Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) v1.0.0 was released on October 17, 2022. Since then, there have been 84 major releases (e.g. 1.1.0 ) and 185 minor releases (e.g. 4.9.1), for a total of 269 releases.

Each major 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 minor release usually contain one or more bugfix or improvements to existing modules/features.

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8.4.0 (2026.02.16) – ASE Free and Pro

• [ADDED in Pro] Security >> Two-Factor Authentication: Add an extra verification step during login for some or all user roles with grace period settings. Supported methods are authenticator app (TOTP), recovery codes and email. Compatible with the Change Login URL, Limit Login Attempts and CAPTCHA Protection modules. Props to Sebastian, Laurent F., Jonathan, Carlos d.A. Silvan L., Luethi, Ramyt I., Ammar, Marcel S., Drijen S., Stefan B., Timothy L. and Cory V. for prompting this addition.

• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg: fixed a PHP fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario. Props to @d79 for reporting this in detail with the error entry log.

• [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into 38 languages:

  • Added new/improved translation for:
  • ASE Free: updated Danish, Spanish (Chile), Russian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Persian, German, Dutch (Netherlands), Dutch (Belgium)
  • ASE Pro: updated Danish, Portuguese (Brazil)
  • 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 for more info.
  • Chinese (China): ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @bricksvip et al. Current status: 12 strings untranslated.
  • Portuguese (Brazil): ASE Free and ASE Pro (completed). Props to Valdemir M., Dennis F., denisgomesfranco, Denison C. and @ofmarconi. Current status: 0 strings untranslated.
  • Hungarian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to R. József G. et al. Current status: 41 strings untranslated.
  • Vietnamese: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Hoang N.Q. et al. Current status: 8 strings untranslated.
  • Italian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Fabio P. et. al. Current status: 28 strings untranslated.
  • Dutch: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Toine R and Peter S. et al. Current status: 0 strings untranslated.
  • Korean: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @chazmlab et al. Current status: 1 strings untranslated.
  • German (Formal): ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @markussss, Bastian S. et al. Current status: 50 strings untranslated.
  • French: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Stéphan G., @jeanfrancoisdelvin, @srossignol, @lucashw, @skippy43, @anlip, @agencefacton, @injsbx et al. Current status: 0 strings untranslated.
  • Polish: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Jaroslaw K., Dziubek and Dariusz Z. et al. Current status: 0 strings untranslated.
  • Norwegian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Alf O.F. et al. Current status: 0 strings untranslated.
  • Czech: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Jan S. et al. Current status: 65 strings untranslated.
  • Spanish (Spain): ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @marcorubiol et al. Current status: 0 strings untranslated.
  • Slovak: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Dominik K. et al. Current status: 12 strings untranslated.
  • Indonesian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @pakacil, Wawan S. et al. Current status: 9 strings untranslated.
  • Portuguese (Portugal): ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Ricardo C. et al. Current status: 0 strings untranslated.
  • Ukrainian: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Irina et al. Current status: 28 strings untranslated.
  • Urdu: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Ayyaz A. et al. Current status: 98 strings untranslated.
  • Swedish: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Robert M. and Tor-Bjorn F.. Current status: 29 strings untranslated.
  • Danish: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Morten E.L., Helgi P. and Kurt M.A. et al. Current status: 1 strings untranslated.
  • Arabic: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (completed). Props to Mohammed J., Yaser M., et al. Current status: 1 strings untranslated.
  • Romanian: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Dan C., @ravishi and @catalinx777. Current status: 34 strings untranslated.
  • Turkish: ASE Free (completed). Props to @saeead, @serdaroztrk et al. Current status: 1 strings untranslated.
  • Chinese (Taiwan): ASE Free (completed). Props to @gordon168 and Hedula. Current status: 1 strings untranslated
  • Spanish (Chile): ASE Free (completed). Props to @srgio. Current status: 8 strings untranslated.
  • Serbian: ASE Free (partial). Props to Igor E. and @plug-n-play. Current status: 8 strings untranslated.
  • Albanian: Props to @algertpateqi. Current status: 7 strings untranslated.
  • Persian: ASE Free (completed). Props to @saeead et al. Current status: 40 strings untranslated.
  • Russian: ASE Free (completed). Props to @sergey369, @pfgr et al. Current status: 3 strings untranslated.
  • Bosnian: ASE Free (completed). Props to @plug-n-play et al. Current status: 37 strings untranslated.
  • Croatian: ASE Free (completed). Props to @plug-n-play. Current status: 41 strings untranslated.
  • Japanese: ASE Free (completed). Props to @zionote et al. Current status: 1 strings untranslated.
  • Catalan: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @agendablanca, @lluishospital et al. Current status: 12 strings untranslated.
  • Bengali (Bangladesh): ASE Free (completed) and Pro (partial). Props to Ruhani R.. Current status: 9 strings untranslated.
  • Bulgarian: ASE Free (completed) and Pro (partial). Props to Svetoslav S.. Current status, 8 strings untranslated.
  • Greek: ASE Free (completed) and Pro (completed). Props to Stelio C.. Current status: 0 strings untranslated.
  • Dutch (Belgium): ASE Free (completed). Props to Pieterjan D.. Current status, 0 strings untranslated.
  • Azerbaijani: ASE Free (completed). Props to Saeid BGrn. Current status, 0 strings untranslated.

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