Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro v7.8.7

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• [FIXED in Pro] Disable Components >> Disable REST API: fix an issue where updating to v7.4.0 causes the REST API to be inaccessible for all authenticated / logged-in user roles. This for example, caused users not being able to load the Elementor editor. Props to Ron R. for quickly reporting the issue.

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• [FIXED in Pro] Disable Components >> Disable REST API: fix an issue where updating to v7.4.0 causes the REST API to be inaccessible for all authenticated / logged-in user roles. This for example, caused users not being able to load the Elementor editor. Props to Ron R. for quickly reporting the issue.

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• [IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order: adjacent posts (next and previous posts) are now correctly reflecting the custom order. Props to Antoine L. for suggesting this improvement.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Log In | Log Out >> Change Login URL: fix an issue where visiting the custom login URL while logged-in returns a 404 Not Found error. Props to Nadja v.M. for reporting the issue.
• [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]ASE is now translated into 22 languages:
  • Added new/improved translation for:
  • Free: Spanish, Indonesian, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
  • Pro: Vietnamese
  • 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.
  • 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. et al.
  • Norwegian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Alf O.F. et al.
  • Czech: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Jan S. et al.
  • Spanish: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @marcorubiol et al.
  • Slovak: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to Dominik K. et al.
  • Indonesian: ASE Free and Pro (completed). Props to @pakacil, Wawan S. et al.
  • Portuguese (Portugal): ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Ricardo C. et al.
  • Ukrainian: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Irina et al.
  • Urdu: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Ayyaz A. et al.
  • 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. et al.
  • Arabic: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Mohammed J. et al.
  • Romanian: ASE Free (completed) | ASE Pro (partial). Props to Dan C., @ravishi et al.

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[ADDED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Enhance List Tables:

• Add an option to show a sortable, last modified column. Props to @nirmithamw for suggesting this.
• Add an option to hide the date column. Maybe useful if you're showing the last modified column already.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Disable Components >> Disable REST API: add an option to disable REST API access for some or all authenticated / logged-in user role(). May be useful if you have a membership or ecommerce site and would like to limit access to the REST API for admins only. Props to Yurkee for suggesting this improvement.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg: fix an issue where frontend gutenberg CSS assets and styles were not properly removed in some scenarios when using Bricks builder / themne, even though it's been set to be disabled in ASE settings. Props to @thekendog for reporting this.
• [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Logo: fix styling issue when admin bar logo is enabled and shown in the admin bar on the frontend. Props to @lulech23 for reporting this.
• [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]ASE is now translated into 22 languages:
  • Added new/improved translationfor:
    • Free: Spanish, Indonesian, Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Slovak, Vietnamese
    • Pro: Hungarian, Norwegian, Vietnamese, Romanian
  • 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.
    

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• [ADDED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Enhance List Tables:
  • Add an option to show a sortable, last modified column. Props to @nirmithamw for suggesting this.
  • Add an option to hide the date column. Maybe useful if you're showing the last modified column already.
• [IMPROVED in Pro] Disable Components >> Disable REST API: add an option to disable REST API access for some or all authenticated / logged-in user role(). May be useful if you have a membership or ecommerce site and would like to limit access to the REST API for admins only. Props to Yurkee for suggesting this improvement.
• [FIXED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg: fix an issue where frontend gutenberg CSS assets and styles were not properly removed in some scenarios when using Bricks builder / themne, even though it's been set to be disabled in ASE settings. Props to @thekendog for reporting this.
• [FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Logo: fix styling issue when admin bar logo is enabled and shown in the admin bar on the frontend. Props to @lulech23 for reporting this.
• [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]ASE is now translated into 22 languages:
  • Added new/improved translationfor:
    • Free: Spanish, Indonesian, Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Slovak, Vietnamese
    • Pro: Hungarian, Norwegian, Vietnamese, Romanian
  • 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.

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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 for reporting the issue.
• [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.
• [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] Added Indonesian and Romanian translation. ASE is now translated into 22 languages:

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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