Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro v7.8.10.1

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• [IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator: add option to only auto-obfuscate email addresses in post content for site visitors, not for logged-in users. This is useful for when you need to enable users to export post content that contains email addresses. Props to Wence W. for suggesting this improvement.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Security >> Limit Login Attempts: fix PHP warning. Props to @malaga16 for reporting this.
• [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]ASE is now translated into 22 languages:
  • Added new/improved translation for:
  • Free: Arabic, Italian, Polish
  • Pro: Italian, Norwegian
  • 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.
  • Portuguese (Brazil): ASE Free and ASE Pro (completed). Props to Dennis F., denisgomesfranco, Denison C. and @ofmarconi.
  • Hungarian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to R. József G. et al.
  • Vietnamese: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Hoang N.Q. et al.
  • Italian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Fabio P. et. al.
  • Dutch: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Toine R and Peter S. et al.
  • Korean: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @chazmlab et al.
  • German (Formal): ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @markussss, Bastian S. et al.

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* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Clean Up Admin Bar**: when 'Howdy' is removed, the account menu item will now be positioned towards the right-most part of the admin bar. Props to Basil B. and Tony B. for reporting the issue.

* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: properly hide notices on user deletion confirmation screen. Props to [@tomislo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomislo/) for [reporting the issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-admin-notices-2/).

* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: fix an issue where checks on non-public post types were not saved in the module settings. Props to Robert G. for reporting the issue.

* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Password Protection**: fix an issue for WordPress subfolder install where entering the correct password does not work, i.e. does not remove password protection allowing to see the page content. Props to Manny C. and Markus F. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.

* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator**: fix an issue where the obfuscated email address is not being output in human-readable form when the shortcode for it is used inside an ACF options page (WYSIWYG Editor) and rendered via a Bricks builder template. Props to Aleš S. for reporting the issue and facilitatiing the troubleshooting process.

* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: fixed a bug where in a certain scenario, not all posts from a non-hierarchical post type is shown in the post ordering screen. Props to Henry R. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Search Engine Visibility Status**: fix an issue where on certain scenarios, search engine indexing was being disabled unintentionally. Props to Val J. and Andreas K. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.

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• [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery: add option to set the number of most recent email delivery log entries to keep. This should prevent database bloat when logging is enabled.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode: add option to allow frontend access for non-administrator role(s). Props to Jan W. for suggesting the improvement.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg & Disable Comments: add an option to "Disable on all post types". Props to PJ for suggesting the improvement.
• [CHANGED in Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Site Identity on the Login Page: this module is now disabled in the Pro version as it's features are included in the Login Page Customizer module.
• [FIXED / IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer:
  • fixed a JS error preventing the module to work properly when WP Activity Log plugin is active. Props to @admin_truemarket for reporting the issue.
  • replaced triangle HTML symbol with SVG icon to prevent styling from being affected by emoji script.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL: trying to open /wp-admin/profile.php while not being logged-in will no longer redirect to the custom login URL. Props to Orlando M. for reporting the issue.

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• [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery: add option to set the number of most recent email delivery log entries to keep. This should prevent database bloat when logging is enabled.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode: add option to allow frontend access for non-administrator role(s). Props to Jan W. for suggesting the improvement.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg & Disable Comments: add an option to "Disable on all post types". Props to PJ for suggesting the improvement.
• [CHANGED in Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Site Identity on the Login Page: this module is now disabled in the Pro version as it's features are included in the Login Page Customizer module.
• [FIXED / IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer:
  • fixed a JS error preventing the module to work properly when WP Activity Log plugin is active. Props to @admin_truemarket for reporting the issue.
  • replaced triangle HTML symbol with SVG icon to prevent styling from being affected by

