Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

Description

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) helps you to easily enhance various admin workflows and site aspects while replacing multiple plugins doing it.

Pro version with Lifetime Deal (LTD) is available at www.wpase.com.

Here’s a quick walkthrough of ASE Free at v7.1.5 by Jakson.

Here’s a detailed walkthrough of ASE Free at v7.0.3 by Pascal Claro.

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What Users Say

“ASE easily replaces a dozen or more plugins I install on every website project. Super lightweight and easy to use.” ~NetzzJD

“I bought the lifetime deal and was blown away by the quality, and the free version replaces SO many other plugins too. LOVE THIS!” ~Jacob Wonder

“ASE is an amazing plugin! Time and money saver. Thank you!” ~Iulian Baciu

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FEATURES & MODULES

74 modules in total:
57 free modules (31 has Pro features) | 17 Pro modules

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Content Management

• [ASE Pro] Custom Content Types. Conveniently register custom post types (CPT), custom taxonomies, custom field groups and options pages that integrates with Bricks, Breakdance, Oxygen and Elementor, and also compatible with Gutenberg and various block themes and plugins. This is an alternative for ACF Pro, Meta Box, Toolset, Pods, JetEngine or ACPT.
• [ASE Pro] Post Type Switcher. Easily switch the post type of one or more posts to a different post type.
• Content Duplication. One-click duplication of pages, posts and public CPTs. ASE Pro enables duplication only for certain user roles and certain public and non-public post types, and adds location option for duplication link.
• Content Order. Enable custom ordering of hierarchical post types. ASE Pro enables ordering of non-hierarchical post types, including media / attachments. Reordering and changing the parent of child posts is supported, as well as applying the custom order on the frontend including for adjacent posts navigation.
• [ASE Pro] Terms Order. Enable custom ordering of terms from various taxonomies in wp-admin and on the frontend.
• Media Files Visibility Control: Limit media files visibility so only administrators can see all media files. Non-administrator users will only see media files they uploaded themselves in the media library and in the modal window to add/insert media. ASE Pro adds an option to specify which non-administrator user roles will have such limitation.
• [ASE Pro] Media Categories. Add categories for the media library and enable drag-and-drop categorization of media items.
• Media Replacement. Easily replace any type of media file with a new one while ensuring no existing links will break. ASE Pro allows replacing media from the grid view of media library as well.
• SVG Upload. Allow some or all user roles to upload SVG files, which will then be sanitized to keep things secure.
• AVIF Upload. Enable uploading AVIF files in the Media Library.
• [ASE Pro] Public Preview for Drafts. Enable public preview for draft and scheduled posts from some or all public post types.
• External Permalinks. Enable pages, posts and/or custom post types to have permalinks that point to external URLs. ASE Pro adds an option to enable only on / except on certain post types, or on all post types.
• Open All External Links in New Tab. Force all links to external sites to open in new browser tab via target=”_blank” attribute.
• 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.
• Auto-Publish Posts with Missed Schedule. Trigger publishing of scheduled posts marked with “missed schedule”, anytime the site is visited.

