Description
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro brings together dozens of modules for customizing the WordPress admin area, enabling features such as admin menu organization, post column control, two-factor authentication, a redirect manager, and a media library with draggable categories. Recommended for administrators who need to adjust dashboard behavior, strengthen login security, and centralize maintenance tasks without installing separate plugins for each function.
Main Features
- Admin menu organizer
Reorders items, hides options by role, and adds custom links to the dashboard. - Two-factor authentication
Enables 2FA via an app, email, and recovery codes, configurable by user role. - Categories in the media library
Groups files using drag and drop and sends uploads directly to the selected category. - Snippet manager
Edits CSS, JavaScript, HTML, and PHP with syntax highlighting and a safe mode that protects against fatal errors. - Form builder
Creates forms with more than thirty field types, column layouts, email notifications, and webhooks.
Benefits of Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro
- Fewer installed plugins
Combines the functions of several plugins into a single package, reducing conflicts and site overhead. - A role-specific dashboard
Each role sees only what it needs, streamlining the work of editors and external contributors. - Attack-resistant login
Combines 2FA, CAPTCHA, and login attempt limits to block unauthorized access through wp-login. - Centralized maintenance
Backups, redirects, snippets, and files remain accessible from a single dashboard.
Who Is It For?
- WordPress administrators who manage multiple sites and want to standardize dashboard settings.
- Agencies that deliver sites with restricted user roles and a streamlined admin area for clients.
- Site owners who want to strengthen login security and manage media, redirects, and snippets in one place.
With broad coverage of everyday tasks, Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro consolidates settings that would normally require several separate plugins. Its modular architecture lets you enable only what the site actually uses, keeping the dashboard lightweight and avoiding extra code in production. Useful for both individual projects and multisite environments with a structured editorial workflow.
Frequently asked questions
Is Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro GPL-licensed?
Yes. Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.
How much does Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro cost at Ultrapack?
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).
Does Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro include updates?
Yes. The current version of Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro is 9.1.4, published at Ultrapack on Sep 28, 2026. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
What are the requirements for the plugin Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro?
Requires WordPress 4.6 or higher and PHP 5.6 or higher. Tested up to WordPress 7.1.
What changed in this version
Version 9.1.4 2026.09.28
- [FIXED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode: Wordfence Login Security (2FA, CAPTCHA, and passkeys) can complete login while maintenance mode is enabled. Other admin-ajax.php requests and the REST API still return 503 for guests. Props to [Julian M.]
- [FIXED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Password Protection & Maintenance Mode: Fixed Novamira connection issue via oAuth when Password Protection or Maintenance Mode is enabled. Props to Antoine L. for reporting the issue.
- [FIXED in Free and Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control: Fixed an issue preventing Elementor demo content import from completing successfully. Props to [@mztechsnc] for [reporting]
- [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: Improved the robustness of active PHP snippets executions and more reliable, in-context retrieval of post ID, so the snippet works as intended. Props to Stéphane N. for prompting this improvement.
- [IMPROVED in Pro] Site Backup and Migration
- During migration operation, plugins in destination site that is not present in the origin site's backup archive can sometimes be cleaned up partially, leaving an empty plugin folder and subfolders that contains only hidden files (filename starts with dot). This causes plugin reinstallation to fail. This fix makes sure plugin clean up completely removes such hidden files. Props to David M.C. for reporting the issue in detail.
- WordPress core themes will now be properly carried over and restored during migration via full backup archive import. Props to David M.C. for reporting the issue in great detail.
- Improved handling of attachments remap to their parent post during sync. Props David M.C. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
- [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups: Fixed changes not properly being saved on CFG with a lot of fields, that can occur in a site where PHP `max_input_vars` is on the lower end. Props to Zubair for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
- [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into [38 languages]
- Added new/improved translation for
- ASE Free: Updated Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Chile), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Dutch (Netherlands), Chinese (Taiwan).
Version 9.1.3 2026.09.21
- [SECURITY FIX in Free and Pro] Log In/Out & Register >> Change Login URL: Requests to `//wp-login.php` (leading double slash) no longer skip redirection to the not-found URL. Props to [@jlop77]
- [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Content Duplication: Prevent Elementor placeholder.php from being sideloaded into the media library on duplicating Elementor pages/templates. Props to Rajan D. for reporting the issue in detail.
