable the default **WordPress shortlink <link> tag** in <head>. Ignored by search engines and has minimal practical use case. Usually, a dedicated shortlink plugin or service is preferred that allows for nice names in the short links and tracking of clicks when sharing the link on social media.
210 * Disable loading of **dashicons CSS and JS files** on the front-end for public site visitors.
211 * Disable **emoji support for pages, posts and custom post types** on the admin and frontend. The support is primarily useful for older browsers that do not have native support for it. Most modern browsers across different OSes and devices now have native support for it.
212 * Disable **jQuery Migrate** script on the frontend, which should no longer be needed if your site uses modern theme and plugins.
213
214 ### Security
215
216 * **Limit Login Attempts**. Prevent brute force attacks by limiting the number of failed login attempts allowed per IP address.
217 * **Obfuscate Author Slugs**. Obfuscate publicly exposed author page URLs that shows the user slugs / usernames, e.g. _sitename.com/author/username1/_ into _sitename.com/author/a6r5b8ytu9gp34bv/_, and output 404 errors for the original URLs. Also obfuscates in _/wp-json/wp/v2/users/_ REST API endpoint.
218 * **Email Address Obfuscator**. Obfuscate email address to prevent spam bots from harvesting them, but make it readable like a regular email address for human visitors.
219 * **Disable XML-RPC**. Protect your site from brute force, DOS and DDOS attacks via XML-RPC. Also disables trackbacks and pingbacks.
220
221 ### Optimizations
222
223 * **Image Upload Control**. Resize newly uploaded, large images to a smaller dimension and delete originally uploaded files. BMPs and non-transparent PNGs will be converted to JPGs and resized.
224 * **Revisions Control**. Prevent bloating the database by limiting the number of revisions to keep for some or all post types supporting revisions.
225 * **Heartbeat Control**. Modify the interval of the WordPress heartbeat API or disable it on admin pages, post creation/edit screens and/or the frontend. This will help reduce CPU load on the server.
226
227 ### Utilities
228
229 * **Email Delivery**. Set custom sender name and email. Optionally use external SMTP service to ensure notification and transactional emails from your site are being delivered to inboxes. Send a test email to check if configuration works as intended.
230 * **[[](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-webPro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] Local User Avatar**. Enable usage of any image from WordPress Media Library as user avatars.
231 * **Multiple User Roles**. Enable assignment of multiple roles during user account creation and editing. This maybe useful for working with roles not defined in WordPress core, e.g. from e-commerce or LMS plugins.
232 * **View Admin as Role**. View admin pages and the site (logged-in) as one of the non-administrator user roles.
233 * **Password Protection**. Password-protect the entire site to hide the content from public view and search engine bots / crawlers. Logged-in administrators can still access the site as usual.
234 * **Maintenance Mode**. Show a customizable maintenance page on the frontend while performing a brief maintenance to your site. Logged-in administrators can still view the site as usual.
235 * **Redirect 404 to Homepage**. Perform 301 (permanent) redirect to the homepage for all 404 (not found) pages.
236 * **Display System Summary**. Show quick summary of the system the site is running on to admins, in the "At a Glance" dashboard widget. This includes the web server software, the PHP version, and the database software.
237
238 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) will include more enhancements, tweaks and useful features in future versions. Please [](https://bowo.io/feedback-asenhagive feedback](https://bowo.io/feedback-asenha](https://bowo.io/feedback-asenha) on must-have plugins or code snippets you enable on sites that you manage, and the functionalities will be considered for inclusion as well.
239
240 ### ASE Pro
241
242 **Pro version** with Lifetime Deal (LTD) is available at [](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-webwww.wpase.com](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web).
243
244 ### Give Back
245
246 * [](https://bowo.io/asenha-rvw-dsc**A nice review**](https://bowo.io/asenha-rvw-dsc](https://bowo.io/asenha-rvw-dsc) would be great!
247 * [](https://bowo.io/asenha-fdbk-dsc**Give feedback**](https://bowo.io/asenha-fdbk-dsc](https://bowo.io/asenha-fdbk-dsc) and help improve future versions.
248 * [](https://bowo.io/asenha-trnslt-dsc**Help translate**](https://bowo.io/asenha-trnslt-dsc](https://bowo.io/asenha-trnslt-dsc) plugin description on this page into your language.
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250
251 ### Check These Out Too
252
253 * [](https://wordpress.org/plugins/system-dashboard/System Dashboard](https://wordpress.org/plugins/system-dashboard/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/system-dashboard/): Central dashboard to monitor various WordPress components, processes and data, including the server.
254 * [](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-log-manager/Debug Log Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-log-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-log-manager/): Log PHP, database and JavaScript errors via WP_DEBUG with one click. Conveniently create, view, filter and clear the debug.log file.
255 * [](https://wordpress.org/plugins/variable-inspector/Variable Inspector](https://wordpress.org/plugins/variable-inspector/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/variable-inspector/): Inspect PHP variables on a central dashboard in wp-admin for convenient debugging.
256 * [](https://bowo.io/asenha-wpn-dscWordPress Newsboard](https://bowo.io/asenha-wpn-dsc](https://bowo.io/asenha-wpn-dsc): The latest news, articles, podcasts and videos from 100+ WordPress-focused sources.
257
258 ## Screenshots
259
260 1. Content Management
261 ![Content Management](.wordpress-org/screenshot-1.png)
262 2. Admin Interface
263 ![Admin Interface](.wordpress-org/screenshot-2.png)
264 3. Log In | Log Out
265 ![Log In | Log Out](.wordpress-org/screenshot-3.png)
266 4. Custom Code
267 ![Custom Code](.wordpress-org/screenshot-4.png)
268 5. Disable Components
269 ![Disable Components](.wordpress-org/screenshot-5.png)
270 6. Security
271 ![Security](.wordpress-org/screenshot-6.png)
272 7. Optimizations
273 ![Optimizations](.wordpress-org/screenshot-7.png)
274 8. Utilities
275 ![Utilities](.wordpress-org/screenshot-8.png)
276 9. Admin Menu Organizer module
277 ![Admin Menu Organizer module](.wordpress-org/screenshot-9.png)
278 10. Email Delivery module
279 ![Email Delivery module](.wordpress-org/screenshot-10.png)
280
281 ## Frequently Asked Questions
282
283 ### Why build this plugin?
284
285 Hoping that this is useful in reducing the number of plugins we install the first time we set up a site.
286
287 ## Changelog
288
289 **Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) v1.0.0** was released on October 17, 2022. Since then, there have been **61 _point_ releases** (e.g. 1.1.0 ) and **59 _patch_ releases** (e.g. 4.9.1).
290
291 Each **_point release_** usually corresponds with the addition of one new module/feature. Each module/feature usually is the equivalent of one (or more) single-purpose plugin. Each **_patch release_** usually contain one or more bugfix or improvements to existing modules/features.
292
293 [](https://www.wpase.com/chnlg-to-web**Upgrade to ASE Pro**](https://www.wpase.com/chnlg-to-web](https://www.wpase.com/chnlg-to-web) now. Lifetime Deal (LTD) available.
294
295 ### 6.2.2.1 (2023.12.05) - ASE Pro
296
297 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode**: improve loading of dependencies on media library and color picker assets.
298
299 ### 6.2.2 (2023.12.05) - ASE Free and Pro
300
301 * **[ADDED][Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode**: add an option to use an image as the page background. Props to Vijayanand V. for the suggestion. Using a solid color is also possible now. Please expect to see this module improved further in future releases.
302
303 * **[IMPROVED][PRO] Admin Interface >> Clean Up Admin Bar**: changed algorithm to detect newly added admin bar items, e.g. from theme, plugins or snippets, both on the backend and also the frontend. Props to Jan K. for suggesting the improvement and providing tips on how to achieve it.
304
305 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control**: transparent PNG will now be converted to transparent WebP. Props to Laurent F. for the suggestion.
306
307 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types**: added description on where to find links to create CPTs, custom taxonomies and custom field groups, which are under the Settings menu.
308
309 * **[IMPROVED][Free][Pro] Disable Components >> Disable XML-RPC**: improve code to ensure link to xmlrpc script in <head> is properly removed. Props to Dorel Y. for reporting the issue and suggesting a snippet to do that.
310
311 * **[FIXED][Pro] Missing 'Configure' link** in plugin action links on the Pro version, which may make it difficult for users to find the settings page for ASE if they've never used the free version before.
312
313 ### 6.2.1 (2023.12.01) - ASE Free and Pro
314
315 * **[ADDED][Pro] Security >> Obfuscate Email Address**: added the option to automatically obfuscate email addresses inside post content. Props to Dorel Y. for the suggestion.
316
317 * **[IMPROVED][Free][Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: for enabled post types, newly created posts will now be placed at the bottom of the order. This removes the need to manually order after post creation. Props to Bengt R. and Darius for identifying the issue with new posts ordering and suggesting the improvement.
318
319 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: added Post Parent and Menu Order columns in the Default (columns) section for hierarchical post types or those supporting page attributes.
