* **[ADDED in Pro] Utilities >> Site Backup and Migration**: Backup site files and database, restore from backups, and migrate or sync to another server.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out | Register >> Change Login URL**: fixed a regression that exposes the custom login URL when a certain URL pattern is loaded by a public visitor.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> File Manager**: add option to put the folder tree on the left side, and another option to add the File Manager as a top-level menu item instead of submenu under Tools.
* **[FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**:
* default snippets storage folder to the /wp-content/ root for when there are no snippets created yet.
* prevent stripping valid backslashes on saving a snippet and restoring from revision.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**:
* Enable "Tags" for email notification's "From Name" field, which can be useful if you want to use the "Name" field in a form as the "From Name" of the email notification.
* Field labels in "Tags" selector in email notification and auto-responder settings pages now are properly stripped from raw HTML tags.
* Hidden fields are no longer included in auto-responder emails.
* Add option to customize placeholder for dropdowns in matrix fields (the default is "Choose one").
* **[FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: fixed an issue where the "Options" toggle is not working for submenu items when the site language is set to 简体中文 (zh_CN) or 繁體中文 (zh_TW).
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages]:
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian.
* **[ADDED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Media Files Visibility Control**: in ASE Free, this module will limit media library in a way that only administrators can see all media files. Non-administrator users will only see media files they uploaded themselves in the media library and in the modal window to add/insert media. ASE Pro adds an option to specify which non-administrator user roles will be limited to only seeing media files they uploaded themselves.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**:
* In the Placement tab, post types now shows the label as well. e.g. 'post' now becomes 'Posts (post)'.
* In the Placement tab, user roles now shows the label as well. e.g. 'administrator' now becomes 'Administrator (administrator)'.
* Fixed PHP warnings related to custom field group creation / update process.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> File Manager**:
* Add the option to set FM_READ_ONLY constant to true in wp-config.php if you want to activate read-only mode, i.e. only Open and Download actions are available.
* Add a note in the module to quickly explain about enabling the read-only mode by setting FM_READ_ONLY, DISALLOW_FILE_MODS or DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT to true in wp-config.php.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**:
* add an "Export / Import Snippets" button in the snippets listing page and an "Export / Import Snippets" submenu item inside the "Code Snippets" admim menu. Both link to the snippets export / import section in the main ASE settings page, at the bottom.
* for CSS snippets, there's a new option to load the snippet within the block editor. It's located under the "Frontend >> Type of page" conditional.
* add a note in the module about manually activating safe mode to regain access to wp-admin when a PHP snippet triggers a pervasive fatal error.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**:
* When all active columns are set to auto width, horizontal scrolling will automatically be disabled in the list table of posts. This ensures that the righ-border-line for the first column will not be displayed in such a scenario.
* Add an option to make the column header row sticky (on top) on scroll.
* Add an option to set the number of (first) columns to freeze when horizontal scrolling is enabled.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages]
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free - Updated Vietnamese, Russian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Dutch (Belgian), Dutch, Bengali (Bangladesh)
* ASE Pro - Indonesian, Vietnamese, Polish, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil).
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: added an option to make the "Collapse Menu" toggler sticky at the bottom of the admin menu.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> File Manager**:
* When DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT is set to true, only 'Open' (read-only) and 'Download' actions are available within the plugins and themes folder.
* When DISALLOW_FILE_MODS is set to true, only 'Open' (read-only) and 'Download' actions are available across all folders and files.
* 'Open' is now properly hidden in the right-click context menu for non-text files.
* Main folders and files list has been made more compact and styling polished to make it more useful (more items in view) and more comfortable (less busy look).
* Fix alphabetical sort of sub-folders on clicking a parent folder in the folder tree navigation.
* Right click to paste into a folder now works properly.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Comments**: when comments are disabled for all post types, the admin bar counter/link and the admin menu item for comments will automatically be removed as well.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: add an option to show featured image thumbnails in the Order page.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Group**:
* added an option to show sequence number for repeater field row label. This is useful for when you have a lot of rows in your repeater field and would like to keep track of the sequence / position of each row. Props to Igor K. for prompting this improvement.
* fixed PHP fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**:
* Add a new 'Template' column within the 'Default' category for the Pages (page) post type. This will show the template in use by a page, whether in the context of a block theme, or a classic theme. Props to Hans R. for prompting this improvement.
* Make the first column sticky when horizontal scrolling is enabled.
* If a plugin registers a sortable column, it is now recognized as a column that can be used as the default sort.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages]:
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free - Updated Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Persian, Danish.
* ASE Pro - Updated Portuguese (Brazil).
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> File Manager**:
* 'Download' a file previous would open the file URL in a new browser tab for several file types. It will now properly initiate a download.
* When a file is selected via it's checkbox, 'Open' and 'Download' buttons will now be shown.
* Sync the order of actions between the toolbar buttons and right-click context menu.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: when creating a PHP snippet, 'Hook' is now selected by default for "Where to execute / insert".
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Optimization >> Image Upload Control**: add an option to limit resize and conversion only to media library and block editor uploads. This may be useful for a scenario where a frontend form has an upload field that was resizing and converting image files being uploaded, and that behaviour is not desired. Props to Stijn V. for prompting this improvement.
* **[FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories**:
* Fixed layout shift issue in the list view of the media library caused by the categories tree being loaded into view a bit late.
* After drag-and-drop operation to a category, the page no longer reloads and the counter for the category will be updated live.
* Category tree state preservation across page reloads is now more robust, making use of browser localStorage.
* Uploading multiple files to a specific category or sub-category now properly shows a placeholder with progress bar for each file.
* Categorizing via bulk select and drag-and-dropping selection to a category is now more stable, preserving the media grid in view (with infinite scrolling enabled) and keeping the bulk select mode active. This makes it easier to perform sequential categorization operations. Props to Ramyt I. for prompting this improvement.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Local User Avatar**: fixed a typo in javascript code causing issue with updating another, non-admin user's avatar. Props to RJ Ramey for reporting the issue.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages]:
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free - Added Azerbaijani, . Updated Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Persian, Norwegian, Indonesian, German (Formal), Dutch, Arabic.
* ASE Pro - Updated Indonesian.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Logo**: admin logo is now loaded in a way that prevents layout shift in the admin menu panel.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Content Types, Code Snippets Manager, Form Builder**: top level admin menu icons added by these modules are now rendered with the correct admin color scheme's color on page load, no longer briefly rendered with black color.
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: when at least on menu item is hidden until toggled, the "Show Less" menu item is no longer briefly shown on admin page load.
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Optimization >> Image Upload Control**: prevent an image (JPG, PNG or WebP) with dimension smaller than max width / max height set in the module, from being re-saved, and thus, prevent it from being re-compressed upon upload.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: fixed a fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario.