* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Password Protection**: added a note about caching being disabled when this module is enabled. Props to Ralf L. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**:
* the relationship field is now supported in Elementor integration, in a similar way repeater field is already integrated. You can use the Loop Grid widget to select the relationship field as data source, and a Loot Item template to display dynamic data, including ASE custom fields, for each related post. Props to Ian B. for prompting this improvement.
* fixed an issue where taxonomy term custom fields are not displaying their values in Bricks builder Query Loop (for terms). Props to Michael S. for reporting the issue in great detail (also with a screen recording) and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] ASE Settings**: in a rare scenario, ASE settings page is not properly loaded because of a Javascript error. This fix adds a simple check to prevent the error from happening. Props to Connor B. for reporting this and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery**: fixed an issue with [changes in WP v6.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11/18/more-reliable-email-in-wordpress-6-9/) to ensure the `Envelope-From`, `Return-Path` is properly set via `$phpmailer->Sender` and `$phpmailer->ReturnPath`. Props to Pavlov P. for reporting the issue and doing the research towards the fix, and @denisgomesfranco for [reporting the issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-6-9-changed-things-on-wp_mail-and-mail-delivery-is-causing-errors/) separately.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Redirect Manager**: fixed a bug where redirecting to an external URL, e.g. https://www.google.com, is not working. Props to Mathijs v.d.B. for reporting the issue in detail and helping to test the fix.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**:
* fixed raw HTMl being shown in entry listing's "Preview" column, in entry view screen's field labels, and in "Form Settings >> Entries >> Content for the Preview Column" dropdown options.
* fixed "Screen Options >> Pagination" not working properly in the forms listing page.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [36 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: updated Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Chile), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Korean, Italian, Dutch, Chinese (China)
* ASE Pro: updated Greek, Chinese (China), Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil)
* **[ADDED in Pro] Utilities >> Redirect Manager**: Easily manage various types of redirects with support for wildcards and regular expressions (regex).
* **[SECURITY FIX in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Media Replacement**: fix for broken access control vulnerability that allows an authenticated user with author role to delete arbitrary media files owned by any user, including administrators. Props to @daroo, a security researcher responsibly disclosing this via Pathstack.
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Media Replacement**: non-image attachments that's recently been replaced will now have timestamps added in the URL for certain scenarios. Props to Simone S. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**: HTML are now allowed in field labels and descriptions, as well as in radio / checkbox / image select fields labels/options and matrix fields row/column labels. This can be handy for example, when adding the link tag <a> to your privacy policy page in a checkbox label. Props to Peter D. and Oliver S. for prompting this improvement.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [36 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: updated Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Korean, Dutch, Danish.
* ASE Pro: updated Greek, Danish, Polish.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: fixed an issue where backslash were added before a single quote mark when it's present in a menu title. This occurs upon saving changes. Props to Stéphane N. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Email Delivery**: fixed missing slash (/) in email log's attachment link, between the site domain and the 'wp-content' string, e.g. https://wwww.domain.domwp-content/uploads/the-attachment-file.pdf. Props to Florian D. for reporting the issue with a clearly annotated screenshot.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**:
* Improve compatibility with WordPress installation using SQLite, e.g. WordPress Studio local installation.
* "Screen Options" is now hidden when viewing a single form entry.
* Upgrade the "Form Builder" block from API v1 to v3. Props to Fahd M. for prompting this improvement.
* Change "Form Builder" block to use the same icon as the "Forms" admin menu.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: add an option to select which snippets to export: all snippets / only active snippets / by snippets type / by categories / manual selection. Please go to the main ASE settings page and click "Export | Import" link in the bottom-right part of the page to see the changes. Props to Jim R. for prompting this improvement.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [36 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: ASE Free: updated Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Indonesian, Dutch, Bengali (Bangladesh), Albanian.
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: notice from the Shortpixel plugin is now properly hidden as well.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: fixed a fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario. Props to Jannick N. for reporting the issue complete with the error stack trace and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**: fixed an issue where the 'Instructions' field is not shown immediately when adding a new field in a custom field group. Props to Niels S. for investigating and reporting the issue.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [36 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: updated Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, French, Dutch.
* ASE Pro: update Greek, Hungarian.
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out & Register >> Change Login URL**: login attempts from Paid Membership Pro's login form will now, always be allowed, whether the form is embedded in a page, or in a pop-up / modal window. Props to Bent F. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: add the option to also hide the 'Notices' menu in the admin bar for non-administrators. This will effectively hide all notices for non-admins. Props to Theodore for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**:
* The "Hide child posts" checkbox will now only show up on hierarchical post types order pages
* When "Hide child posts" is checked, the "Has child posts" status will be shown next to the title of parent posts
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [35 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Turkish, Spanish, German (Formal), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Dutch.