320
321 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**: tidy up the appearance of TinyMCE toolbar in the WYSIWYG custom field input.
322
323 * **[IMPROVED][Free][Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Comments**: this should be more reliable now with improved application of the comments_array filter hook for post types where comments are being disabled. Props to Dorel Y. for reporting the issue with a theme used on their site.
324
325 * **[GRAMMAR][Free][Pro] Admin Interface - Enhance List Tables**: remove unneeded dots from the end of the list items. Props to Sridhar K. for spotting that.
326
327 * **[FIXED][Free][Pro] Optimizations >> Heartbeat Control**: fixed a PHP Warning when wp-cron.php is triggered. Props to Avi R. and Christian G. for reporting the issue.
328
329 * **[FIXED][Free][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: certain plugins, e.g. GigPress and MemberPress, has parent menu items that were not able to be organized by the AMO module. This should now be fixed. Props to Nadja V.M. and Dana S. for reporting the issue.
330
331 * **[FIXED][Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**: fixed a missing JS file error when using the block editor and having a WYSIWYG custom field loaded.
332
333 ### 6.2.0 (2023.11.27) - ASE Free and Pro
334
335 * **[ADDED][Pro] Utilities >> Local User Avatar**: New module to enable usage of any image from WordPress Media Library as user avatars. Props to Florian B. for the suggestion.
336
337 * **[IMPROVED][Free][Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator**: improve module description with clearer examples of how to use the shortcode. Props to jh@ for the suggestion.
338
339 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**: image field input will now render the 'medium' size image as a preview in the post edit screen, preventing cropping of images that is better shown uncropped, e.g. brand logo. Props to Simon for providing detailed feedback on this.
340
341 * **[FIXED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: prevent duplication of WooCommerce taxonomy terms in the product categories and product tags columns. Props to Philippe G. and Florian B. for reporting the issue.
342
343 * **[FIXED][Free][Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control**: fixed an issue where subsequently uploading files with the same filename will result in the last upload overwriting the earlier uploads, i.e. all uploads ended up with the same filename. This includes scenarios when such images are copy-pasted into the block editor. Props to Manu H. reporting the issue in detail and help with ongoing troubleshooting.
344
345 * **[FIXED][Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control**: in some scenarios, the default WebP conversion quality of 82 is not automatically applied upon enabling it. It should now be properly applied. Props to Matija S. for spotting the issue.
346
347 ### 6.1.3 (2023.11.23) - ASE Free and Pro
348
349 * **[ADDED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Bar**: added a Pro feature to (also) hide the admin bar on the backend for some user roles, which maybe desirable for certain types of membership sites.
350
351 * **[IMPROVED][Free][Pro] Utilities >> View Admin as Role**: added a floating button to the right-bottom corner of wp-admin pages when viewing as a non-admin user role. In addition to the switcher on the admin bar, this should make it easier to switch back to the administrator role.
352
353 * **[IMPROVED][Free][Pro] Utilities >> View Admin as Role**: add a warning for sites that has Ninja Firewall active to uncheck "Block attempts to gain administrative privileges" when this module is enabled to prevent being locked out of the admin account. Props to C de Groot for reporting the issue and suggesting to add a warning.
354
355 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: the "Manage Columns" button will now be visible only to administrators. Thanks to Claudio P. for reporting the issue where non-admins can see it and clicking on it produces error messages.
356
357 ### 6.1.2 (2023.11.21) - ASE Pro
358
359 * **[ADDED][Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: added a description field to each code snippet and a column for it in the list view. Props to Simon (and another user whom I can't figure out who, sorry!) for suggesting this.
360
361 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: when Content Order is enabled for code snippets, the 'Order' submenu item will properly be positioned at the end.
362
363 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: reduce FOUC (Flash of Unstyled Content) on the add new & edit screens of code snippets.
364
365 * **[FIXED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: fixed an issue where for certain group of submenu items are not shown when this module is enabled and/or when saving changes with the module enabled. For example, this happened with WooCommerce >> Analytics and FakerPress submenu items. Props to @ubuntuproductions for reporting the issue.
366
367 ### 6.1.1 (2023.11.17) - ASE Pro
368
369 * **[FIXED]Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: fixed PHP warning for newly added option to use custom order on the frontend. Props to Thomas B. for reporting.
370
371 ### 6.1.0 (2023.11.17) - ASE Free and Pro
372
373 * **[ADDED][Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: added option to use custom order on frontend query and display of enabled post types. This is done via the pre_get_posts hook for post type archive pages and on secondary queries.
374
375 * **[ADDED][Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control**: you can now set the WebP conversion quality, between 1 to 100. Default has been increased from 80 to 82. Props to Istvan for suggesting the improvement after seeing artifacts on blurry parts of certain images when converted to WebP with the default quality settings.
376
377 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: newly registered custom taxonomies will now immediately show up in the Admin Columns Manager screen. Previously, you'll need to reset the columns first. Props to Simon for reporting the issue when adding a custom taxonomy with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), leading to the improvement made.
378
379 * **[IMPROVED][Free][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: styling of WooCommerce separator has been improved to match the other separators.
380
381 * **[FIXED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: fixed a bug where opting to always hide a menu item does not properlly work. Also added special treatment for Yoast SEO menu item that can not be always hidden due to how it is showing a special menu item for editors. Props to Chris for reporting the issue and helping with troubleshooting.
382
383 * **[FIXED][Free][Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator**: further fix for Firefox browser, to correctly show the human-readable email address to site visitors. Props to Mark G. for reporting the issue (again!).
384
385 * **[FIXED][Free][Pro] Content Management >> Content Duplication**: fixed an issue with CSS variables used in the block editor not being properly duplicated, thus breaking the style of the duplicate post. Props to Tim H. for reporting the issue when working with blocks from GenerateBlocks.
386
387 * **[FIXED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: fixed an issue where saving changes resulted in an error in the admin-ajax.php call when 5G / 6G firewall rules is enabled in All in One Security plugin. Props to Joko Z. for reporting the issue.
388
389 * **[FIXED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: fixed an issue where "an unexpected network error has occurred!" notice was shown in the admin notices panel despite no apparent network error occurring. Props to Sebastian A. for reporting this.
390
391 * **[FIXED][Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: fixed an issue where last modified date time is inaccurate. Props to Greg F. for reporting the issue and helping with troubleshooting.
392
393 ### 6.0.8.2 (2023.11.13) - ASE Pro
394
395 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: Fix issues with Rank Math SEO admin columns. Ensure they are properly manageable with ASE while retaining bulk-editability, and prevent duplicate values from being shown. Props to Benjamin P. for reporting the issue with detail and screenshots.
396
397 ### 6.0.8.1 (2023.11.13) - ASE Free and Pro
398
399 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories**: frontend CSS previously (also) loaded for public visitors will only be shown to logged-in users when they work with the media library in page builders.
400
401 * **[IMPROVED][Free][Pro] Content Management >> External Permalinks**: completely remove jQuery dependency so it no longer loads on the frontend. Previously the frontend JS was improved to no longer use jQuery, but the dependency was still there. Props to David M. for reporting the issue as he was working on his site using Bricks builder and wanted to optimize page load time.
402
403 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: Further improvement to the handling of custom columns from plugins, prompted by report from Paul R. of an issue with columns from WooCommerce Product Retailers plugin.
404
405
406 ### 6.0.8 (2023.11.12) - ASE Pro
407
408 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: Improved handling for custom columns from plugins, e.g. SEO plugins like Yoast SEO, All in One SEO (AIOS), Rank Math SEO and SEOPress. There's now a dedicated "Extra" section on the admin columns management page/UI. There's also a "Reset Columns" button that will allow for restoring columns to the initial state and re-listing available default, extra and custom field columns to choose from. Props to Benjamin P. and Tim for reporting issues with Rank Math and SEOPress which prompted the improvement.
409
410 * **[FIX][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Fixed an issue where submenu items could not be re-ordered. Props to Bruze Z. for reporting the issue with WooCommerce Products submenu items.
411
412 ### 6.0.7 (2023.11.10) - ASE Free and Pro
413
414 * **[FIX][Free][Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components >> Disable Dashicons CSS and JS**: Fix for scenarios where a custom login URL is set with another plugin, e.g. All in One Security (AIOS), and disabling Dashicons will mess up the styling of that login page. Thanks to Aleš for reporting the issue.
415
416 * **[FIX][Free][Pro] Security >> Obfuscate Author Slugs**: Fixed PHP warning "Undefined array key SERVER_ADDR" in certain scenarios where server IP is not detectable via that PHP server global. Thanks to Marco M. for reporting.
417
418 * **[FIX][Free][Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL**: Fix for password-protected pages getting redirected to the /not_found/ 404 page even after entering the correct password. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanektomas/@vanektomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanektomas/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanektomas/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netzzjd/@netzzjd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netzzjd/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netzzjd/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-change-login-url-if-its-enabled-and-set/reporting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-change-login-url-if-its-enabled-and-set/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-change-login-url-if-its-enabled-and-set/).