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• [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery: added an option to enable logging of email deliveries. Props toFrancois G. and Jonathan L. for suggesting this.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Login Page Customizer: added an option to hide the "Remember Me" checkbox. Props to Markus R. for the suggestion.
• [FIXED in Free] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode: fix missing background image/pattern after update to v7.0.3. Props to @arj968653 for reporting this in detail.
• [FIXED in Free] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator: fix obfuscated email address not properly inlined in certain scenarios, e.g. used inside Elementor Text Editor widget. Props to @lostguybrazil for reporting this with detailed explanation, screenshots and also proposing a working solution!... which was applied on this fix.
• [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager: fixed fatal error in a particular scenario involving the RWMB_Core class. Props to Kenneth S. for reporting the issue complete with the error log details.
• [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer: fixed an issue where JS error occurs when certain plugins uses a star icon in it's subemnu title.
• [TRANSLATION]ASE is now translated into 17 languages:
  • Chinese (China): ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @bricksvip.
  • Portuguese (Brazil): ASE Free and ASE Pro (completed). Props to Dennis F..
  • Hungarian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to R. József G..
  • Vietnamese: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Hoang N.Q..
  • Italian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Fabio P. et. al.
  • Dutch: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Toine R and Peter S. et al.
  • Korean: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @chazmlab.
  • German (Formal): ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @markussss, Bastian S. et al.
  • French: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Stéphan G., @jeanfrancoisdelvin, @srossignol, @lucashw, @skippy43, @anlip, @agencefacton, @injsbx et al.
  • Polish: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @kosmity and Dariusz Z..
  • Norwegian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Alf O.F..
  • Czech: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Jan S..
  • Portuguese (Portugal): ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Ricardo C..
  • Ukrainian: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Irina.
  • Urdu: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Ayyaz A..
  • Swedish: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Robert M. and Tor-Bjorn F..
  • Danish: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Morten E.L., Helgi P. and Kurt M.A..

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• [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode:
  • Added an option to use an existing page created with the block / classic editor or with a page builder as the maintenance page. Props to Ignazio D.M., @pyoil, Michael M., Antoine L. and Melissa I. for suggesting this feature.
  • Added pattern as background option like in the Login Page Customizer module.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Password Protection: automatically applies design elements from the Login Page Customizer module when it's enabled. This includes the login form background and the page background.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Login Page Customizer: make subfields line up on the same row on the Login Page Background section when 'Custom' is selected. Make two more strings translatable. Props to Hoang N.Q. for pointing them out.
• [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Log In | Log Oot >> Change Login URL: when logged-in, opening default /wp-login.php will now redirect to /wp-admin/ (Dashboard).
• [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer: fixed an issue where new separators could not be added in certain scenarios. Props to Mike D. for reporting the issue. Also fixed an issue where the organizer is broken when WP 2FA plugin is active. Props to Batist L. for reporting the issue.
• [FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: fixed an issue where repeated entries mentioning this module were created in WooCommerce 'plugin-woocommerce' error log. Props to Thanos K., Susanne R., KathArt I., Anthony V., Morten P., Gerhard R. and Paul O. for reporting the issue.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] ASE Settings:
  • Fixed an incompatibility with WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, Delivery Notes and Shipping Labels that was breaking their admin pages and features. Props to @jtphelan for reporting the issue here and @webvizionph for reporting it here.
  • Fixed PHP warning. Props to @mdeg79 for reporting the issue.
• [TRANSLATION]Norwegian and Czech translation added (complete). ASE is now translated into 17 languages:
  • Chinese (China): ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @bricksvip.
  • Portuguese (Brazil): ASE Free and ASE Pro (completed). Props to Dennis F..
  • Hungarian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to R. József G..
  • Vietnamese: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Hoang N.Q..
  • Italian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Fabio P. et. al.
  • Dutch: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Toine R and Peter S. et al.
  • Korean: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @chazmlab.

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• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL: fix attempt on an issue where frontend functionality breaks when this module is activated (since v7.0.2). Props to @dcnz, @vanektomas and @okparfait for reporting the issue with some very helpful details.

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• [FIXED in Free] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer: fixed fatal error when installing / updating to v6.9.13. Props to @timbre-design and Kenneth L. for reporting the issue.

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• [FIXED in Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control: fixed an issue with WebP upload as reported by Konstantin T, where the resulting upload is a broken image. Also made sure WebP upload will be resized to the maximum dimension defined in the settings.

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• [TRANSLATION]ASE has now been translated into the following languages:
  • Chinese (China): ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to @bricksvip.
  • Dutch: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Toine R et al.
  • Hungarian: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (completed). Props to R. József G..
  • Polish: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Dariusz Z..
  • Portuguese (Brazil): ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (completed). Props to Dennis F..
  • Portuguese (Portugal): ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Ricardo C..
  • Ukrainian: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Irina.
  • Urdu: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Ayyaz A..
  • Vietnamese: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (completed). Props to Hoang N.Q..
  • Interested to help translate or improve the translation? Please go to https://translate.wpase.com for more info.
  • Note: simply change the language in your user profile editing screen to see the translations in action.
• [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Content Duplication: will properly detect if a 'product' post type is registered by WooCommerce or not. If it's registered by WooCommerce, content duplication will use WooCommerce's native feature. If it's not registered by WooCommerce, e.g. by ACF, then ASE's content duplication feature will be used. Props to @rikhen for reporting the issue which prompted the improvement.