Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)
Tags: enhancements, tweaks, optimizations, tools
Requires at least: 4.6
Tested up to: 6.4.2
Stable tag: 6.5.0
Requires PHP: 5.6
Duplicate post, post order, image resize, email via SMTP, admin menu editor, custom css / code, disable gutenberg and much more in a single plugin.
Content Management
- Pro Custom Content Types: Conveniently register and edit custom post types and custom taxonomies without writing a single line of code. Optionally enable the creation of custom field groups.
- Content Duplication: Enable one-click duplication of pages, posts and custom posts. The corresponding taxonomy terms and post meta will also be duplicated.
- Content Order: Enable custom ordering of various "hierarchical" content types or those supporting "page attributes". Useful for displaying them in the desired order in wp-admin and on the frontend. ASE Pro enables toggling taxonomy terms and / or excerpt on the ordering page.
- Pro Terms Order: Enable custom ordering of terms from various "hierarchical" taxonomies. Useful for displaying them in the desired order in wp-admin and on the frontend.
- Pro Media Categories: Add categories for the media library and enable drag-and-drop categorization of media items. Categories can then be used to filter media items during media insertion into content.
- Media Replacement: Easily replace any type of media file with a new one while retaining the existing media ID, publish date and file name. So, no existing links will break. ASE Pro 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. Useful for scrolling through a large library.
- SVG Upload: Allow some or all user roles to upload SVG files, which will then be sanitized to keep things secure.
- Pro 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.
- Allow Custom Navigation Menu Items to Open in New Tab: Allow custom navigation menu items to open in new tab.
- Auto-Publish Posts with Missed Schedule: Trigger publishing of scheduled posts of all types marked with "missed schedule".
Admin Interface
- Clean Up Admin Bar: Remove various elements from the admin bar. ASE Pro adds removal of admin bar items from other plugins.
- Remove WordPress logo/menu
- Remove customize menu/link
- Remove updates counter/link
- Remove comments counter/link
- Remove new content menu
- Remove 'Howdy' text
- Remove the Help tab and drawer
- Hide Admin Notices: Clean up admin pages by moving notices into a separate panel.
- Disable Dashboard Widgets: Disable some or all widgets to speed up the dashboard.
- Hide Admin Bar: Hide admin bar on frontend for some or all user roles.
- Wider Admin Menu: Give the admin menu more room.
- Admin Menu Editor / Organizer: Customize the order of the admin menu.
- Pro Admin Columns Manager: Manage and organize columns in the admin listing.
- Enhance List Tables: Improve the listing pages with extra columns and options.
- Show the featured image column
- Show the excerpt column
- Show the ID as a column or in the action rows
- Show custom taxonomy dropdown filter(s)
- Remove the comments column
- Remove the post tags column
Log In / Log Out
- Change Login URL: Make the login URL more memorable and secure. ASE Pro adds WooCommerce compatibility.
- Site Identity on Login Page: Use site icon instead of default WordPress logo.
- Log In/Out Menu: Enable dynamic log in/out menu items.
- Last Login Column: Display last login date and time in users list.
- Redirect After Login / Logout: Set custom redirect URLs by role.
Custom Code
- Pro Code Snippets Manager: Add and manage CSS, JS, HTML and PHP snippets.
- Custom Admin CSS: Add CSS on all admin pages.
- Custom Frontend CSS: Add CSS on frontend pages.
- Insert <head>, <body> and <footer> Code: Easily insert scripts, tags, analytics and pixels.
- Custom Body Class: Add custom body classes to posts or pages.
- Manage ads.txt and app-ads.txt: Edit and validate ads.txt files.
- Manage robots.txt: Edit and validate robots.txt.
Disable Components
- Disable Gutenberg: Disable the block editor for some or all post types.
- Disable Block-Based Widgets Screen: Restore the classic widgets screen.
- Disable Comments: Disable comments for selected post types.
- Disable REST API: Restrict REST API access for unauthenticated users.
- Disable Feeds: Disable all RSS, Atom and RDF feeds.
- Disable All Updates: Stop all WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates.
- Disable Smaller Components: Disable unnecessary tags and meta elements for optimization.
- Disable generator meta tag
- Disable version numbers on static resources
- Disable WLW manifest link
- Disable RSD link
- Disable shortlink tag
- Disable dashicons on frontend
- Disable emoji support
- Disable jQuery Migrate script
Security
- Limit Login Attempts: Prevent brute-force attacks by limiting failed login attempts.
- Obfuscate Author Slugs: Hide author usernames from public URLs.
- Email Address Obfuscator: Hide email addresses from spam bots.
- Disable XML-RPC: Protect against XML-RPC-based attacks.
Optimizations
- Image Upload Control: Resize and convert large images automatically. ASE Pro adds WebP conversion.
- Revisions Control: Limit the number of post revisions.
- Heartbeat Control: Adjust or disable WordPress heartbeat intervals to reduce CPU load.
Utilities
- Email Delivery: Set custom sender name/email and use SMTP for reliable delivery.
- Pro Local User Avatar: Use images from Media Library as avatars.
- Multiple User Roles: Assign multiple roles to users.
- Image Sizes Panel: Display available image sizes and URLs.
- View Admin as Role: View the site as another role.
- Password Protection: Protect the site with a global password.
- Maintenance Mode: Show a customizable maintenance page.
- Redirect 404 to Homepage: Redirect all 404 pages to homepage.
- Display System Summary: Show system info in the dashboard widget.
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) will include more enhancements and useful features in future versions.