419
420 * **[FIX][Free][Pro] Utilities >> Display System Summary**: Fixed PHP fatal error when mysqli_connect() fails to connect to the database. Thanks to Diaz X. and Simon for reporting the issue.
421
422 * **[FIX][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: Fixed PHP Warning "non-numeric value encountered". Props to Elon R. for reporting the issue in detail.
423
424 ### 6.0.6 (2023.11.05) - ASE Free and Pro
425
426 * **[ADDED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: Horizontal scrolling on the posts list table is automatically enabled when there are columns using custom width in pixels that have the combined width greater than the width of the list table. This is especially useful for post types with many custom fields and you'd like to show many / most of them in the list table.
427
428 * **[IMPROVED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: Ensure custom columns are shown correctly in the posts list table after performing Quick Edit on a post. Props to Benjamin P. for reporting the issue.
429
430 * **[FIXED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: Fixed several PHP Warnings when custom fields have no value assigned yet for a post.
431
432 * **[FIXED][Free][Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: Connection error notices were shown immediately after enabling this module, regardless of whether there was an actual connection error. It will now be properly hidden and only shown as needed. Props to Sebastian A. for reporting the issue.
433
434 * **[FIXED][Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types**: The WYSIWYG custom field will now correctly insert the media when using the Add Media button/UI.
435
436 * **[FIXED][Free][Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator**: Fixed an issue with Firefox browser not correctly showing the human-readable version of the email. Props to Mark G. for reporting the issue with helpful screenshots.
437
438 ### 6.0.5.1 (2023.10.31) - ASE Free and Pro
439
440 * **[FIXED][Free][Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL**: Fixed an issue where correct login redirects to /not_found/ after latest changes in v6.0.5. Props to Gustavo F. and Ignacio C. for reporting the issue.
441
442 ### 6.0.5 (2023.10.30) - ASE Free and Pro
443
444 * **[IMPROVED][Free][Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL**: Redirection of /wp-login.php and /wp-admin/ to the 404 /not_found/ URL works more reliably now. Props to Gustavo F. for reporting the issue where those URLs were not properly redirecting to /not_found/ on his sites and ongoing help with troubleshooting it.
445
446 * **[FIXED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Missing submenu items should now be shown in the admin menu, as well as ASE Pro settings page's sortables. i.e. the module should more reliably show submenu items now. Props to Bruce Z for reporting this for an ACF Pro CPT menu item which had missing submenu items on his site.
447
448 * **[FIXED][Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types**: Fixed a PHP Warning error. Props to Sam E.B. for reporting.
449
450 ### 6.0.4 (2023.10.26) - ASE Free and Pro
451
452 * **[IMPROVED][Free] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: Removed broad-sweeping CSS rules that unintentionally affected notices that were not supposed to be hidden into the admin notices panel. Props to Ingo R. for reporting the issue with MainWP site connection error notice being hidden on page load.
453
454 * **[IMPROVED][Free] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components >> Disable version number**: will now only remove version number from static assets in the public view (non-logged-in) of pages. Props to Ingo R for reporting that ACSS auto-BEM feature in Bricks was missing it's button in the structure panel, and was caused by version number being removed from static assets.
455
456 * **[FIXED][Free][Pro] PHP Deprecation notice in PHP 8.1:** which showed up when `null` was unintentionally passed into `preg_replace()` during the rendering of some ASE setting fields. Props to Stewart R. for reporting the issue.
457
458 * **[FIXED][Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer:** now correctly shows all submenu items. Props to Henry R. for reporting an issue where several of Elementor's 'Templates' menu's submenu items gone missing when this module was enabled.
459
460 ### 6.0.3 (2023.10.18) - ASE Free and Pro
461
462 * **[FIXED][Free] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: Plugin description and update success message will now remain visible after plugin update process is completed on the Plugins listing page.
463 * **[FIXED][Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: CSS fixes for the activate / deactivate / publish / update box on each snippet.
464 * **[FIXED][Free] Utilities >> Display System Summary**: CSS fix to ensure system summary is displayed in alignment with other elements in the At a Glance widget
465
466 ### 6.0.2 (2023.10.17) - ASE Pro
467
468 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: Will now render the value of custom fields added using default WordPress UI/metabox for managing custom fields. This is rendered using [](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_meta/`get_post_meta()`](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_meta/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_meta/). Props to Upekkha for reporting it.
469
470 ### 6.0.1 (2023.10.13) - ASE Pro
471
472 * **[FIXED] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: PHP Warning: undefined variable. Props to Michael S.P. for reporting it.
473 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: PHP Warning: undefined array key 0. Props to Sam for reporting it.
474 * **[FIXED] Content Management >> Custom Content Types**: PHP Deprecation: creation of dynamic properties. Props to Steven for reporting it.
475 * **[FIXED] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control**: .jpeg files will now properly be converted to .webp. Props to Julian S for reporting it.
476
477 ### 6.0.0 (2023.10.11)
478
479 * **[ADDED] Log In | Log Out >> Site Identity on Login Page**: Use the site icon and URL to replace the default WordPress logo with link to wordpress.org on the login page. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cooper08/@cooper08](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cooper08/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cooper08/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julians3/@julians3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julians3/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julians3/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-login-wp-logo/suggesting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-login-wp-logo/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-login-wp-logo/) along with the code snippet.
480
481 * **[Pro] The Pro version of ASE is here. Lifetime Deal (LTD) is available.** Find out more at [](https://www.wpase.com/chnlg-to-webwpase.com](https://www.wpase.com/chnlg-to-web](https://www.wpase.com/chnlg-to-web).
482
483 ### 5.8.1 (2023.10.05)
484
485 * **[FIXED] wp_die error message** when updating to v5.8.0. Thanks to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verysiberian/@verysiberian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verysiberian/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verysiberian/) for the prompt and detailed [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wsod-on-all-sites-after-update/report](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wsod-on-all-sites-after-update/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wsod-on-all-sites-after-update/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrlkd/@wrlkd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrlkd/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrlkd/), [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockwildaz/@rockwildaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockwildaz/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockwildaz/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amnwtritaly/@amnwtritaly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amnwtritaly/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amnwtritaly/) for helping out with troubleshooting.
486
487 ### 5.8.0 (2023.10.05)
488
489 * **[ADDED] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components >> Disable version number**: You can now hide version number which by default is part of static resource (CSS/JS) URLs in the <head>. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cooper08/@cooper08](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cooper08/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cooper08/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-smaller-components/suggesting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-smaller-components/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-smaller-components/) along with the code snippet.
490
491 * **[ADDED] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components >> Disable jQuery Migrate**: You can now disable the jQuery Migrate script from loading on the frontend. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blueoaks/@blueoaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blueoaks/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blueoaks/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-disable-jquery-migrate/suggesting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-disable-jquery-migrate/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-disable-jquery-migrate/).
492
493 * **[CHANGED] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: This is now limited to site admins only. Editors, Authors and other user roles will see notices as usual.
494
495 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: Notices under each plugin that has an update in the Plugins list page now shows up normally where it was previously missing/hidden when Hide Admin Notices is active. Thanks to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/venkeyaccent/@venkeyaccent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/venkeyaccent/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/venkeyaccent/), [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmdeck/@dmdeck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmdeck/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmdeck/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/computerbuddha/@computerbuddha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/computerbuddha/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/computerbuddha/) for reporting this issue [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-hide-admin-notices/here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-hide-admin-notices/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-in-hide-admin-notices/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-admin-notices-issue/here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-admin-notices-issue/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-admin-notices-issue/).
496
497 * **[IMPROVED] Admin Interface >> Wider Admin Menu**: Now works when wp-admin is in Right-to-Left (RTL) languages. Thanks to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mehdimoradi7172/@mehdimoradi7172](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mehdimoradi7172/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mehdimoradi7172/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wider-admin-menu-rtl-issue/reporting the issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wider-admin-menu-rtl-issue/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wider-admin-menu-rtl-issue/).
498
499 * **[IMPROVED] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL**: Default lost password URL no longer accessible directly and must now include custom login slug. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/banijadev/@banijadev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/banijadev/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/banijadev/) for discovering the issue and [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-support-hidden-lost-password-path/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-support-hidden-lost-password-path/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-support-hidden-lost-password-path/).
500
501 * **[IMPROVED] Content Management >> Media Replacement**: media-replace-frontend.css no longer loads for site visitors. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cvladan/@cvladan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cvladan/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cvladan/) for discovering the issue and [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-load-media-replace-frontend-css-on-frontend/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-load-media-replace-frontend-css-on-frontend/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-load-media-replace-frontend-css-on-frontend/).
502
503 * **[SECURITY] Utilities >> Password Protection**: Patched a bypass vulnerability disclosed responsibly by security researcher Abu Hurayra via Patchstack, regarding the authentication cookie. It now uses wp_hash_password() and wp_check_password().
504
505 ### 5.7.1 (2023.09.12)
506
507 * **[FIXED] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg**: Fixed PHP Warnings. Thanks to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ysintos/@ysintos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ysintos/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ysintos/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ofmarconi/@ofmarconi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ofmarconi/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ofmarconi/) for reporting this issue [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-upload-images-after-last-update-5-7-0/here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-upload-images-after-last-update-5-7-0/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-upload-images-after-last-update-5-7-0/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-class-disable-components-php-on-line-238/here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-class-disable-components-php-on-line-238/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-class-disable-components-php-on-line-238/).
