* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: fixed notices not being hidden in Admin Columns plugin's admin pages. Props to John D. for reporting the issue.
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Password Protection**: cron requests now bypasses password protection.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Group**: Added the ability to expose / update custom field values in / via WP REST API ([docs >>](https://www.wpase.com/documentation/custom-field-types/#rest-api)). Props to Gabriel, Tadeas, Ale M., Richard W., Riza M.A., Rahul S., Matt E., Jesús, Liza C. and Matteo C. for prompting this improvement.
* **[FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**:
* fixed a bug with the "Disable the Code Snippets Editor role" is checked that, in a certain scenario, causes administrator users to not see the "Code Snippets" menu and can not access snippets list, add and edit screens.
* added a new settings (checkbox) to migrate the snippets storage folder to /wp-content/ root. Props to Rajan D. for prompting this improvement.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Chile), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Dutch, Arabic
* ASE Pro: Updated Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish
no change log for this version on link
https://www.wpase.com/documentation/changelog/
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out | Register >> Change Login URL**: update module description to clarify compatibility with 2FA plugin / module.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery**: fixed PHP Deprecation issue in PHP 8.4.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Bar Custom Elements**:
- It's now possible to drag a parent element between the left and right side.
- It's now possible to drag a child element from one parent element to another parent element. The "Parent" field has also been removed in favor of this drag and drop approach.
- Add an option to set which user roles an element should be shown for. A child element can inherit the parent element settings or has its own settings.
- The read-only "ID" field is now hidden so the "Options" panel is cleaner and simpler.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: Improved handling of errors triggered by PHP snippets. Added a mechanism to prevent misattribution. Add a dedicated Error Log page (and submenu item) to display errors without clearly identifiable source snippets, which should help diagnose which PHP snippet an error originates from without mistakenly attributing it to a potentially wrong snippet. This also improves the reliability of safe mode being auto-enabled on fatal errors. Props to David K. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Public Preview for Drafts** add an option to also allow public preview for scheduled posts. Props to B. Adams for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Group**: add a new 'notify' parameter for frontend submission form's shortcode `[post_cf_form]` which can contain comma-separated email addresses and/or usernames. Once a submission has been made email notification containing form submission data will be sent to those email addresses and/or user emails. Props to Henry R. for prompting this improvement.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories**: fix heading misalignment / cut-off on screen <= 1300px. Props to Henry R. for reporting the issue.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Update Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Dutch.
* ASE Pro: Update Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish
* **[ADDED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Bar Custom Elements**: New module to add custom menu and submenu items to the admin bar. Props to Todd, Jake H. and Lee B. for prompting this addition.
* **[SECURITY FIX in Free and Pro] Log In/Out & Register >> Change Login URL**: fix vulnerability that exposes the hidden login URL/form when a certain URL pattern is loaded on the frontend while logged-out. Props to Dan for responsibly disclosing this.
* **[IMPROVED in Free] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator**: The "high-compatibility" mode option is now available in ASE Free as well.
* **[FIXED and IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**:
* [ASE Free and Pro] Remove description text at the top of the Admin Menu Organizer page.
* [ASE Free] Fixed missing green checkmark icon after clicking "Save Changes"
* [ASE Pro] Add the ability to always allow eligible users to view and access a menu item even if it's been hidden for all user roles or a particular user role. Props to Gary M., Gergo F.. Lee, SPARKS!, Tim C. and Tyler S. for prompting this imprvement.
* [ASE Pro] Fix custom submenu title corruption when a unicode character is present, e.g. Serviço. Props to Jayron C. for reporting the issue in detail.
* [ASE Pro] Change "Add Menu" to "Add Menu or Separator" and "Add Separator" to "Add Spacer" for better clarity since the addition of the "Add Menu" feature. Pros to Tanja K. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)**:
* add an option to apply different 2FA settings for each user role. This allows you to choose which 2FA methods to activate and the grace period to apply for each role. Props to Justin T. for prompting this improvement.
* add an option to enable the email method by default for the selected user role(s). Props to Justin T. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable REST API**: two-factor authentication routes by default are now excluded from being disabled.
* **[Improved in Pro] Utilities >> File Manager**: "Last Modified" column will now properly reflect the timezone set in "Settings >> General".