* ASE Pro: Updated Portuguese (Brazil), Norwegian, Danish.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Media Replacement**: fixed a fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario. Props to [@zadine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zadine/) for [reporting the issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-4934/) complete with the debug.log entry details, including the stack trace.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Clean Up Admin Bar**: fixed an issue with Fluent Forms admin bar menu item not being hideable, i.e. not available as a choice to be hidden. Props to Frank K. for reporting the issue.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection**: fixed a PHP warning that occurs in a certain scenario. Props to @betaplus for reporting the issue with the error/debug log entry.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories**: Fixed a fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario when the [gallery] shortcode is in use (by a user, or via another plugin). Also fixed a related PHP warning. Props to Rauf K. for reporting the issue and suggesting the code fix!
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: Added the ability to reorder and change the parent of child posts. Props to Hui C., Kees, Ole, Marco M. and Ian H. for prompting this improvement.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [35 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Ukrainian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese, French, Dutch, Danish, Chinese (Taiwan), Arabic
* ASE Pro: Updated Danish, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazil)
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Multiple User Roles**: the 'Administrator' role checkbox will now be disabled to prevent accidentally removing this role and cause the user to lose the admin role without an easy way to restore it. Props to [Edward B.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edviser/) for [prompting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-regain-admin-access-when-misusing-multiple-userroles-feature/) this improvement.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable REST API**:
* ASE Free: fixed an issue whre The Events Calendar ajax-based navigation of the frontend calendar broke, because it's REST API route is disabled. The route has been automatically excluded from being disabled, i.e. automatically whitelisted. Props to Michael D. for reporting the issue.
* ASE Pro: fixed an issue with how excluded routes are not being properly handled and excluded due to a flawed logic in the code. Props to Eric C. for reporting the issue and suggesting a code fix for it, and props to Michael D. for reporting a related issue with excluding The Events Calendar routes not properly working.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**: added feature to export and import forms. This is done via the 'Settinsg' tab. Once exported, on the target site, create a blank form and go to the 'Settings' tab to import the form. Props to Marcellus J. Hoang H., netcit, Bo M. and John E. for suggesting this improvement.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [35 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Slovak, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Japanese, Dutch, Danish, Chinese (Taiwan), Arabic.
* ASE Pro: Updated Portuguese (Brazil), Hungarian.
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> View Admin as Role**: add an additional note to create a backup admin user before using this module. This backup admin user is useful when for whatever reason and in very rare occasions, the primary admin user is not able to return / login as an admin.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Disable Components >> Disable REST API**: fixed an issue where the /wp-json route is still publicly accessible. Props to Pavan K. for reporting the issue.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**:
* fix the link for "Manage Columns" button in the "All Posts" listing page.
* fix PHP warning that occurs in a certain scenario
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [35 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Chile), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Dutch, Chinese (Taiwan)
* ASE Pro: Added Bulgarian (partial).
* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Comments**: only post types that has support for comments will be listed as options now. Props to [DJABHipHop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pressthemes1/) for [prompting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/suggestion-for-the-disable-comments-feature/) this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Disable Components >> Disable REST API**: improved the logic to always enable certain endpoints, e.g. /wp-json/wc/store/v1/cart, especially for authenticated user roles which have not been explicitly been allowed access in the module settings. Special props to Eric C. for spotting this unobvious oversight, reporting it in detail and with clarity, and on top of that, providing the code fix.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Display System Summary**: fixed a fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario when trying to calculate the size of a folder/file in a must-use plugin. Props to someone from creatives.hu for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: fixed an issue where the AMO settings page is not working properly when a certain custom menu item is manually added via a PHP code snippet. Props to Theodore for reporting the issue.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [35 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese, German, Danish.
* ASE Pro: Updated Danish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazil).
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Content Duplication**:
* fixed a fatal error that occurs in a specific scenario. Props to [@afrigols](https://wordpress.org/support/users/afrigols/) for [reporting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-in-the-latest-plugin-update-v8-0-0/) the issue.
* improved fix of missing admin bar duplication link in the frontend view of posts.
* **[IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**:
* improved reset logic to also work when no settings has been saved.
* prevent several of [MainWP Dashboard](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mainwp/) and [Smash Balloon Social Post Feed](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-facebook-feed/) submenu items from showing up blank in the AMO settings page.
* fixed an edge case where hidden menu item toggle (Show All/Less) was not shown in a rare scenario for users with multiple roles.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection**: fixed a CSS issue with ALTCHA, where the checkbox label turned white and unreadable. Props to Shawn B. for reporting the issue.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**:
* fixed a fatal error when `update_cf()` is invoked. Props to Pierre A. for reporting the issue.
* fixed PHP warning when rendering relationship field in a certain scenario in Bricks. Props to Tadea T. for reporting the issue with the relevant error/debug log entry.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**: fixed a typo in the UI (English). Props to Morten E.L. for catching and reporting it.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [35 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Added Bulgarian. Updated Russian, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, French, Dutch, Danish, Bengali (Bangladesh), Arabic.
* ASE Pro: Updated Danish.