GPL ASE Pro - Admin and Site Enhancements V7.8.8

7.6.7 (2025.01.20) - ASE Free and Pro​

• [IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: add support for Meta Box Lite plugin.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: add conditional logic to set on which part of the frontend CSS / JS / HTML snippets should be loaded. Conditionals include type of page, post type, single page/post/CPT, URL, taxonomy, taxonomy term, login status and user role.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Open All External Links in New Tab: fix an issue where links added via Elementor are not being opened in new tabs. Props to Stijn V. for reporting the issue.
• [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 29 languages.
• Added new/improved translation for:
• Free: updated Turkish, Spanish (Spain), Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian
• Pro: updated Portuguese (Brazil)

v7.6.6 (2025.01.13) - ASE Pro

• [IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Logo:
• add option to show the admin menu logo in the backend and show the admin bar logo in the frontend. Props to Max Z. for suggesting this.
• add option to link the admin bar logo to the dashboard when it is shown on the frontend. Props to Max Z. for suggesting this.
• [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager:
• add option to execute PHP snippet via a secure URL.
• add option to set the load / execution priority / order for all snippet types.
• improved reliability of mechanism to record error when creating / updating PHP snippets
• fixed fatal error when creating non-PHP snippet in a certain scenario
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Various Admin UI Enhancements: add an option to open all admin page links in new tab. Useful for people who prefer this workflow by default, instead of pressing the Ctrl or Command button while clicking on a link. Props to Rick A. for suggesting this improvement.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices: fixed notices being displayed on Pods plugin's admin screen.
• [FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Display System Summary: fix fatal error in a certain scenario when trying to load the dashboard widget. This has to do with a symlinked directory present in the WP root folder that links to a destination not defined in open_basedir. Props to Rado R. for reporting the issue in details and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
• [FIXED in Pro] ASE Settings >> Export | Import: fixed a bug where export was not working as expected. Props to David R. for reporting the issue.
• [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 29 languages:
• Added new/improved translation for:
• Free: updated Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Albanian
• Pro: updated Czech, Spanish (Spain), French, Hungarian, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Vietnamese
• More strings have been internationalized. @Translators, please visit the respective project pages for the Free and Pro versions to translate the new strings, if you havent' done so already.
• Interested to help translate or improve the translation? Please go to [https://translate.wpase.com](https://translate.wpase.com) for more info.
• Chinese (China): ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @bricksvip et al.
• Portuguese (Brazil): ASE Free and ASE Pro (completed). Props to Dennis F., denisgomesfranco, Denison C. and @ofmarconi.
• Hungarian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to R. József G. et al.
• Vietnamese: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Hoang N.Q. et al.
• Italian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Fabio P. et. al.
• Dutch: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Toine R and Peter S. et al.
• Korean: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @chazmlab et al.
• German (Formal): ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @markussss, Bastian S. et al.
• French: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Stéphan G., @jeanfrancoisdelvin, @srossignol, @lucashw, @skippy43, @anlip, @agencefacton, @injsbx et al.
• Polish: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @kosmity and Dariusz Z. et al.
• Norwegian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Alf O.F. et al.
• Czech: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Jan S. et al.
• Spanish: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @marcorubiol et al.
• Slovak: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Dominik K. et al.
• Indonesian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @pakacil, Wawan S. et al.
• Portuguese (Portugal): ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Ricardo C. et al.
• Ukrainian: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Irina et al.
• Urdu: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Ayyaz A. et al.
• Swedish: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Robert M. and Tor-Bjorn F..
• Danish: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Morten E.L., Helgi P. and Kurt M.A. et al.
• Arabic: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (completed). Props to Mohammed J., Yaser M., et al.
• Romanian: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Dan C., @ravishi et al.
• Turkish: ASE Free (completed). Props to @saeead, @serdaroztrk et al.
• Chinese (Taiwan): ASE Free (completed). Props to @gordon168 and Hedula.
• Spanish (Chile): ASE Free (completed). Props to @srgio.
• Serbian: ASE Free (partial). Props to Igor E..
• Albanian: ASE Free (partial). Props to @algertpateqi.
• Persian: ASE Free (completed). Props to @saeead et al.
• Russian: ASE Free (completed). Props to @sergey369, @pfgr et al.

