# Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

Contributors: qriouslad  
Donate link: https://bowo.io/asenha-sp-rdm  
Tags: enhancements, tweaks, optimizations, tools  
Requires at least: 4.6  
Tested up to: 6.5.3  
Stable tag: 6.9.12  
Requires PHP: 5.6  
License: GPLv2 or later  
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

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Duplicate post, post order, image resize, email via SMTP, admin menu editor, custom css / code, disable gutenberg and much more in a single plugin.

## 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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web).

Here's a detailed walkthrough of ASE at v6.2.5 by Ferdy Korpershoek.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noesMRHohVM

Here's a demo of ASE Pro at v6.2.6 by David McCan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0va_LsaeBfY

[**See more video reviews >>**](https://www.wpase.com/video-reviews/)

### What Users Say

_"ASE easily **replaces a dozen or more plugins** I install on **every website project**. Super lightweight and easy to use."_ ~[NetzzJD](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-must-have-plugin-2/)

_"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](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-plugin-2545/)

_"ASE is an amazing plugin! **Time and money saver**. Thank you!"_ ~[Iulian Baciu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-plugin-precious/)

[**See more reviews >>**](https://www.wpase.com/)

### FEATURES & MODULES

**62 modules** in total:
**54 free modules** (22 has Pro features) | **8 Pro modules**

[**See all features >>**](https://www.wpase.com/features/)

### Content Management

* **[[ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] Custom Content Types**. Conveniently register and edit custom post types, custom taxonomies, custom field groups and options pages that integrates with Bricks, Breakdance, Oxygen and Elementor.
* **Content Duplication**. One-click duplication of pages, posts and CPTs. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) enables duplication only for certain user roles and post types, and adds location option for duplication link.
* **Content Order**. Enable custom ordering of various post types that are hierarchical or support page attributes, in wp-admin and on the frontend. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) enables ordering of post types that are non-hierarchical and does not support page attributes, and also enable toggling taxonomy terms and / or excerpt on the ordering page.
* **[[ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] Terms Order**. Enable custom ordering of terms from various taxonomies in wp-admin and on the frontend.
* **[[ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] 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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) allows replacing media from the grid view of media library as well.
* **Media Library Infinite Scrolling**. Re-enable infinite scrolling in the grid view of the media library. 
* **SVG Upload**. Allow some or all user roles to upload SVG files, which will then be sanitized to keep things secure.
* **[[ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] AVIF Upload**. Enable uploading AVIF files in the Media Library.
* **External Permalinks**. Enable pages, posts and/or custom post types to have permalinks that point to external URLs.
* **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 of all types 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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) enables removal of admin bar items from other plugins.
* **Hide Admin Notices**. Clean up admin pages by moving notices into a separate panel easily accessible via the admin bar. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) adds the option to also 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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) also allows hiding the admin bar on the backend for all or some user roles.
* **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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) enables always hiding menu items for some or all user roles and reorder submenu items.
* **[[ASE Pro](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. Currently supports ASE, ACF and Meta Box custom fields.
* **Show Custom Taxonomy Filters**. Show additional filter(s) on list tables for hierarchical, custom taxonomies. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) 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, ID columns.
* **Display Active Plugins First**: Display active / activated plugins at the top of the Installed Plugins list.
* **Custom Admin Footer Text**: Customize the text you see on the footer of wp-admin pages. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) enables media upload / insertion.

### Log In / Log Out

* **Change Login URL**. Make the login URL more memorable and secure by customizing it. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) adds compatibility with login process during WooCommerce checkout and custom 404 redirect on default login URLs.
* **Login ID Type**. Restrict login ID to username or email address only.
* **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.
* **Log In/Out Menu**. Enable log in, log out and dynamic log in/out menu item for addition to any menu.
* **Last Login Column**. Log when users on the site last logged in and display the date and time in the users list table. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) makes the column sortable.
* **Redirect After Login / Logout**. Set custom redirect URL for all or some user roles after login / logout.

### Custom Code

* **[[ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] 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**. Disable the Gutenberg block editor for some or all applicable post types. Optionally disable frontend block assets. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) adds an option to disable only on / except on certain post types.
* **Disable Comments**. Disable comments for some or all public post types. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) adds an option to disable only on / except on certain 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.
* **Disable Feeds**. Disable all RSS, Atom and RDF feeds.
* **Disable All Updates**. Completely disable core, theme and plugin updates and auto-updates. Will also disable update checks, notices and emails.
* **Disable Smaller Components**. Prevent smaller components from running or loading. e.g. 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 and block-based widgets settings screen.

### Security

* **Limit Login Attempts**. Prevent brute force attacks by limiting the number of failed login attempts allowed per IP address. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) adds IP whitelisting, which is also useful to unblock users.
* **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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) 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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) enables conversion to WebP with custom conversion quality.
* **Revisions Control**. Prevent bloating the database by limiting the number of revisions to keep for some or all post types supporting revisions.
* **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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) adds the option to specify a custom reply-to name and email.
* **[[ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web)] 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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) 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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) adds IP whitelisting and bypassing via URL parameter.
* **Maintenance Mode**. Show a simple maintenance message. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) adds option to set custom page / browser tab title and use WYSIWYG editor, image / solid color background and custom CSS.
* **Redirect 404**. Perform 301 (permanent) redirect to the homepage for all 404 (not found) pages. [ASE Pro](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) 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](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web) 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.