508
509 * **[FIXED] Custom Code >> Custom Admin / Frontend CSS**: Fix for escaped symbols being output on inlined stylesheets. Thanks to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d4niwp/@d4niwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d4niwp/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d4niwp/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-admin-and-frontend-css-selector-is-converted-into/reporting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-admin-and-frontend-css-selector-is-converted-into/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-admin-and-frontend-css-selector-is-converted-into/).
510
511 ### 5.7.0 (2023.08.30)
512
513 * **[NEW] Refreshed UI for ASE admin page.** This is largely based off of the UI/X design work generously provided by [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rinodeboer/@rinodeboer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rinodeboer/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rinodeboer/). Thanks so much Rino!
514
515 * **[IMPROVED] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices:** Handle additional notices which appears on an admin pages that have been encapsulated inside an additional div, which is sometimes done by plugins that modifies a WP core admin screen.
516
517 * **[IMPROVED] Refactored admin-page.js**, the main js file used to build out ASE's admin page. It's tidier and smaller now.
518
519 * **[CHANGED] Move Enhance List Table module inside Admin Interface tab** and reorganize modules in that tab for better logical grouping / sequencing.
520
521 ### 5.6.2 (2023.08.25)
522
523 * **[FIXED] JS error in admin-page.js.** Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyguzman/@andyguzman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyguzman/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyguzman/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avif-jquery-breaking-the-settings-page/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avif-jquery-breaking-the-settings-page/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avif-jquery-breaking-the-settings-page/).
524
525
526 ### 5.6.1 (2023.08.24)
527
528 * **[FIXED] Content Management >> Media Replacement**: Fixed PHP Warnings. Thanks to Marco for reporting this issue.
529
530 * **[IMPROVED] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: Fixed missing commas in JS file to target certain notice divs. Notices no longer 'flash' briefly now before being hidden inside the notices panel. Thanks to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cvladan/@cvladan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cvladan/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cvladan/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-another-plugin-suggestion/suggesting the fix](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-another-plugin-suggestion/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-another-plugin-suggestion/).
531
532 ### 5.6.0 (2023.08.14)
533
534 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Display System Summary**: Show quick summary of the system the site is running on to admins, in the "At a Glance" dashboard widget. This includes the web server software, the PHP version, and the database software. Props to Keith for suggesting this.
535
536 * **[IMPROVED] Security >> Limit Login Attempts**: Improve SQL query for creating the failed logins log table so it is more compatible with a wider range of DB setups.
537
538 ### 5.5.2 (2023.08.09)
539
540 * **[IMPROVED] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg**: default WP post types (wp_template, wp_template_part, wp_global_styles, wp_navigation) are now removed from the Disable Gutenberg settings.
541
542 * **[IMPROVED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: when a hidden menu item is selected, i.e. the admin page for it is being viewed, the menu item will now remain visible along with it's sub-menu items. This makes for a better UX overall, reducing back and forth clicks of the "Show All" toggle. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhung/@tomhung](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhung/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhung/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvaer/@dvaer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvaer/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvaer/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-show-all-menu-stay-open-when-on-closed-menu-item/suggesting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-show-all-menu-stay-open-when-on-closed-menu-item/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-show-all-menu-stay-open-when-on-closed-menu-item/).
543
544 * **[IMPROVED] Disable Components >> Disable Feeds**: the /feed/ page now will properly return 403 Forbidden response. It was previously showing 500 error when a site is inspected with [](https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/Sucuri malware and security checker](https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/](https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/). The code changes for this was produced by ChatGTP via [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ofmarconi/@ofmarconi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ofmarconi/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ofmarconi/)'s [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sucuri-error-500-disable-feed/#post-16957833prompt](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sucuri-error-500-disable-feed/#post-16957833](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sucuri-error-500-disable-feed/#post-16957833) as part of his [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sucuri-error-500-disable-feed/detailed report and investigation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sucuri-error-500-disable-feed/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sucuri-error-500-disable-feed/) on the issue. Thank you!
545
546 * **In-Kind Sponsorship**: If anyone has spare license for [](https://generateblocks.com/pro/GenerateBlocks Pro](https://generateblocks.com/pro/](https://generateblocks.com/pro/), [](https://blockstudio.dev/Blockstudio](https://blockstudio.dev/](https://blockstudio.dev/), [](https://www.lazyblocks.com/Lazy Blocks](https://www.lazyblocks.com/](https://www.lazyblocks.com/), [](https://cubewp.com/CubeWP](https://cubewp.com/](https://cubewp.com/) and/or [](https://wsform.com/WS Form](https://wsform.com/](https://wsform.com/) that you'd like to donate to my test site for ASE, please [](https://bowo.ioget in touch](https://bowo.io](https://bowo.io). Thank you!
547
548 ### 5.5.1 (2023.08.07)
549
550 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer:** some plugins register their menu item with a super-late priority, e.g. 10000, so, ASE can not organize them properly. Changes have been made to accommodate such scenario. Props to [](https://github.com/gd4web@gd4web](https://github.com/gd4web](https://github.com/gd4web) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/features-request-and-issue-reporting/reporting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/features-request-and-issue-reporting/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/features-request-and-issue-reporting/) in detail.
551
552 * **[FIXED] Content Management >> Content Order:** Fix for PHP errors that appear if a post type has been de-registered while content ordering is still enabled for it in ASE.
553
554 * **[FIXED] Security >> Limit Login Attempts:** Fixed an issue for when 'sql_require_primary_key' is set in the DB, e.g. managed MySQL DB in DigitalOccean, ASE would churn out "Attempt to create or modify table without primary key" error. Props to [](https://github.com/gd4webGreg Mount](https://github.com/gd4web](https://github.com/gd4web) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attempt-to-create-or-modify-table-without-primary-key/reporting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attempt-to-create-or-modify-table-without-primary-key/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attempt-to-create-or-modify-table-without-primary-key/) in great detail and suggesting the fix.
555
556 * **[IMPROVED] Disable Components >> Disable Comments:** Add filter to prevent anonymous comment via XML-RPC. Props to [](https://github.com/bzosel@bzosel](https://github.com/bzosel](https://github.com/bzosel) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-was-added-although-comments-disabled/reporting an issue with disabling comment](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-was-added-although-comments-disabled/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-was-added-although-comments-disabled/) that prompted this improvement.
557
558 * **[NEW MONTHLY SPONSOR] Thank you @maeonian for being a new monthly sponsor at USD 2 / month!** ASE is now at 6 of 10 of the monthly sponsors goal. It doesn't take much to sponsor ASE for the time and effort savings you may have gained by using it on your sites. You can [](https://github.com/sponsors/qriousladbe one](https://github.com/sponsors/qriouslad](https://github.com/sponsors/qriouslad) today!
559
560 ### 5.5.0 (2023.08.04)
561
562 * **[ADDED] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator**. Obfuscate email address to prevent spam bots from harvesting them, but make it readable like a regular email address for human visitors. Props to [](https://github.com/nassukesso@nassukesso](https://github.com/nassukesso](https://github.com/nassukesso) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-address-obfuscating/suggesting this feature](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-address-obfuscating/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-address-obfuscating/).
563
564 * **[FIXED] In some scenarios, ASE settings page only shows the category tabs while not showing any of the actual modules settings**. Props to John B. for reporting this and facilitating troubleshooting. He also kindly provided licenses to premium plugins on my test site, that will help with ASE development and maintenance in the future. If you have spare licenses for [](https://elementor.com/pro/~~Elementor Pro~~](https://elementor.com/pro/](https://elementor.com/pro/), [](https://wpspectra.com/pro/~~Spectra Pro~~](https://wpspectra.com/pro/](https://wpspectra.com/pro/), [](https://bricksbuilder.io/~~Bricks~~](https://bricksbuilder.io/](https://bricksbuilder.io/), [](https://cwicly.com/~~Cwicly~~](https://cwicly.com/](https://cwicly.com/) and/or [](https://crocoblock.com/plugins/jetengine/~~JetEngine~~](https://crocoblock.com/plugins/jetengine/](https://crocoblock.com/plugins/jetengine/) that you'd like to donate to my test site, please [](https://bowo.ioget in touch](https://bowo.io](https://bowo.io).
565
566 ### 5.4.1 (2023.07.31)
567
568 * **[Fixed] Security >> Limit Login Attempts**. Fixed an error on sites with older version of MySQL / MariaDB that caused the failure of DB table creation to be used to log failed login attempts. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kwsim539/Ken Sim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kwsim539/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kwsim539/) for [](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/4reporting this](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/4](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/4) in great detail, which made it much easier to fix. Ken has also kindly became a [](https://github.com/sponsors/qriousladmonthly sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/qriouslad](https://github.com/sponsors/qriouslad) of my work. Thanks Ken! I'm now at 5 of my initial goal of [](https://github.com/sponsors/qriousladgetting 10 monthly sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/qriouslad](https://github.com/sponsors/qriouslad). 🙂
569
570 * **[IMPROVED] Content Management >> Enhance List Tables >> Show featured image column:** will now replace the default product thumbnail column on WooCommerce product listing page, and no longer show both columns. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studio84digital/@studio84digital](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studio84digital/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studio84digital/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-featured-image-column-woocommerce/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-featured-image-column-woocommerce/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-featured-image-column-woocommerce/) on the [](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-site-enhancements/support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-site-enhancements/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-site-enhancements/).
571
572 ### 5.4.0 (2023.07.25)
573
574 * **[ADDED] Content Management >> Allow Custom Navigation Menu Items to Open in New Tab**. Allow custom navigation menu items to have links that open in new browser tab via target="\_blank" attribute. The rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" attribute will also be added for enhanced security and SEO benefits. Props to [](https://github.com/tomhung@tomhung](https://github.com/tomhung](https://github.com/tomhung) for [](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/4suggesting this feature](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/4](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/4) and providing the [](https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/2567854code snippet](https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/2567854](https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/2567854) to base it upon.
575
576 * Checked compatibility with WordPress v6.3 RC1
577
578 ### 5.3.2 (2023.07.15)
579
580 * **[FIXED] Disable Smaller Components >> Disable the generator meta tag:** fixed PHP fatal error in some scenarios for PHP v8.0+. Props to [](https://github.com/swissspidy@swissspidy](https://github.com/swissspidy](https://github.com/swissspidy) for [](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/4reporting it](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/4](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/4) on Github.
581
582 * **[IMPROVED] Content Management >> External Permalinks:** removed jQuery dependency on the front-end in public.js. Replaced script with pure JS version churn out by ChatGPT which was prompted by Marco M.J. So, yes... first AI usage in ASE code. Pretty cool. 🙂
583
584 ### 5.3.1 (2023.07.14)
585
586 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Disable Dashboard Widgets:** fixed PHP warning. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mohobook/@mohobook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mohobook/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mohobook/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-error-media-replacement-not-working/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-error-media-replacement-not-working/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-error-media-replacement-not-working/).
587
588 * **[IMPROVED] Content Management >> Open All External Links in New Tab:** will now exclude relative URLs which points to internal URLs from being opened in a new tab. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francismacomber/@francismacomber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francismacomber/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/francismacomber/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open-all-external-links-in-new-tab-misidentifies-relative-urls-as-external/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open-all-external-links-in-new-tab-misidentifies-relative-urls-as-external/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open-all-external-links-in-new-tab-misidentifies-relative-urls-as-external/).
589
590 ### 5.3.0 (2023.07.08)
591
592 * **[IMPROVED] Utilities >> Email Delivery**: You can now send a test email to verify if your custom sender name/email and SMTP configuration work as intended. Props to many users for suggesting this in the support forum [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-test-email-delivery/here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-test-email-delivery/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-test-email-delivery/), [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-smtp-email-delivery/here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-smtp-email-delivery/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-smtp-email-delivery/), [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-email-delivery/here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-email-delivery/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-email-delivery/), [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-smtp-by-sending-an-email/here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-smtp-by-sending-an-email/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-smtp-by-sending-an-email/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-a-test-option-for-smtp/here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-a-test-option-for-smtp/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-a-test-option-for-smtp/).
593
594 ### 5.2.11 (2023.07.05)
595
596 * **[IMPROVED] Utilities >> Password Protection** This will now also work on non-HTTPS sites. Props to Sascha for reporting the issue via the contact form at [](https://bowo.iobowo.io](https://bowo.io](https://bowo.io) and providing great detail about what was done to try and troubleshoot it, and later on found the root cause of the issue, which made fixing the issue much simpler.
597
598 ### 5.2.10 (2023.06.30)
599
600 * **[IMPROVED] Utilities >> Email Delivery** Custom sender name / email can now be set and enforced independent of delivery via external SMTP service/account. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lcwilson18/@lcwilson18](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lcwilson18/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lcwilson18/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-email-delivery/suggesting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-email-delivery/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-email-delivery/).
601
602 ### 5.2.9 (2023.06.27)
603
604 * **[FIXED] Log In | Log Out >> Redirect After Login** will now correctly redirect to an internal wp-admin page, e.g. wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=page (View All Pages). Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhung/@tomhung](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhung/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhung/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-after-login-wont-redirect-to-internal-page/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-after-login-wont-redirect-to-internal-page/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-after-login-wont-redirect-to-internal-page/).
605
606 ### 5.2.8 (2023.06.26)
607
608 * **[IMPROVED] Front-end public.js** will only be loaded if relevant modules that use it are enabled. Props to Martin M. for reporting the issue via the contact form at [](https://bowo.iobowo.io](https://bowo.io](https://bowo.io) and Maxime D. via Facebook message.
609
610 ### 5.2.7 (2023.06.26)
611
612 * **[FIXED] Custom Code**: Possible fix for CodeMirror (code editor) JS error caused by jQuery not being explicitly set as a dependency. When this happens, ASE's admin page is rendered blank / useless. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarah-haruel/@sarah-haruel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarah-haruel/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarah-haruel/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-and-site-enhancements-ase-disabled-when-slideshow-se-activated/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-and-site-enhancements-ase-disabled-when-slideshow-se-activated/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-and-site-enhancements-ase-disabled-when-slideshow-se-activated/).
613 * **[IMPROVED] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL**: Improve module description to avoid confusion with renaming the entire /wp-admin/ as opposed to renaming just the login URL. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max-ziebell/Maz Ziebell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max-ziebell/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max-ziebell/) for the suggestion.
614 * **[FIXED] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg**: Fixed PHP warning when saving a CPT post where gutenberg has been disabled. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmount/@gregmount](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmount/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmount/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-gutenberg-throws-php-warning/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-gutenberg-throws-php-warning/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-gutenberg-throws-php-warning/).
615 * **[ADDED] A dismissible Sponsorship / Rating / Feedback nudge/notice** has been added to ASE's admin page (only), which will appear after every 10 consecutive clicks of the "Save changes" button. This is a way to try and gain additional support for ASE's ongoing development and maintenance. I hope you don't mind. 🙂
616
617 ### 5.2.6 (2023.06.24)
618
619 * **[FIXED] Security >> Limit Login Attempts**: Fixed PHP warning issue. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomo55555/@tomo55555](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomo55555/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomo55555/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-error-reported/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-error-reported/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-error-reported/).
620
621 ### 5.2.5 (2023.06.22)
622
623 * **[FIXED] Utilities >> Password Protection**: Fixed the issue that causes the password protection form/page to have no styling after v5.2.4 patch release. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmount/@gregmount](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmount/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmount/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/v5-2-4-breaks-styling-on-password-protection/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/v5-2-4-breaks-styling-on-password-protection/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/v5-2-4-breaks-styling-on-password-protection/).
624
625 ### 5.2.4 (2023.06.21)
626
627 * **[FIXED] Disable Components >> Disable Dashicons**: Fixed PHP warning when executing WP CLI commands. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhung/@tomhung](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhung/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhung/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-strpos-empty-needle-2/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-strpos-empty-needle-2/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-strpos-empty-needle-2/).
628
629 * **[RESOLVED] Unable to Save Changes in ASE**: This is caused by plugin conflict which happens when [](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/WP STAGING - Backup Duplicator & Migration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/) is active. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilimats/@kilimats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilimats/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilimats/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-save-14/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-save-14/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-save-14/) and to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allbutone/@allbutone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allbutone/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allbutone/) for liasing with the developer of WP Staging to [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-conflict-prevents-saving/fix things on their end](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-conflict-prevents-saving/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-conflict-prevents-saving/).
630
631 ### 5.2.3 (2023.06.18)
632
633 * **[FIXED] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control**: fixed a small code error that prevented image resizing from actually happening. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matija80/@matija80](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matija80/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matija80/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-control-resizing-doesnt-work/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-control-resizing-doesnt-work/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-control-resizing-doesnt-work/).
634
635 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Disable Dashboard Widgets**: fixed "array offset on value of type bool" error. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grizdev/@grizdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grizdev/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grizdev/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-dashboard-widgets-produces-array-offset-on-value-of-type-bool-error/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-dashboard-widgets-produces-array-offset-on-value-of-type-bool-error/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-dashboard-widgets-produces-array-offset-on-value-of-type-bool-error/).
636
637 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Wider Admin Menu**: fixed an issue where wider admin menu pushed WooCommerce page header content to shift right and be cut-off from the screen. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/malaga16/@malaga16](https://wordpress.org/support/users/malaga16/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/malaga16/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-menu-sidebar-custom-with-problem/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-menu-sidebar-custom-with-problem/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-menu-sidebar-custom-with-problem/).
638
639 * **[FIXED] Utilities >> Password Protection**: fixed PHP Warning. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmount/@gregmount](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmount/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmount/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-on-password-protected-login/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-on-password-protected-login/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-on-password-protected-login/).
