Admin and Site Enhancements wordpress plugin

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) helps you to easily enhance various admin workflows and site aspects while replacing multiple plugins doing it.

Pro version with Lifetime Deal (LTD) is available at www.wpase.com.

Here’s a detailed walkthrough of ASE at v7.0.3 by Pascal Claro.

Content Management

• [ASE Pro] Custom Content Types. Conveniently register and edit custom post types (CPT), custom taxonomies, custom field groups and options pages that integrates with Bricks, Breakdance, Oxygen and Elementor. This an alternative for ACF Pro, Meta Box, Toolset, Pods or JetEngine.
• Content Duplication. One-click duplication of pages, posts and CPTs. ASE Pro enables duplication only for certain user roles and post types, and adds location option for duplication link.
• Content Order. Enable custom ordering of various post types that are hierarchical or support page attributes, in wp-admin. ASE Pro enables ordering of post types that are non-hierarchical and does not support page attributes, including media / attachments. It also enable toggling taxonomy terms and / or excerpt on the ordering page and applying the custom order on the frontend.
• [ASE Pro] Terms Order. Enable custom ordering of terms from various taxonomies in wp-admin and on the frontend.
• [ASE Pro] Media Categories. Add categories for the media library and enable drag-and-drop categorization of media items.
• Media Replacement. Easily replace any type of media file with a new one while ensuring no existing links will break. ASE Pro allows replacing media from the grid view of media library as well.
• SVG Upload. Allow some or all user roles to upload SVG files, which will then be sanitized to keep things secure.
• 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 via target=”_blank” attribute.
• Allow Custom Navigation Menu Items to Open in New Tab. Allow custom navigation menu items to have links that open in new browser tab via target=”_blank” attribute.
• Auto-Publish Posts with Missed Schedule. Trigger publishing of scheduled posts of all types marked with “missed schedule”, anytime the site is visited.

Admin Interface

• Clean Up Admin Bar. Remove various default elements from the admin bar. ASE Pro enables removal of admin bar items from other plugins.
• Hide Admin Notices. Clean up admin pages by moving notices into a separate panel easily accessible via the admin bar. ASE Pro adds the option to also hide notices for non-admins.
• Disable Dashboard Widgets. Clean up and speed up the dashboard by completely disabling some or all widgets.
• Hide Admin Bar. Hide admin bar on the frontend for all or some user roles. ASE Pro also allows hiding the admin bar on the backend for all or some user roles.
• Wider Admin Menu. Give the admin menu more room to better accommodate wider items.
• Admin Menu Editor / Organizer. Customize the order of the admin menu and optionally change menu item title or hide some items. ASE Pro enables always hiding menu items for some or all user roles and reorder submenu items.
• [ASE Pro] Admin Columns Manager. Manage and organize columns in the admin listing for pages, posts and custom post types. Currently supports ASE, ACF and Meta Box custom fields.
• Show Custom Taxonomy Filters. Show additional filter(s) on list tables for hierarchical, custom taxonomies. ASE Pro adds option to show additional filter(s) for non-hierarchical taxonomies.
• Enhance List Tables. Improve the usefulness of listing pages of various post types by adding / removing columns and elements, e.g. featured image, excerpt, ID columns.
• Various Admin UI Enhancements: Various, smaller enhancements for different parts of the admin interface.
  • Media Library Infinite Scrolling: Re-enable infinite scrolling in the grid view of the media library.
  • Display Active Plugins First: Display active / activated plugins at the top of the Installed Plugins list.
  • [ASE Pro] Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy: Preserve the visual hierarchy of taxonomy terms checklist in the classic editor.
  • [ASE Pro] Enable Dashboard Columns Settings: Enable manual settings of dashboard columns layout in Screen Options. You can choose between 1 to 4 columns.
• Custom Admin Footer Text: Customize the text you see on the footer of wp-admin pages. ASE Pro enables media upload / insertion.

Log In / Log Out

• Change Login URL. Make the login URL more memorable and secure by customizing it. ASE Pro adds compatibility with login process during WooCommerce checkout and custom 404 redirect on default login URLs.
• Login ID Type. Restrict login ID to username or email address only.
• [ASE Pro] Login Page Customizer. Easily customize the design of the login page.
• Site Identity on Login Page. Use the site icon and URL to replace the default WordPress logo with link to wordpress.org on the login page.
• Log In/Out Menu. Enable log in, log out and dynamic log in/out menu item for addition to any menu.
• Last Login Column. Log when users on the site last logged in and display the date and time in the users list table. ASE Pro makes the column sortable.
• Redirect After Login / Logout. Set custom redirect URL for all or some user roles after login / logout.

Custom Code

• [ASE Pro] Code Snippets Manager. Conveniently add and manage CSS / SCSS, JS, HTML and PHP code snippets to modify your site’s content, design, behaviour and functionalities
• Custom Admin CSS.
• Custom Frontend CSS.
• Insert <head>, <body> and <footer> Code. Easily insert <meta>, <link>, <script> and <style> tags for tracking, analytics, etc.
• Custom Body Class.
• Manage ads.txt and app-ads.txt.
• Manage robots.txt.

Disable Components

• Disable Gutenberg. Disable the Gutenberg block editor for some or all applicable post types. Optionally disable frontend block assets. ASE Pro adds an option to disable only on / except on certain post types, or on all post types.
• Disable Comments. Disable comments for some or all public post types. ASE Pro adds an option to disable only on / except on certain post types, or on all post types.
• Disable REST API. Disable REST API access for non-authenticated users and remove URL traces from <head>, HTTP headers and WP RSD endpoint.
• Disable Feeds. Disable all RSS, Atom and RDF feeds.
• Disable All Updates. Completely disable core, theme and plugin updates and auto-updates. Will also disable update checks, notices and emails.
• Disable Smaller Components. Prevent smaller components from running or loading. e.g. generator <meta> tag, version number, Windows Live Writer (WLW) manifest <link> tag, Really Simple Discovery (RSD) <link> tag, WordPress shortlink <link> tag in <head>, and also dashicons CSS and JS files, emoji support, jQuery Migrate and block-based widgets settings screen.