an enhancement suite 
for every WordPress site

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62
modules
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54
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Content Management

Extend and enhance WordPress as a content management system.
ASE Pro

Custom Content Types

Conveniently register and edit custom post types, custom taxonomies, custom field groups and options pages. Integrates with:
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ASE Free with Pro features

Content Duplication

Enable one-click duplication of pages, posts and custom posts. The corresponding taxonomy terms and post meta will also be duplicated. Duplication link is shown on the post list view's post action row and the admin bar. 

ASE Pro adds:
• duplication link in post edit screen's publishing section
• an option to choose where to show duplication link
• an option to choose on which post type(s) duplication is enabled
• an option to enable duplication only for certain user roles
ASE Free with Pro features

Content Order

Enable custom ordering of various "hierarchical" content types or those supporting "page attributes". Useful for displaying them in the desired order in wp-admin and on the frontend. 

ASE Pro enables: 
• toggling taxonomy terms and / or excerpt on the ordering page 
• applying the custom order on the frontend.
ASE Pro

Terms Order

Enable custom ordering of terms from various “hierarchical” taxonomies. Useful for displaying them in the desired order 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. Categories can then be used to filter media items during media insertion into content.
ASE Free with Pro features

Media Replacement

Easily replace any type of media file with a new one while retaining the existing media ID, publish date and file name. So, no existing links will break. 

ASE Pro allows replacing media from the grid view of media library as well.
ASE Free

Media Library Infinite Scrolling

Re-enable infinite scrolling in the grid view of the media library. Useful for scrolling through a large library.
ASE Free

SVG Upload

Allow some or all user roles to upload SVG files, which will then be sanitized to keep things secure.
ASE Pro

AVIF Upload

Enable uploading AVIF files in the Media Library. You can convert your existing PNG, JPG and GIF files using a tool like Squoosh.
ASE Free

External Permalinks

Enable pages, posts and/or custom post types to have permalinks that point to external URLs. The rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" attribute will also be added for enhanced security and SEO benefits. Compatible with links added using Page Links To.
ASE Free

Open All External Links in New Tab

Force all links to external sites in post content to open in new browser tab via target="_blank" attribute. The rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" attribute will also be added for enhanced security and SEO benefits.
ASE Free

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. The rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" attribute will also be added for enhanced security and SEO benefits.
ASE Free

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, organize and enhance various admin screens and elements.
ASE Free with Pro features

Clean Up Admin Bar

Remove various elements from the admin bar. 

ASE Pro enables removal of admin bar items from other plugins.
ASE Free with Pro features

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 admin notices for non-admins.
ASE Free

Disable Dashboard Widgets

Clean up and speed up the dashboard by completely disabling some or all widgets. Disabled widgets won't load any assets nor show up under Screen Options.
ASE Free with Pro features

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.
ASE Free

Wider Admin Menu

Give the admin menu more room to better accommodate wider items.
ASE Free with Pro features

Admin Menu 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 
• reordering submenu items.
ASE Pro

Admin Columns Manager

Manage and organize columns in the admin listing for pages, posts and custom post types. Set order and widths of default WordPress columns and those added by plugins like SEO plugins.

Supports displaying custom field values from ASE, ACF and Meta Box, including repeater, flexible content and cloneable group fields. 

Horizontal scrolling auto-enabled when the total width of columns in pixels exceed the default listing table width. Sorting by column values also auto-enabled for applicable column types, including custom field columns.
ASE Free with Pro features

Show Custom Taxonomy Filters

Show additional filter(s) on list tables for hierarchical, custom taxonomies.

ASE Pro enables:
• show additional filter(s) for non-hierarchical taxonomies.
ASE Free

Enhance List Tables

Improve the usefulness of listing pages for various post types and taxonomies, media, comments and users by adding / removing columns and elements.
ASE Free

Display Active Plugins First

Display active / activated plugins at the top of the Installed Plugins list.
ASE Free with Pro features

Custom Admin Footer Text

Customize the text you see on the footer of wp-admin pages.

ASE Pro adds:
• option to upload / insert media
• easy linking of word / phrase
• ability to switch between Visual and Text mode which helps with adding custom HTML

Log In | Log Out

Add useful features around the log in and log out process.
ASE Free with Pro features

Change Login URL

Make the login URL more memorable and secure by customizing it. 

ASE Pro adds:
• compatibility with login process during WooCommerce checkout
• custom redirection for default login URLs
ASE Free

Login ID Type

Restrict login ID to username or email address only.
ASE Free

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.
ASE Free

Log In/Out Menu

Enable log in, log out and dynamic log in/out menu item for addition to any menu.
ASE Free

Last Login Column

Log when users on the site last logged in and display the date and time in the users list table.
ASE Free

Redirect After Login

Set custom redirect URL for all or some user roles after login.
ASE Free

Redirect After Logout

Set custom redirect URL for all or some user roles after logout.