640
641 ### 5.2.2 (2023.06.14)
642
643 * **[FIXED] Security >> Limit Login Attempts**: fixed redirection loop that happens when custom login URL is enabled and user has reached the allowed failed login attempts count. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allbutone/@allbutone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allbutone/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allbutone/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-limit-login-attempts/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-limit-login-attempts/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-limit-login-attempts/) and narrowing down the steps to replicate the issue reliably, which helps with troubleshooting.
644
645 ### 5.2.1 (2023.06.13)
646
647 * **[FIXED] Disable Components >> Disable Comments**: Fixed an issue where a JS alert saying "Are you sure you want to do this? The comment changes you made will be lost." popups when trying to update a page / post / post type where commenting has been disabled. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagaloni/@dagaloni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagaloni/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagaloni/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-you-sure-you-want-to-to-this-popup-for-updateting-page/thoroughly reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-you-sure-you-want-to-to-this-popup-for-updateting-page/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/are-you-sure-you-want-to-to-this-popup-for-updateting-page/) with screenshots and steps to replicate the issue.
648
649 * **[FIXED] Utilities >> View Admin as Role**: Provide a simple and secure method to regain administrator access when something goes wrong while switching to non-administrator role. This occasionally happens when the login session ended and you're being logged out by the system. Instruction on how to regain administrator access has been added to the settings section for the module. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cebuss/@cebuss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cebuss/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cebuss/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-avoid-locking-people-out-of-their-site/thoroughly reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-avoid-locking-people-out-of-their-site/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-avoid-locking-people-out-of-their-site/) and providing a way to regain access via direct changes to the database.
650
651 * **[SECURITY] Utilities >> View Admin as Role**: Make sure only users performing role switching can access the role switcher admin bar menu. This ensures that non-administrator users logging in normally won't see the menu and prevent them from performing role switching.
652
653 ### 5.2.0 (2023.06.10)
654
655 * **[ADDED] Admin Interface >> Wider Admin Menu**. Give the admin menu more room to better accommodate wider items. Props to [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dvaer/@dvaer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dvaer/](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dvaer/) and [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilimats/@kilimats](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilimats/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilimats/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-wider-admin-menu/suggesting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-wider-admin-menu/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-wider-admin-menu/).
656
657 ### 5.1.0 (2023.06.04)
658
659 * **[ADDED] Disable Components >> Disable Block-Based Widgets Settings Screen**. Restores the classic widgets settings screen when using a classic (non-block) theme. Props to [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ruralinfo/@ruralinfo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ruralinfo/](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ruralinfo/) and [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dvaer/@dvaer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dvaer/](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dvaer/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-disable-gutenberg-for-widget-page/suggesting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-disable-gutenberg-for-widget-page/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-disable-gutenberg-for-widget-page/).
660 * **[FIXED] UTILITIES >> SMTP Email Delivery**: fixed an issue where 'from' email is using WP default wordpress@site.com instead of the email defined in module settings. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarlywebs/@scarlywebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarlywebs/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarlywebs/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-from-not-working/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-from-not-working/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-from-not-working/) and the continued help in testing.
661 * **[ENHANCED] UTILITIES >> SMTP Email Delivery**: added option to force the usage of the FROM name/email defined in module settings. [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-from-not-working/#post-16762588Suggested](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-from-not-working/#post-16762588](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-from-not-working/#post-16762588) by [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarlywebs/@scarlywebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarlywebs/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarlywebs/).
662 * **[FIXED]** Custom, right-side footer text now only shows on the plugin's main settings page.
663
664 ### 5.0.2.4 (2023.06.01)
665
666 * **[FIXED] Utilities >> SMTP Email Delivery**: fixed an issue with encoding / decoding of stored password that prevented proper functioning of this module. **Please re-enter your password and save changes**.
667 * **[FIXED] Utilities >> Password Protection**: fixed an issue with encoding / decoding of stored password that prevented proper functioning of this module. **Please re-enter your password and save changes**.
668
669 ### 5.0.2.3 (2023.05.25)
670
671 * **[FIXED] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL**: URLs that start with the custom login slug no longer redirects to the login page. Props to [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netzzjd/@netzzjd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netzzjd/](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netzzjd/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-login-url-redirects/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-login-url-redirects/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-login-url-redirects/).
672
673 ### 5.0.2.2 (2023.05.24)
674
675 * **[FIXED] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL**: URLs for lost password flow, i.e. password reset flow, are now accessible when this module is enabled. It will no longer redirect to the not_found (404) page. Props to [](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarlywebs/@scarlywebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarlywebs/](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarlywebs/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-url-link/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-url-link/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-url-link/) and help with testing all the way.
676
677 ### 5.0.2 (2023.05.09)
678
679 * **[FIXED] Utilities >> View Admin as Role**: is now only accessible / usable for administrators.
680 * **[ENHANCE] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: improved description and UI for better clarity.
681 * **[POLISH] General code polish** to resolve several PHP warnings.
682
683 ### 5.0.1 (2023.04.29)
684
685 * **[FIXED] WordPress Newsboard link in footer** showing up on all wp-admin pages. Now will only show up on the plugin's main page.
686
687 ### 5.0.0 (2023.04.29)
688
689 * **[ADDED] Content Management >> Content Order**. Enable custom ordering of various content types. Useful for displaying them in the desired order in wp-admin and on the frontend. e.g. projects, services, FAQs, team members, etc.
690 * **[FIXED] Utilities >> Password Protection**: Fix PHP Warning error. Props to [](https://github.com/cvladan@cvladan](https://github.com/cvladan](https://github.com/cvladan) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minor-php-warning/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minor-php-warning/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minor-php-warning/).
691 * **[CHANGED] Content Management >> Page and Post Duplication** module has been renamed to "Content Duplication".
692 * **[ADDED] Translate link** on plugin page's header and in the .org plugin description page. Please [](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/admin-site-enhancements/consider helping to translate](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/admin-site-enhancements/](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/admin-site-enhancements/) the plugin description (a.k.a. README). There are about 100 strings/sentences in it. This will help expand the reach of Admin and Site Enhancements into people who read/speak your language. Special props to [Angelika Reisiger
693 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/la-geek/), General Translation Editor for Deutsch (German) #de_DE, for tackling translation of the plugin description into [](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/de/default/wp-plugins/admin-site-enhancements/German](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/de/default/wp-plugins/admin-site-enhancements/](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/de/default/wp-plugins/admin-site-enhancements/) and [](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/de/formal/wp-plugins/admin-site-enhancements/German (formal)](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/de/formal/wp-plugins/admin-site-enhancements/](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/de/formal/wp-plugins/admin-site-enhancements/).
694 * **[ADDED] Link to [](https://bowo.io/asenha-wpn-dscWordPress Newsboard](https://bowo.io/asenha-wpn-dsc](https://bowo.io/asenha-wpn-dsc)** in plugin page's footer. This is another thing I created back in 2014 and is still working to aggregate the latest news, articles, tutorials, podcasts and videos from 100+ WordPress-centric sources.
695
696 ### 4.9.3 (2023.04.22)
697
698 * **[FIXED] Disable Components >> Disable REST API**: fix for error when trying to save edits in Gutenberg editor when Disable REST API module is turned on. Props to [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexgraphicd/@alexgraphicd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexgraphicd/](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexgraphicd/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-save-edits-to-posts-or-pages-when-rest-api-is-disabled/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-save-edits-to-posts-or-pages-when-rest-api-is-disabled/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-save-edits-to-posts-or-pages-when-rest-api-is-disabled/).
699
700 ### 4.9.2 (2023.04.22)
701
702 * **[FIXED] Disable Components >> Disable Comments**: fix for certain scenarios where comment form is still shown despite commenting being disabled on the post type. Props to [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crazyserb/@crazyserb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crazyserb/](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crazyserb/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-comments-functionality-doesnt-work-either/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-comments-functionality-doesnt-work-either/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-comments-functionality-doesnt-work-either/), providng temporary admin access, as well as screenshots to help with troubleshooting!
703
704 ### 4.9.1 (2023.04.19)
705
706 * **[ENHANCEMENT] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**. LearnDash pages was showing up notices below header. This fix will now move them into the hidden, toggleable notices panel.
707
708 ### 4.9.0 (2023.04.16)
709
710 * **[ENHANCEMENT] Content Management >> External Permalinks**. The rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" attribute will now be added to external permalinks for enhanced security and SEO benefits.
711 * **[ADDED] Content Management >> Open All External Links in New Tab**. Force all links to external sites to open in new browser tab via target="\_blank" attribute. The rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" attribute will also be added for enhanced security and SEO benefits.
712
713 ### 4.8.3 (2023.04.15)
714
715 * **[FIXED] Content Management >> Content Duplication**: fixed isses when duplicating pages built with Oxygen and Bricks builder. May also solve similar issues with other page builders. Please try this on your page builder installation and report in the forum if you're still experiencing issues.