- [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer
- Fixed conflict with WP Vivid Pro plugin causing their snapshot UI to be shown at the bottom of the Admin Menu Organizer page. Props to Stéphane N. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
- Fixed SureCart submenu items, e.g. "Orders >> Abandoned" wrongly placed towards the end of the SureCart menu, instead of right below their parent. Also fixed "Dashboard", "Customers" and "Custom Forms" showing up blank in AMO page. Props to Kenneth S. for reporting the issue with screenshots.
- [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Password Protection
- ASE Free: Logged-in users can use the REST API while Password Protection is on. Guests remain gated. Props to Manfred A. for prompting this change.
- ASE Pro: Added a REST API route whitelist so selected endpoints remain accessible while the rest of the site is password-protected. Props to Axel D. and Manfred A. for prompting this improvement.
- [FIXED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection: ALTCHA verification now works when Password Protection or Maintenance Mode is enabled.
- [IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Site Backup and Migration
- Sync now refreshes destination term post counts after scoped posts sync, so terms no longer keep a stale pre-sync count. Props to David M.C. for prompting this improvement.
- Fix high-compatibility mode returning "database.sql was never confirmed" error. Props to Curt M. for reporting the issue.
- Made some changes so that class-site-backup-admin.php will not trigger false positives with malware scanners. Props to Craig L., John C., Oliver S., Tiago P., Andrew W. and Bent F. for reporting the issue.
- [FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types: Fixed a fatal PHP error that can occur in a certain scenario involving Elementor and deleting a post meta. Props to George N. for reporting the issue.
- [FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager: On new snippet screen, keep the keyboard focus on the title input field, not on the code editor. Props to Ole P. for reporting the issue.
- [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into [38 languages]
- Added new/improved translation for
- ASE Free: Updated Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Chile), Slovak, Serbian, Portuguese (Brazil), Indonesian, Norwegian, Dutch (Netherlands), Chinese (Taiwan).
- ASE Pro: Updated Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil).
Version 9.1.2 2026.09.14
- [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Security Hardening: Various changes were made to harden the security of the following modules: SVG Upload, AVIF Upload, Admin Menu Organizer, Limit Login Attempts, Custom Admin / Frontend CSS, Insert <head>, <body> and <footer> Code, Obfuscate Author Slugs, Email Delivery, Contact Form, Password Protection, Maintenance Mode.
- [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Password Protection
- REST API (/wp-json/...) and admin-ajax.php are now gated by the password protection. Only after a valid password is entered, will these become accessible again.
- Added rate-limiting for wrong password guesses (about 5 tries/ 10 minutes per IP)
- Unlock cookies are now HttpOnly and Secure on HTTPS, so they are not readable by frontend JS and are not sent over HTTP.
- Site Backup and Migration loopback workers (HMAC-authenticated admin-ajax actions and the REST backup/worker route) are excluded from the gate so server-side backup operations can run.
- [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode
- REST API (/wp-josn/...), admin-ajax.php and XML-RPC now returns 503 HTTP response ("This site is currently under maintenance") when maintenance mode is enabled.
- Site Backup and Migration loopback workers (HMAC-authenticated admin-ajax actions and the REST backup/worker route) are excluded from the gate so server-side backup operations can run.
- [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Contact Form: Added submission retention period settings inside "Advanced Settings", including a "Do not store" option that still sends notification emails. The default is "Forever".
- [FIXED in Free] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control: Fixed a regression introduced in v9.1.1 that causes transparent PNGs to be converted to JPG when WebP conversion is not enabled. Props to Richard S. and Brady M. for reporting the issue.
- [FIXED and IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Replacement
- Fixed serialized postmeta corruption during media replacement in pages/posts handled by page builders, e.g. Bricks builder. Props to Michael L. and Katrine K. for reporting the issue in great detail.
- [FIXED and Improved in Pro] Utilities >> Site Backup and Migration
- Improved the reliability of backup, restore and migrate operations in localhost sites, specifically WordPress Studio sites. Props to Matija S. for prompting this improvement.
