Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) v1.0.0 was released on October 17, 2022. Since then, there have been 85 major releases (e.g. 1.1.0 ) and 191 minor releases (e.g. 4.9.1), for a total of 276 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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8.6.2 (2026.04.13) – ASE Free and Pro

• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices: fixed notices not being hidden in Admin Columns plugin’s admin pages. Props to John D. for reporting the issue.

• [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Password Protection: cron requests now bypasses password protection.

• [IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Group: Added the ability to expose / update custom field values in / via WP REST API (docs >>). Props to Gabriel, Tadeas, Ale M., Richard W., Riza M.A., Rahul S., Matt E., Jesús, Liza C. and Matteo C. for prompting this improvement.

• [FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager:

  • fixed a bug with the “Disable the Code Snippets Editor role” is checked that, in a certain scenario, causes administrator users to not see the “Code Snippets” menu and can not access snippets list, add and edit screens.
  • added a new settings (checkbox) to migrate the snippets storage folder to /wp-content/ root. Props to Rajan D. for prompting this improvement.

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

  • Added new/improved translation for:
  • ASE Free: Updated Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Chile), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Dutch, Arabic
  • ASE Pro: Updated Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish
  • 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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