716
717 ### 4.8.2 (2023.04.03)
718
719 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: fix for some menu items missing / being hidden in the menu item sortables. Props to [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisplaneta/@chrisplaneta](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisplaneta/](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisplaneta/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/full-of-useful-features-works-without-problems/#post-16620272reporting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/full-of-useful-features-works-without-problems/#post-16620272](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/full-of-useful-features-works-without-problems/#post-16620272).
720
721 ### 4.8.1 (2023.04.03)
722
723 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: now hides notices on some plugins' pages where an extra div exist above the notice divs.
724 * **[FIXED] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL**: fix an issue where sometimes successful login would redirect to /not_found/ URL.
725 * **[ENHANCEMENT] Content Management >> Media Replacement**: added browser cache busting via jQuery to ensure the new image is shown on the media/attachment edit page after performing replacement. Elsewhere on wp-admin and on the front end, a hard reload is still needed to flush out browser cache for the old image.
726
727 ### 4.8.0 (2023.04.02)
728
729 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Multiple User Roles**: Enable assignment of multiple roles during user account creation and editing. This maybe useful for working with roles not defined in WordPress core, e.g. from e-commerce or LMS plugins.
730
731
732 ### 4.7.4 (2023.03.05)
733
734 * **[ADDED] Content Management >> Enhance List Tables >> Show ID in Action Rows**: on the list tables for pages, all post types, all taxonomies, media, users and comments. Props to [](https://github.com/cvladan@cvladan](https://github.com/cvladan](https://github.com/cvladan) for the [](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/2feature suggestion](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/2](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/issues/2).
735
736 ### 4.7.3 (2023.03.03)
737
738 * **[FIXED] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control**: "Unexpected response" error in the media uploader when uploading non-JPG files.
739
740 ### 4.7.2 (2023.02.25)
741
742 * **[FIXED] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components >> Disable Emojis** now properly disables emojis in admin pages.
743
744 ### 4.7.1 (2023.02.24)
745
746 * **[CHANGED] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode**. When maintenance mode is enabled, an admin bar icon is shown as an indicator.
747 * **[CHANGED] Utilities >> Password Protection**. Change background color of admin bar status icon from green to red, to better indicate that the site is (currently) inaccessible to the general public.
748
749 ### 4.7.0 (2023.02.24)
750
751 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode**. Show a customizable maintenance page on the frontend while performing a brief maintenance to your site. Logged-in administrators can still view the site as usual.
752 * **[CHANGED] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components >> Disable Dashicons CSS and JS** now excludes the login page. This ensures the login page CSS styles is correctly loaded.
753 * **[CHANGED] Utilities >> SMTP Email Delivery**. Slight improvement to copy/description for improved clarity.
754
755 ### 4.6.0 (2023.02.22)
756
757 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> SMTP Email Delivery**. Use external SMTP service to ensure notification and transactional emails from your site are being delivered to inboxes.
758
759 ### 4.5.0 (2023.02.17)
760
761 * **[ADDED] Admin Interface >> Clean Up Admin Bar >> Remove the Help tab and drawer**.
762 * **[ADDED] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components**. Prevent smaller components from running or loading. Make the site more secure and load slightly faster. This includes disabling the generator <meta> tag, the Windows Live Writer (WLW) manifest <link> tag, the Really Simple Discovery (RSD) <link> tag and the WordPress shortlink <link> tag in <head>, as well as disabling dashicons CSS and JS files for site visitors, and emoji support for pages, posts and custom post types.
763
764 ### 4.4.0 (2023.02.05)
765
766 * **[ADDED] Custom Code >> Custom Body Class**. Add custom <body> class(es) on the singular view of some or all public post types. Compatible with classes already added using [](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-custom-body-classCustom Body Class plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-custom-body-class](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-custom-body-class).
767
768 ### 4.3.1 (2023.02.05)
769
770 * **[CHANGED] Content Management >> Media Replace** option is no longer shown on the grid view of the media library. It will only show up on the attachment edit page which can be reached from both the list view via "Edit or Replace Media" link and the grid view media frame's "Edit more details" link.
771
772 ### 4.3.0 (2023.01.30)
773
774 * **[ADDED] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control**. Resize newly uploaded, large images to a smaller dimension and delete originally uploaded files. BMPs and non-transparent PNGs will be converted to JPGs and resized.
775 * **[CHANGED] Revisions Control** is now under the Optimizations category.
776 * **[CHANGED] View Admin as Role** is now under the Utilities category.
777 * **[CHANGED] Improve title of features** to be shorter and more consistent across categories.
778
779 ### 4.2.2 (2023.01.24)
780
781 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Disable Dashboard Widgets**. Fixed a fatal error issue when there's a widget with priority 'high'. Props to [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samirhp/@samirhp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samirhp/](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samirhp/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-new-update-6/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-new-update-6/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-new-update-6/).
782
783 ### 4.2.1 (2023.01.23)
784
785 * **[FIXED] Admin Interface >> Disable Dashboard Widgets**. Fixed missing dashboard widgets list when first trying to activate the feature. Also fixes PHP fatal error when trying to view the dashboard when the feature is activated under such scenario. Props to [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samirhp/@samirhp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samirhp/](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samirhp/) for [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-new-update-6/reporting it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-new-update-6/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-new-update-6/).
786
787 ### 4.2.0 (2023.01.23)
788
789 * **[ADDED] Admin Interface >> Disable Dashboard Widgets**. Clean up and speed up the dashboard by completely disabling some or all widgets. Disabled widgets won't load any assets nor show up under Screen Options.
790
791 ### 4.1.0 (2023.01.16)
792
793 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Enable Password Protection**. Password-protect the entire site to hide the content from public view and search engine bots / crawlers. Logged-in administrators can still access normally.
794
795 ### 4.0.1 (2023.01.12)
796
797 * **[FIXED] Content Management >> Enable SVG Upload**: Fixed a bug where uploaded, non-SVG media files does not have metadata generated when Enable SVG Upload is enabled.
798
799 ### 4.0.0 (2023.01.04)
800
801 * **[ADDED] Disable Components >> Disable All Updates**. Completely disable core, theme and plugin updates and auto-updates. Will also disable update checks, notices and emails.
802
803 ### 3.9.2 (2023.01.03)
804
805 * **[FIXED] Custom Code >> Manage robots.txt**. Fixed [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefine-variable-field_option_value/"Undefined variable" issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefine-variable-field_option_value/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/undefine-variable-field_option_value/) reported by [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kwbrayton/kwbrayton](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kwbrayton/](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kwbrayton/). Also make this feature work on scenarios where an actual robots.txt file exists, not just the virtual one created by default, by WordPress. In such case, the robots.txt file will be renamed to robots_txt_backup_{timestamp}.txt when this feature is enabled. Vice versa, when the feature is disabled, the backup file will be renamed back to robots.txt, so it will be in use again as it were.
806
807 ### 3.9.1 (2022.12.29)
808
809 * **[FIXED] Content Management >> Enable External Permalinks**. Fixed an issue where default WordPress permalink for a post loads white, empty screen when no external permalink has been set for the post.
810
811 ### 3.9.0 (2022.12.29)
812
813 * **[ADDED] Content Management >> Enable External Permalinks**. Enable pages, posts and/or custom post types to have permalinks that point to external URLs. Compatible with links added using [](https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-links-to/Page Links To](https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-links-to/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-links-to/).
814
815 ### 3.8.0 (2022.12.27)
816
817 * **[ADDED] Optimizations >> Enable Heartbeat Control**. Modify the interval of the WordPress heartbeat API or disable it on admin pages, post creation/edit screens and/or the frontend. This will help reduce CPU load on the server.
818
819 ### 3.7.0 (2022.12.25)
820
821 * **[ADDED] Content Management >> Enable Revisions Control**. Prevent bloating the database by limiting the number of revisions to keep for some or all post types supporting revisions.
822
823 ### 3.6.1 (2022.12.22)
824
825 * **[CHANGED] Custom Code >> Manage robots.txt**. Fixed an issue where code editor was not rendered properly upon clicking the Custom Code tab.
826
827 ### 3.6.0 (2022.12.22)
828
829 * **[CHANGED] Added "Log In | Log Out" and "Custom Code" categories**. Recategorizes relevant features under these new categories.
830 * **[ADDED] Log In | Log Out >> Enable Last Login Column**. Log when users on the site last logged in and display the date and time in the users list table.
831
832 ### 3.5.0 (2022.12.19)
833
834 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Manage robots.txt**. Easily edit and validate your robots.txt content.
835
836 ### 3.4.0 (2022.12.16)
837
838 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Enable Log In/Out Menu**. Enable log in, log out and dynamic log in/out menu item for addition to any menu. Depending on the user's logged-in status, the menu item will show up, disappear or change.
839
840 ### 3.3.0 (2022.12.12)
841
842 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Insert <head>, <body> and <footer> Code**. Easily insert <meta>, <link>, <script> and <style> tags, Google Analytics, Tag Manager, AdSense, Ads Conversion and Optimize code, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter pixels, etc.
843 * **[CHANGED] Utilities >> Manage ads.txt and app-ads.txt** is now a single settings field.