ASE Pro Changelog 7.6.5 (2025.01.06)

• [CHANGED in Pro] ASE Settings >> Import | Export is now available on all Pro plans (SOLO, TEAM, AGENCY).
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> View Admin as Role: fixed PHP warning that occurs in a certain scnenario.

• [FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager:
• add option to execute PHP snippets on page load (always) or on demand (manually). Props to Theo v.d.S. for the prompting this improvement.
• add option to execute PHP snippets everywhere, only in the admin or only on the frontend. Props to Gergo F. for prompting this improvement.
• add option to execute PHP snippets via shortcode. Also add the shortcode in the snippets list's "Options" column.
• fixed PHP warning introduced in v7.6.4. Props to Yoshihiro T., Mark K. and jman for reporting the issue with the relevant error/debug log entries.
• [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: fix an issue where if ACF select and radio fields are set to return an array, the admin columns for them are not showing any value. Props to A. Remut for reporting the issue.
• [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories: fixed a fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario when opening the "Appearances >> Menus" page. Props to Ivar S. for reporting the issue along with the debug/error log entries and facilitating the troubleshooting process.

version 7.6.4 (2024.12.30) - ASE Pro

* [IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: add an option for PHP snippets to choose which hook to execute each snippet at. You can choose between plugins_loaded (default), after_setup_theme, init, wp_loaded or wp. Props to Morten P. and Lee B. for prompting this improvement.

* [CHANGED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: terms list in a taxonomy columns now links to the filtered list of posts with that term, just like clicking a category on the Posts list. Props to Stijn V. for prompting this change.

* [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> SVG Upload: fix fatal error and deprecation notice when the Enhanced Responsive Images plugin is active. Props to [Mike B.] for reporting this and to Sunny for providing a critical piece of info that led to this fix.

* [FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: fixed an issue where the Snippet Categories column is blank. Props to Stijn V. for reporting the issue.

7.6.3 (2024.12.16) - ASE Pro

• [SECURITY FIX in Free and Pro]:
• Utilities >> Email Delivery: fix Broken Access Control vulnerability related to the process of sending a test email. Props to Rafie Muhammad (Patchstack) for the responsible disclosure.
• Utilities >> View Admin as Role: fix Privilege Escalation vulnerability that happens on a rare scenario. Props to Rafie Muhammad (Patchstack) for the responsible disclosure.
• [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Clean Up Admin Bar: add an option to remove the home icon and site name. Props to Max Z. for prompting this improvement.
• [IMPROVED and FIXED in Fre and Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery:
• Free: fix an issue where failed delivery during a send test just continues to show the spinning "Sending test email..." message. It should now properly update to "Oops, something went wrong" message.
• Pro: fix an issue where failed delivery were not properly logged as such in the email log in certain scenarios.
• Pro: add an option to disable authentication which is needed in some scenarios, e.g. delivery via Google Workspace's without 2FA and using the smtp-relay.gmail.com host without credentials. Props to @boomerangz for suggesting this improvement.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Media Replacement: fix an issue where replacing non-image attachments, e.g. MP4 videos, might cause display issue on the attachment edit screen or when editing/viewing posts using displaying that attachment. Props to @alriksson for reporting the issue.
• [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Logo: fix misformatted CSS for styling the admin bar logo. Props to @nassukesso for reporting this.
• [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: fix an issue where the left-most, default checkbox column is displayed wider than it should when Simple Custom Post Order plugin is active. Props to Valentin J. for reporting the issue and collaborating with a thorough investigation on their part as well.
• [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order:
• fix an issue where querying and displaying the posts on the ordering page produces a fatal error in some scenarios. Props to Valentin J. for reporting the issue with great detail (error log entry + screenshot), which helped with the troubleshooting process.
• exclude CPTs from WordPres core, ASE, WooCommerce, Breakdance, Bricks and Elementor from the list of non-hierarchical CPTs to enable content ordering for.