Admin Interface

• Clean Up Admin Bar. Remove various default elements from the admin bar. ASE Pro enables removal of admin bar items from other plugins.
• [ASE Pro] Admin Bar Custom Elements. Add custom menu and submenu items to the admin bar.
• Hide Admin Notices. Clean up admin pages by moving notices into a separate panel easily accessible via the admin bar. ASE Pro adds the option to completely hide notices for non-admins.
• Disable Dashboard Widgets. Clean up and speed up the dashboard by completely disabling some or all widgets.
• Hide Admin Bar. Hide admin bar on the frontend for all or some user roles. ASE Pro also allows hiding the admin bar on the backend for all or some user roles.
• [ASE Pro] Admin Logo. White label your admin area by showing your brand logo in the admin bar or the (top of) admin menu.
• Wider Admin Menu. Give the admin menu more room to better accommodate wider items.
• Admin Menu Editor / Organizer. Customize the order of the admin menu and optionally change menu item title or hide some items. ASE Pro enables always hiding menu items for some or all user roles, add custom menu and submenu items, reorder submenu items and always allow eligible users to view and access a menu item.
• [ASE Pro] Admin Columns Manager. Manage and organize columns in the admin listing for pages, posts and custom post types. Supports columns for ASE, ACF and Meta Box custom fields.
• Show Custom Taxonomy Filters. Show additional filter(s) on list tables for hierarchical, custom taxonomies. ASE Pro adds option to show additional filter(s) for non-hierarchical taxonomies.
• Enhance List Tables. Improve the usefulness of listing pages of various post types by adding / removing columns and elements, e.g. featured image, excerpt, last modified, ID, media file size columns.
• Various Admin UI Enhancements: Various, smaller enhancements for different parts of the admin interface.
  • Media Library Infinite Scrolling: Re-enable infinite scrolling in the grid view of the media library.
  • Display Active Plugins First: Display active plugins at the top of the plugins list.
  • [ASE Pro] Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy: Preserve the visual hierarchy of taxonomy terms checklist in the classic editor.
  • [ASE Pro] Enable Dashboard Columns Settings: Set dashboard columns layout between 1 to 4 columns in Screen Options.
  • [ASE Pro] Add User Role Slug(s) to Admin Body Classes: Useful for when you need to modify the admin area only for certain user role(s).
  • [ASE Pro] Add Usermame to Admin Body Classes: Useful for when you need to modify the admin area only for certain user(s).
• Custom Admin Footer Text: Customize the text you see on the footer of wp-admin pages. ASE Pro enables media upload / insertion.

Log In/Out & Register

• Change Login URL. Make the login URL more memorable and secure by customizing it. ASE Pro adds compatibility with login process in WooCommerce pages, i.e. account and checkout, and custom 404 redirect on default login URLs.
• Login ID Type. Restrict login ID to username or email address only.
• [ASE Pro] Login Page Customizer. Easily customize the design of the login page.
• Site Identity on Login Page. Use the site icon and URL to replace the default WordPress logo with link on the login page.
• Log In/Out Menu. Enable log in, log out and dynamic log in/out menu item for addition to any menu. ASE Pro adds an option to customize the “Log In” and “Log Out” text.
• Registration Column. Show users registration date. ASE Pro makes the column sortable.
• Last Login Column. Log when users last logged in and show it in a column in the users list table. ASE Pro makes the column sortable.
• Redirect After Login / Logout. Set custom redirect URL for all or some user roles after login / logout. ASE Pro adds an option to set separate redirect URL for each role.

Custom Code

• [ASE Pro] Code Snippets Manager. Conveniently add and manage CSS / SCSS, JS, HTML and PHP code snippets to modify your site’s content, design, behaviour and functionalities.
• Custom Admin CSS.
• Custom Frontend CSS.
• Insert <head>, <body> and <footer> Code. Easily insert <meta>, <link>, <script> and <style> tags for tracking, analytics, etc.
• Custom Body Class.
• Manage ads.txt and app-ads.txt.
• Manage robots.txt.

Disable Components

• Disable Gutenberg for some or all applicable post types. Optionally disable frontend block assets. ASE Pro adds an option to disable only on / except on certain post types, or on all post types.
• Disable Comments. Disable comments for some or all public post types. ASE Pro adds an option to disable only on / except on certain post types, or on all post types.
• Disable REST API. Disable REST API access for non-authenticated users and remove URL traces from <head>, HTTP headers and WP RSD endpoint. ASE Pro adds an option to enable access only for some, authenticated user roles, e.g. administrators, and also a way to exclude certain API routes from being disabled.
• Disable Feeds. Disable all RSS, Atom and RDF feeds.
• Disable Embeds. Prevent your site content from being embedded on other sites. Prevent embedding of non-whitelisted sites in your site. Disable all, related JavaScript. Removes support for the embed block.
• Disable All Updates. Completely disable core, theme and plugin updates and auto-updates. Will also disable update checks, notices and emails.
• Disable Author Archives. Return 404 (Not Found) error when trying to load author archives. Remove or disable links to author archives. Remove authors archives from the sitemap.
• Disable Smaller Components. Prevent smaller components from running or loading. Those are generator <meta> tag, version number, Windows Live Writer (WLW) manifest <link> tag, Really Simple Discovery (RSD) <link> tag, WordPress shortlink <link> tag in <head>, and also dashicons CSS and JS files, emoji support, jQuery Migrate, block-based widgets settings screen, native lazy load of images, application passwords, site admin email verification screen and plugin / theme editor.