[**See all features >>**](https://www.wpase.com/features/)

### ASE Pro

**Lifetime Deal (LTD)** is available at [www.wpase.com](https://www.wpase.com/rdme-to-web).

## Screenshots

1. Content Management
   ![Content Management](.wordpress-org/screenshot-1.png)
2. Admin Interface
   ![Admin Interface](.wordpress-org/screenshot-2.png)
3. Log In | Log Out
   ![Log In | Log Out](.wordpress-org/screenshot-3.png)
4. Custom Code
   ![Custom Code](.wordpress-org/screenshot-4.png)
5. Disable Components
   ![Disable Components](.wordpress-org/screenshot-5.png)
6. Security
   ![Security](.wordpress-org/screenshot-6.png)
7. Optimizations
   ![Optimizations](.wordpress-org/screenshot-7.png)
8. Utilities
   ![Utilities](.wordpress-org/screenshot-8.png)
9. Admin Menu Organizer module
   ![Admin Menu Organizer module](.wordpress-org/screenshot-9.png)
10. Email Delivery module
   ![Email Delivery module](.wordpress-org/screenshot-10.png)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How Do I Reset ASE Settings / Configuration?

If for whatever reason you need to remove ASE and reset the settings / configuration, please follow these steps:

1. Access your website via FTP and delete ASE plugin folder at /wp-content/plugins/admin-site-enhancements/
2. Login to your site via the default URL, /wp-admin/ or /wp-login.php
3. Install [SQL Buddy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sql-buddy/) plugin, open it, and click on the wp_options table
4. Use the small filter icon at the top of wp_options table rows, and filter for “option_name” => “contains” => “admin_site_enhancements”. You should get 3 options . Click on each one and hit the “Delete” icon in the bottom-right corner.
5. Re-install and re-configure ASE as needed.

You can skip step 1 and 2 if you still have access to your wp-admin dashboard.

## Changelog

**Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) v1.0.0** was released on October 17, 2022. Since then, there have been **69 _point_ releases** (e.g. 1.1.0 ) and **93 _patch_ releases** (e.g. 4.9.1). 

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.

[**Upgrade to ASE Pro**](https://www.wpase.com/chnlg-to-web) now. Lifetime Deal (LTD) available.

### 6.9.12 (2024.05.13) - ASE Free and Pro

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: if the menu title for 'Posts' has been modified, the word 'Posts' will be changed as well throughout wp-admin. Props to [@tinnyfusion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinnyfusion/) for [sharing the snippet](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-update-renaming-posts/) this improvement is based upon.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: the 'Contact' menu item from Contact Form 7 can now be always hidden. Props to Wence W. for reporting the issue.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Last Login Column**: Date time format now uses the one set in Settings >> General. In ASE Pro, the last login column is now sortable.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Display System Summary**: added info on database, site, wp-content, plugins, themes and upload folders sizes. Props to [@unrealnfs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unrealnfs/) for [suggesting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-dashboard-widget-plugin-my-simple-space/).

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery**: added the option to specify a custom reply-to name and email address. Props to @designidit for suggesting this.

* **[TRANSLATION]** Korean translation has been completed. ASE has now been translated into 14 languages:
  * **Chinese (China)**: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to [@bricksvip](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bricksvip/).
  * **Portuguese (Brazil)**: ASE Free and ASE Pro (completed). Props to [Dennis F.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dnn/).
  * **Hungarian**: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to [R. József G.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/radicsjg/).
  * **Vietnamese**: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to [Hoang N.Q.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nguyenquanghoang/).
  * **Italian**: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to [Fabio P.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fabioperri/) et. al.
  * **Dutch**: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to [Toine R](https://profiles.wordpress.org/toineenzo/) and [Peter S.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/psmits1567/) et al.
  * **Korean**: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to [@chazmlab](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chazmlab/).
  * **Polish**: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to [Dariusz Z.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dariobros/).
  * **Portuguese (Portugal)**: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to [Ricardo C.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/madebyuh/).
  * **Ukrainian**: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to [Irina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/irinashl/).
  * **Urdu**: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to [Ayyaz A.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ayyazahmad/).
  * **Swedish**: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to [Robert M.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/robertmichalski/) and [Tor-Bjorn F.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tobifjellner/).
  * **Danish**: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to [Morten E.L.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ellegaarddk/), [Helgi P.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/helgipetersen/) and [Kurt M.A.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moskjaer/).
  * **German (Formal)**: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to [@markussss](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markussss/) et al.
  * **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.

[**See the full changelog >>**](https://www.wpase.com/documentation/changelog/)