V7.6.2.1 (2024.12.09) - ASE Pro Changelog

* [FIXED in Pro] fixed a fatal error introduced in v7.6.2 in certain scenarios. Props to Marco M.J. for reporting the issue.

ASE Pro v7.6.0 (2024.11.18) - ASE Free and Pro

• [ADDED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out | Register >> Registration Date Column: implement the ability to show registration date column in the users list table. Pro version makes the column sortable. Props to Bas B. for suggesting this feature.
• [CHANGED in Free and Pro] ASE Settings: the "Log In | Log Out" category has been renamed to "Log In/Out | Register".
• [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Custom Code >> Manage robots.txt:
• Update robots.txt online validation tools. Now uses websiteplanet.com and seositecheckup.tools. Props to David S. for reporting that one of the previous validators was no longer available.
• Make sure robots.txt content being set in ASE is honored in the actual output on certain scenarios

Admin Site Enhancements Pro Release Note version 7.5.3 (2024.11.18)

• [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode: make sure the site icon is included in the maintenance page. This should ensure browser tabs also displays the site icon. Props to @tanasi for reporting the issue.
• [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager:
• Fixed fatal error in a certain scenario. Props to Francois G. for reporting the issue.
• Fixed number of views being duplicated in the Views column of posts listing tables from Independent Analytics plugin. Props to Andreas K. for reporting the issue.
• [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Group:
• Fixed Oxygen builder integration issue where the ASE Field selection button is not shown, or it's shown but not all ASE fields were listed upon clicking it.
• Add grid view option for gallery field in Oxygen builder.

ASE Pro Release Note version 7.5.2 (2024.11.11)

• [IMPROVED in Free] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL: failed login on non-default login form, e.g. WooCommerce account login page, will now redirect back to that custom login form / page and no longer redirect to the custom login URL set in ASE. Props to @vanektomas for reporting this.
• [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups.
• [IMPROVED] The gallery field type now has an option to display the gallery in grid mode using the native shortcode. Props to Han L. for suggesting this and providing the code snippet to base it upon.
• [FIXED] Display of WSYIWYG field on the frontend will now properly render paragraph breaks via get_cf() and also in Oxygen and Breakdance. Props to Gabriel A. and Matija Z. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process
• [SECURITY/FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> SVG Upload: fixed a Stored XSS security issue responsiblly disclosed by Francesco Carlucci via Wordfence. This allowed adding/uploading malicious SVG image via the /media endpoint in the REST API. Sanitization has now been added in that upload route.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices: fixed an issue where notices are not hidden on WS Form edit screen. Props to Solomon A. for reporting the issue.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control: fixed fatal error in a rare scenario. Props to Darren L. for reporting the issue and helping with the troubleshooting process.
• [FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery: fixed entries order and sorting issue in the email delivery log. Props to Mathijs V.D.B for reporting the issue.

Admin Site Enhancements Pro Release Note 7.5.1 (2024.10.28)

• [IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Various Admin UI Enhancements: added an option to add username to the body class. Useful for when you need to modify the admin area only for certain user(s).
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Public Preview for Drafts: added public preview button/link in gutenberg editor.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Login Page Customizer: added an option to load an external CSS using the full URL of the CSS file. Props to Yann S. for prompting this improvement.
• [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] ASE Settings: number input fields now has appropriate min / max values. e.g. Revisions Control module's revision limit has a minimum value of 1 and maximum value of 100.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Multiple User Roles: fix PHP warning. Props to Bob G. for reporting the issue.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Disable Dashboard Widgets: fix PHP warning. Props to Richard E. for reporting the issue.