* **[FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Group**:
* Fixed out-of-memory bug that occurs in a certain scenario when using the `[cf]` shortcode with a WYSIWYG field in a page builder context. Props to Lynette C. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
* Added new option for WYSIWYG field to force paragraph output to use double line breaks instead of paragraph tags. This is useful when used in certain page builder context so that styling from the page builder UI applies correctly and not being rendered mute / ineffective by the paragraph tags.
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Comments**: Kadence galleries (kt_gallery) will no longer be shown as an option to disable comments on, as it can prevent adding new images to a gallery. In ASE Pro, when "Disable on all post types" is selected, kt_gallery will automatically be excluded from processing to prevent the issue. Props to [@totallyminimad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/totallyminimad/) for [reporting the issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-conflict-with-new-gallery-image-insert-in-block-editor/) in detail.
* **[IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**:
* hidden field can now be used to capture the value of URL parameters from the page the form is displayed on. Props to Wilbert S. for prompting this improvement.
* fixed PHP warning related to missing `webhook_key`.
* add a 'Trash' action button in the entry view page. Props to Jaroslaw K. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Optimization >> Revisions Control**: added an option to apply revisions control "only for", "except for" or "for all" post types. Props to Stijn V. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**:
* new menu items with target set to "None", i.e. a separator, will now have their sortable highlighted in a different color for easier visual distinctions in the Admin Menu Organizer settings page.
* new menu items added via "Add Menu" now renders their icon without FOUC (flash of unstyled content).
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: warning notice from the File Manager module is now excluded from hiding.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Post Type Switcher**:
* add post type name/slug in the list of post types to switch to.
* remove certain WP core and ASE post types that are not relevant as post types to switch to.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: added 'Trash' link in the snippet edit screen. Props to Jim R. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)**: Added a notice inside the Two-Factor Authentication Options section in user profile edit screen when grace period has passed, or, is set to be non-existent. This notice provides some context as to why users are redirected to that section and is asked to setup 2FA method(s).
* **[FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: fixed a PHP warning that occurs in the posts list table.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Korean, Dutch (Netherlands), Dutch (Belgium).
* ASE Pro: Chinese (China), Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery**: SMTP password is now securely encrypted at rest (in wp_options). Props to Bekee G. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: Implement an option to add custom menu and submenu items. The custom menu item can use custom icon, title, link and capability required, or can be used as a separator or section header in the admin menu with no linking. Props to Kai, Leslie, Ken R., @27pixel, @firstandlast, Jarosław K., Mike D. @oxygen, Jacob N., Ramit I., Bent F. and Yaser for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: add status filter (active vs inactive) in snippets listing page.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode**: allow wildcard use in excluding URLs from maintenance mode. Props to Tony S. for prompting this improvement.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories**: fix broken CSS in categories tree context menu causing the menu to look squished.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Ukrainian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Dutch, Norwegian, Spanish, Danish.
* ASE Pro: Updated Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Spanish, Catalan.
* **[ADDED in Pro] Content Management >> Post Type Switcher**: Easily switch the post type of one or more posts to a different post type from the classic editor, block editor, quick edit or bulk edit. Props to Bas B. Yalcin and Sarah for suggesting this addition.
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components**: Added an option to disable [site admin email verification screen](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/10/17/wordpress-5-3-admin-email-verification-screen/) that was added since WordPress v5.3.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator**: add an option to use "high-compatibility" mode which should help avoid wrongly-ordered email address when the obfuscator shortcode is used in certain widgets / components in page builders, e.g. Elementor Icon Box. Props to Kim N. and Jay T. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Terms Order**:
* Enable term drag and dropp between levels. In other words, drag a parent-level term as the child of another parent and vice versa.