- Fix restore/migration fatals from Composer autoload by extracting each plugin off to the side and replacing the live folder only after that plugin is fully extracted. Props to Nils L. for reporting the issue in detail and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
- Fixed runaway wp-cron.php processes that can occur in a specific scenario, which can cause consistently high CPU load and PHP fatal error. Props to Bram C. for reporting the issue in detail.
- [FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager
- Fixed an error in Breakdance builder preview caused by a code snippet post being the selected post for doing the preview. Code snippet posts now are registered with "public => false". Props to Christian S. for reporting the error and facilitating the troubleshooting process.
- Fixed vertical alignment issues in the snippets listing page. Props to Nils L. for reporting the issue in detail.
- [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into [38 languages]
- Added new/improved translation for
- ASE Free: Updated Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Dutch (Netherlands), Chinese (Taiwan)
- ASE Pro: Updated Czech, Portuguese (Brazil)
Version 9.1.1 2026.09.07
- [IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control: add compatibility with [client-side media processing]( for block editor uploads in WP 7.1+. This shows up as a new checkbox option in the module's settings, that if unchecked, will turn that processing off and use the server-side processing (GD or Imagick). Props @visedfaq for prompting this improvement.
- [IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator: auto-obfuscation of email addresses in post content now also applies to Bricks builder elements (Basic Text, Rich Text, Heading, and other text-outputting elements). Props to Patric S. for prompting this improvement.
- [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Site Backup and Migration
- Added the ability to sync posts and the associated data (attachments/images, taxonomy terms, revisions, along with the configuration for custom post type, custom taxonomies and custom field groups). Currently supports four providers: WP Core (pages, posts), ASE, ACF and Meta Box.
- Added a mechanism to automatically clean up leftover, sensitive DB runner scripts from restore and migration operations. An admin notice will also be shown if such leftover scripts are found before the scheduled clean up runs, which has a button to perform manual clean up. Props to Leigh H. for prompting this improvement.
- Added a mechanism to prevent leftover database tables with `wp_` prefix from overwriting database tables during migration on the destination site. Props to Uli L. for prompting the improvement.
- [FIXED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection: fixed a regression introduced in v9.0.1 that causes fail-open bypasses via crafted POST requests. Props to Kenny D. and John E. for reporting two inter-related issues.
- [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into [38 languages]
- Added new/improved translation for
- ASE Free: Updated Spanish, Slovak, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Persian, Norwegian, Italian, German (Formal), Dutch (Netherlands), Chinese (Taiwan)
- ASE Pro: Updated Polish
Version 9.1.0 2026.08.31
- [ADDED in Free and Pro] Security >> Password Policy: enforce a minimum length and optional complexity rules (uppercase, lowercase, digits, special characters, unique characters) when users register, reset, or update their password. Props to Francois G., David M.C. and Marv D. for prompting this addition.
- [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Wider Admin Menu
- Fixed menu-wide, left-side whitespace/gap in block editor on smaller screen (< 961 pixels). Props to Martin Ž. for reporting the issue.
- Fixed wider admin menu overlapping Elementor's Cookie Consent plugin's admin pages. Props to [Diiamo]
- [FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer: Sticky "Collapse Menu" now works in SureCart Products page. Props to Kenneth S. for reporting the issue in details (with screenshots).
- [IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Display System Summary: Added async, background process with cron fallback to calculate the various directory / component sizes. This helps prevents slow down / time out / critical error when opening the dashboard of a very large site. Props to Carsten D. for prompting this improvement.
- [IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection: Site and secret keys will now be obfuscated in the module settings and in HTML. Props to Matt D. for prompting this improvement.
- [TRANSLATION in Free and Pro] ASE is now being translated into [38 languages]
- Added new/improved translation for
- ASE Free: Updated Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, German (Formal), Dutch (Netherlands)
- ASE Pro: Updated Indonesian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish
Release notes published by the developer.
How to install
Automatic updates: this item is updated by the Ultrapack Auto Updater. With it installed, the new version shows up in your dashboard like any other WordPress update (how to set it up).
- Download the file
admin-site-enhancements-pro.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
- Select the file
admin-site-enhancements-pro.zipand click Install Now. - Click Activate.
Requirements: Requires WordPress 4.6 or higher and PHP 5.6 or higher. Tested up to WordPress 7.1.
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UAU Ready