844
845 ### 3.2.0 (2022.12.12)
846
847 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Manage ads.txt and app-ads.txt**: Easily edit and validate your ads.txt and app-ads.txt content. Please backup existing ads.txt and app-ads.txt content and remove those files before copying the original content into the ads.txt and app-ads.txt manager in the Utilities tab. If no ads.txt / app-ads.txt files exist in the root directory of your WordPress installation, you can immediately add content for both files.
848
849 ### 3.1.0 (2022.12.11)
850
851 * **[ADDED] Content Management >> Enable Auto-Publishing of Posts with Missed Schedule**: Trigger publishing of scheduled posts of all types marked with "missed schedule", anytime the site is visited. Uses Transients API to reduce load to the DB on busy sites. Will only query the DB once every 15 minutes (at most).
852
853 ### 3.0.6 (2022.12.08)
854
855 * **[CHANGED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Enqueue jQuery UI widget.min.js for WP version less than 5.6.0. This ensures the feature works for those WP versions.
856
857 ### 3.0.5 (2022.12.08)
858
859 * **[CHANGED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Enqueue the minified version of jQuery UI scripts, as older versions of WP do not have the unminified version.
860
861 ### 3.0.4 (2022.12.07)
862
863 * **[CHANGED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Substantially lower priorities of actions that handles rendering of custom menu order, custom menu title and hiding of menu items. This is so that menu items added late by active plugins and theme are handled properly.
864
865 ### 3.0.3 (2022.12.07)
866
867 * **[CHANGED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Make sure menu item sortables reflect custom menu order saved in options, especially when this feature is re-enabled. Remove all HTMl tags and content inside them from menu item titles in the sortables.
868
869 ### 3.0.2 (2022.12.07)
870
871 * **[CHANGED] Hide stubborn notices** appearing inside the admin page header (via CSS).
872
873 ### 3.0.1 (2022.12.01)
874
875 * **[CHANGED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Make sure newer menu items added by newly installed plugins or activated theme are showing up towards the end of the admin menu and the menu item sortables. Comments and updates counters are now hidden. Sortables for menu separators have been faded out to make actual menu items stand out more.
876 * **[CHANGED] Disable Components >> Disable Comments**: Ensure trackbacks metabox is also hidden on edit screens of post types where commenting is disabled.
877
878 ### 3.0.0 (2022.11.30)
879
880 * **[ADDED] Disable Components >> Disable Feeds**: Disable all RSS, Atom and RDF feeds. This includes feeds for posts, categories, tags, comments, authors and search. Also removes traces of feed URLs from <head>.
881
882
883 ### 2.9.0 (2022.11.30)
884
885 * **[ADDED] Disable Components >> Disable REST API**: Disable REST API access for non-authenticated users and remove URL traces from \<head\>, HTTP headers and WP RSD endpoint.
886
887 ### 2.8.3 (2022.11.29)
888
889 * **[CHANGED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Fix for missing Show All toggle in certain scenarios.
890
891 ### 2.8.2 (2022.11.29)
892
893 * **[CHANGED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Allow customizing menu item title, for menu items added by plugins or the active theme, i.e. not from WordPress core.
894
895 ### 2.8.1 (2022.11.28)
896
897 * **[CHANGED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Fixed the issue when menu items are no longer shown upon saving. This happened when Admin Menu Organizer was enabled and directly saved without making any changes to the menu order first.
898
899 ### 2.8.0 (2022.11.28)
900
901 * **[ADDED] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg**: Disable the Gutenberg block editor for some or all applicable post types. Optionally disable frontend block styles / CSS files for the selected post types.
902
903 ### 2.7.0 (2022.11.27)
904
905 * **[ADDED] Disable Components >> Disable Comments**: Disable comments for some or all public post types. When disabled, existing comments will also be hidden on the frontend.
906 * **[CHANGED] Security >> Limit Login Attempts**: Improved styling of empty datatable, i.e. when there is no failed login attempts logged.
907 * **[CHANGED] Settings tab position** is now saved to browser cookie, so it persists upon saving changes or revisiting it from elsewhere in wp-admin.
908 * **[CHANGED] Some code refactoring** to make logical separation and categorization of features clearer. CodeMirror and DataTables assets loading are also moved
909
910 ### 2.6.0 (2022.11.19)
911
912 * **[ADDED] Content Management >> Enable SVG Upload**: Allow some or all user roles to upload SVG files, which will then be sanitized to keep things secure.
913
914 ### 2.5.0 (2022.11.18)
915
916 * **[ADDED] Security >> Limit Login Attempts**: Prevent brute force attacks by limiting the number of failed login attempts allowed per IP address.
917 * **[CHANGED] Security >> Custom Login URL** feature has been made compatible with Limit Login Attempts feature.
918 * **[CHANGED] Security >> Change Login URL** now works with the interim login modal window, the one that pops up when user is logged out in the background.
919 * **[CHANGED] Security >> Change Login URL** adds another process to ensure user is redirected to the dashboard after successful login. It was redirecting to the /not_found/ (404) page in rare occasions as [](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-login-url-redirects-to-not-found/reported by @vdrover](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-login-url-redirects-to-not-found/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-login-url-redirects-to-not-found/).
920 * **[CHANGED] Utilities >> Redirect After Login** will correctly override default login redirection by Change Login URL.
921 * **[CHANGED] Improve code comments throughout**.
922
923 ### 2.4.0 (2022.11.10)
924
925 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Enable Custom Frontend CSS**: Add custom CSS on all frontend pages for all user roles.
926
927 ### 2.3.0 (2022.11.09)
928
929 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Enable Custom Admin CSS**: Add custom CSS on all admin pages for all user roles.
930
931 ### 2.2.0 (2022.11.09)
932
933 * **[ADDED] Security >> Disable XML-RPC**: Protect your site from brute force, DOS and DDOS attacks via XML-RPC. Also disables trackbacks and pingbacks.
934 * **[ADDED] Expand/collapse toggle** for feature settings that takes up longer vertical space, e.g. Admin Menu Customizer.
935 * **[CHANGED] Refactor code around plugin settings page**. Now uses separate classes for sections and fields registration, for sanitization of field values and for rendering the fields on the admin page.
936
937 ### 2.1.0 (2022.11.08)
938
939 * **[ADDED] Security >> Obfuscate Author Slugs**: Obfuscate publicly exposed author page URLs that shows the user slugs / usernames, e.g. _sitename.com/author/username1/_ into _sitename.com/author/a6r5b8ytu9gp34bv/_, and output 404 errors for the original URLs. Also obfuscates in _/wp-json/wp/v2/users/_ REST API endpoint. Props to [](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/pull/1pull request](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/pull/1](https://github.com/qriouslad/admin-site-enhancements/pull/1) from [](https://github.com/wahyuiefWahyu Arief @wahyuief](https://github.com/wahyuief](https://github.com/wahyuief) and [](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-user-slug-hider/tags/4.0.2/inc/class-smart-user-slug-hider.phpfunctions](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-user-slug-hider/tags/4.0.2/inc/class-smart-user-slug-hider.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-user-slug-hider/tags/4.0.2/inc/class-smart-user-slug-hider.php) from [Smart User Slug Hider
940 ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-user-slug-hider/).
941
942 ### 2.0.0 (2022.11.06)
943
944 * **[ADDED] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Customize the order of the admin menu and optionally hide some items.
945
946 ### 1.9.0 (2022.11.03)
947
948 * **[ADDED] Admin Interface >> Hide or Modify Elements**: Easily simplify or customize various admin UI elements, starting with the admin bar.
949 * **[CHANGED] Content Management >> Enhance List Tables**: this combines previously separate features related to list tables for various post types.
950
951 ### 1.8.0 (2022.11.03)
952
953 * **[ADDED] Admin Interface >> View Admin as Role**: View admin pages and the site (logged-in) as one of the non-administrator user roles.
954
955 ### 1.7.0 (2022.10.31)
956
957 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Redirect 404 to Homepage**: Perform 301 (permanent) redirect to the homepage for all 404 (not found) pages.
958
959 ### 1.6.0 (2022.10.31)
960
961 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Redirect After Logout**: Set custom redirect URL for all or some user roles after logout.
962
963 ### 1.5.0 (2022.10.30)
964
965 * **[ADDED] Utilities >> Redirect After Login**: Set custom redirect URL for all or some user roles after login.
966
967 ### 1.4.0 (2022.10.30)
968
969 * **[ADDED] Security >> Change Login URL**: allow for setting a custom login URL to improve site security.
970
971 ### 1.3.0 (2022.10.29)
972
973 * **[ADDED] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Bar**: Hide it on the front end for all or some user roles.
974
975 ### 1.2.0 (2022.10.28)
976
977 * **[ADDED] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: Clean up admin pages by moving notices into a separate panel easily accessible via the admin bar.
978
979 ### 1.1.0 (2022.10.22)
980
981 * **[ADDED] Content Management >> Enable Media Replacement**: Enable easy replacement of any type of media file with a new one while retaining the existing media ID and file name.
982
983 ### 1.0.0 (2022.10.17)
984
985 * Initial stable release.