* Block editor's taxonomy meta boxes now reflects the custom terms order.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: terms from non-hierarchical taxonomies are now properly shown when "Show taxonomy terms" is checked. Props to Christian S. for reporting the issue.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Log In/Out | Register >> Login Page Customizer**: fixed PHP deprecation issue. Props to Bilgi for reporting the issue.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, German, French, Dutch (Belgium), Danish, Chinese (Taiwan)
* ASE Pro: Updated Czech, Spanish (Spain), Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil)
* **[FIXED in Free] Content Management >> Content Duplication**: fixed missing 'Duplicate' link in post actions row in the post listing screen since v8.4.1 introduced a security fix for this module. Props to st@n, @ilanaw, @michoscopic, @lineadiconfine, @dannyfoo and @webkatdesign for [reporting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-post-page-7-4-1-bug/) the bug.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)**: Grace period notice that urges users with the relevant roles to set up 2FA is now excluded from being hidden by the Hide Admin Notices module. This ensures that those users see it when they log in.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Plugin Activation**: fixed a fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario during plugin activation. Props to Alistair W. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories**: fixed a PHP warning that occurs in a certain scenario.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**: fixed a fatal error that occurs when trying to edit a Bricks template for a taxonomy archive when a custom field group is attached to that taxonomy and no specific taxonomy term has been selected to preview the archive in the builder. Props to David W. for reporting the issue in detail (with error stack trace) and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: Fixed a bug that affects non-hierarchical post types causing duplicating menu_order in pairs of posts, posts occasionally / randomly being nested as child post during drag and dropping, and drag-and-dropping not working reliably when dragging a bit too far to the right hand side in the 'Order' page. Props to Christian S. for reporting the issue in detail, with screen recordings, and facilitating the troubleshooting process further.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> File Manager**: fixed a fatal error that occurs in a scenario where mime_content_type() is not available in PHP because magic module is disabled. Props to Bill J. for reporting the issue in detail.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Local User Avatar**: fixed an issue with `get_avatar_url()` override always returning URL for the `thumbnail` size of the avatar and ignoring size parameter. This for example, can break Bricks builder's `{author_avatar:512}` dynamic tag. Props to Martin Ž. for reporting the issue in detail.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Vietnamese, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Persian, Norwegian, Arabic.
* ASE Pro: Updated Spanish (Spain), Catalan, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Danish.
* **[SECURITY FIX in Free] Content Management >> Content Duplication**: fixed "Broken Access Control" vulnerability with CVSS severity "Medium (5.4)"" that could cause "Information Disclosure" as responsiblly disclosed by security researcher Jakub Herman via Pathstack. In practical terms, this for example, can allow a logged-in user with contributor role to duplicate (and then view) password-protected content created by an administrator via the admin bar duplication link of the password-protected post in the frontend.
* **[IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**:
* **Added bulk export / import for forms** via an "Export / Import Forms" button in the forms listing page, which links to the Form Builder section in ASE settings "Export | Import" section. You can choose to export all forms, or manually select which forms to export.
* **Added bulk export / import for style templates** via an "Export / Import Style Templates" button in the forms listing page, which links to the Form Builder section in ASE settings "Export | Import" section. You can choose to export all style templates, or manually select which style templates to export.
* **Added bulk export for form entries** via an "Export Entries" button in the forms listing page, which links to the Form Builder section in ASE settings "Export | Import" section. You can choose to export entries from a particular form, and customize what entry data will be exported, set the output format (CSV, Excel or JSON) and set a data range to filter by. Props to Uli L., Richard L. and Dave P. for prompting this improvement.
* **Security hardening for the upload field** by removing trust in client-sent constraints and enforcing server-side file policy.
* **Stop recording IP address** during form submissions.
* **Fixed custom CSS classes not being output** for "Display" field types, e.g. HTML field. Props to Yan for reporting the issue.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: fixed layout issue in the content order page caused by CSS being overridden by the MetForm Pro plugin's CSS. Props to @once-master for prompting this fix.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protectino >> ALTCHA**: fixed a JS error in Firefox browser related to `@wordpress/interactivity` when an ALTCHA field is included in a form via the Form Builder module. Props to Yan for reporting the issue.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Serbian, Turkish, Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Persian, Norwegian, Dutch, Danish, Azerbaijani, Albanian
* ASE Pro: Updated Norwegian. Completed Serbian (special props to [Igor E.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/igorel/)).
* **[ADDED in Pro] Security >> Two-Factor Authentication**: Add an extra verification step during login for some or all user roles with grace period settings. Supported methods are authenticator app (TOTP), recovery codes and email. Compatible with the Change Login URL module. Props to Sebastian, Laurent F., Jonathan, Carlos d.A. Silvan L., Luethi, Ramyt I., Ammar, Marcel S., Drijen S., Stefan B., Timothy L. and Cory V. for prompting this addition.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg**: fixed a PHP fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario. Props to [@d79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d79/) for [reporting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-disable-gutenberg-%e2%86%92-fatal-error/) this in detail with the error entry log.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [38 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: updated Danish, Spanish (Chile), Russian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Persian, German, Dutch (Netherlands), Dutch (Belgium)
* ASE Pro: updated Danish, Portuguese (Brazil)