Security

• Limit Login Attempts. Prevent brute force attacks by limiting the number of failed login attempts allowed per IP address. ASE Pro adds IP whitelisting, which is also useful to unblock users.
  [ASE Pro] CAPTCHA Protection. Support for ALTCHA self-hosted version (GDPR-compliant, open source, free), Google reCaptcha v2 and v3, and Cloudflare Turnstile for WordPress and WooCommerce default forms (login, password reset, registration and comment forms).
  [ASE Pro] Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). Add an extra verification step during login for some or all user roles with grace period settings and the option to apply different 2FA settings for each user role. Supported methods are authenticator app (TOTP), recovery codes and email.
• Obfuscate Author Slugs. Obfuscate publicly exposed author page URLs that shows the user slugs / usernames.
• Email Address Obfuscator. Obfuscate email address to prevent spam bots from harvesting them,. ASE Pro enables output of obfuscated mailto: link and also auto-obfuscation of email addresses in post content.
• Disable XML-RPC. Protect your site from brute force, DOS and DDOS attacks via XML-RPC. Also disables trackbacks and pingbacks.

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. ASE Pro enables setting custom JPG conversion quality as well as an option for conversion to WebP with custom conversion quality. You can also disable generation of some or all intermediate sizes.
• Revisions Control. Prevent bloating the database by limiting the number of revisions to keep for some or all post types. ASE Pro adds an option to enable revisions control “only for”, “except for” or “for all” post types.
• Heartbeat Control. Modify the interval of the WordPress heartbeat API or disable it on admin pages, post creation/edit screens and/or the frontend.

Utilities

• 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. ASE Pro adds the option to specify a custom reply-to name and email, Bcc address(es), disable authentication and the option to log email delivery.
• [ASE Pro] Form Builder. Enable the drag-and-drop creation of various types of forms (contact, feedback, booking, application, proposal, admission, support, survey, etc.) on the frontend to collect information from site visitors or users or members. 33 field types are available, including Net Promoter Score (NPS), Likert, Matrix of Uniform and Variable Dropdowns and CAPTCHA fields. Support custom form styles, multi-columns layout, email notification, auto responder, entries management and webhooks for sending submission data to Zapier, n8n, etc.
• [ASE Pro] File Manager. A comprehensive file manager for WordPress with folder tree navigation, file and folder operations, and code editing capabilities.
• [ASE Pro] Local User Avatar. Enable usage of any image from WordPress Media Library as user avatars.
• Multiple User Roles. Enable assignment of multiple roles during user account creation and editing.
• Image Sizes Panel. Display a panel showing and linking to all available sizes when viewing an image in the media library. ASE Pro adds a convenient button to copy the image URL on click.
• View Admin as Role. View admin pages and the site (logged-in) as one of the non-administrator user roles.
• Password Protection. Password-protect the entire site to hide the content from public view and search engine bots / crawlers. ASE Pro adds IP whitelisting and bypassing via URL parameter, and also applies design elements from the Login Page Customizer module.
• Maintenance Mode. Show a simple maintenance message. ASE Pro adds option to set custom page and browser tab title, use WYSIWYG editor, use pattern, image, solid color background, apply custom CSS, and also add the option to use an existing page created with the block / classic editor or a page builder as the maintenance page. It also adds an option to exclude certain URLs (wildcard support) and allow non-admins to access the frontend.
• [ASE Pro] Redirect Manager. Easily manage various types of redirects / redirections (3xx, 4xx, 5xx codes) with support for wildcards and regular expressions (regex).
• Redirect 404. Perform 301 (permanent) redirect to the homepage for all 404 (not found) pages. ASE Pro adds option to set custom redirect URL.
• Display System Summary. Show web server software, PHP version, database software and server IP address in the “At a Glance” dashboard widget. ASE Pro also shows the size of the site, database and root, wp-content, plugins, themes and upload folders.
• Search Engines Visibility Status. Show admin bar status and admin notice when search engines are set to be discouraged from indexing the site. ASE Pro adds a way to prevent dev / staging sites from having search engine visibility enabled.

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ASE Pro

Lifetime Deal (LTD) is available at www.wpase.com.

LANGUAGES

ASE has been translated into 30+ languages. You can help translate ASE into your language(s).