Custom Code

Conveniently modify various aspects of your site via 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. 
ASE Free

Custom Admin CSS

Add custom CSS on all admin pages for all user roles.
ASE Free

Custom Frontend CSS

Add custom CSS on all frontend pages for all user roles.
ASE Free

Insert <head>, <body> and <footer> Code

Easily insert <meta>, <link>, <script> and <style> tags, Google Analytics, Tag Manager, AdSense, Ads Conversion and Optimize code, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter pixels, etc.
ASE Free

Custom Body Class

Add custom <body> class(es) on the singular view of some or all public post types. Compatible with classes already added using Custom Body Class plugin.
ASE Free

Manage ads.txt and app-ads.txt

Easily edit and validate your ads.txt and app-ads.txt content.
ASE Free

Manage robots.txt

Easily edit and validate your robots.txt content.

Disable Components

Selectively turn off various WordPress components that are not in use.
ASE Free with Pro features

Disable Gutenberg

Disable the Gutenberg block editor for some or all applicable post types.

ASE Pro adds:
• option to disable only on or except on certain post types
ASE Free with Pro features

Disable Comments

Disable comments for some or all public post types. When disabled, existing comments will also be hidden on the frontend.

ASE Pro adds:
• option to disable only on or except on certain post types
ASE Free

Disable REST API

Disable REST API access for non-authenticated users and remove URL traces from , HTTP headers and WP RSD endpoint.
ASE Free

Disable Feeds

Disable all RSS, Atom and RDF feeds. This includes feeds for posts, categories, tags, comments, authors and search. Also removes traces of feed URLs from <head>.
ASE Free

Disable All Updates

Completely disable core, theme and plugin updates and auto-updates. Will also disable update checks, notices and emails.
ASE Free

Disable Smaller Components

Prevent smaller components from running or loading. Make the site more secure, load slightly faster and be more optimized for crawling by search engines.

Security

Fortify your WordPress site with simple yet powerful features.
ASE Free with Pro features

Limit Login Attempts

Prevent brute force attacks by limiting the number of failed login attempts allowed per IP address. 

ASE Pro adds: 
• IP whitelisting, which is also useful to unblock users.
ASE Free

Obfuscate Author Slugs

Obfuscate publicly exposed author page URLs that shows the user slugs / usernames, e.g. sitename.com/author/username1/ into sitename.com/author/a6r5b8ytu9gp34bv/, and output 404 errors for the original URLs. Also obfuscates in /wp-json/wp/v2/users/ REST API endpoint.
ASE Free with Pro features

Email Address Obfuscator

Obfuscate email address to prevent spam bots from harvesting them, but make it readable like a regular email address for human visitors. 

ASE Pro enables: 
• shortcode option to output the email address as a mailto: link 
• an option to auto-obfuscate email addresses found in post content.
ASE Free

Disable XML-RPC

Protect your site from brute force, DOS and DDOS attacks via XML-RPC. Also disables trackbacks and pingbacks.

Optimizations

Keep your site lean and fast by granular control of various features.
ASE Free with Pro features

Image Upload Control

Resize newly uploaded, large images to a smaller dimension and delete originally uploaded files. BMPs and non-transparent PNGs will be converted to JPGs and resized. 

ASE Pro enables: 
• conversion to WebP instead of JPG 
• custom WebP conversion quality.
ASE Free

Revisions Control

Prevent bloating the database by limiting the number of revisions to keep for some or all post types supporting revisions.
ASE Free

Heartbeat Control

Modify the interval of the WordPress heartbeat API or disable it on admin pages, post creation/edit screens and/or the frontend. This will help reduce CPU load on the server.

Utilities

Various tools useful throught the lifecycle of site building and management.
ASE Free

Email Delivery

Set custom sender name and email. Optionally use external SMTP service to ensure notification and transactional emails from your site are being delivered to inboxes.
ASE Pro

Local User Avatar

Enable usage of any image from WordPress Media Library as user avatars.
ASE Free

Multiple User Roles

Enable assignment of multiple roles during user account creation and editing. This maybe useful for working with roles not defined in WordPress core, e.g. from e-commerce or LMS plugins.
ASE Free with Pro features

Image Sizes Panel

Display a panel showing and linking to all available sizes when viewing an image in the media library. Especially useful to quickly get the URL of a particular image size. 

ASE Pro adds a convenient button to copy the image URL on click.
ASE Free

View Admin as Role

View admin pages and the site (logged-in) as one of the non-administrator user roles.
ASE Free with Pro features

Password Protection

Password-protect the entire site to hide the content from public view and search engine bots / crawlers. Logged-in administrators can still access the site as usual. 

ASE Pro adds: 
• IP whitelisting 
• bypassing via URL parameter.
ASE Free with Pro features

Maintenance Mode

Show a customizable maintenance page on the frontend while performing a brief maintenance to your site. Logged-in administrators can still view the site as usual. 

ASE Pro adds: 
• customization of page title shown in the browser tab
• WYSIWYG editor for heading and description
• option to use an image or a solid color as the background
• option to add custom CSS
ASE Free with Pro features

Redirect 404

Perform 301 (permanent) redirect to the homepage for all 404 (not found) pages.

ASE Pro adds:
• an option to choose the redirect URL
ASE Free

Display System Summary

Show quick summary of the system the site is running on to admins, in the "At a Glance" dashboard widget. This includes the web server software, the PHP version, and the database software.
ASE Free

Search Engines Visibility Status

Show admin bar status and admin notice when search engines are set to be discouraged from indexing the site. This is set through a "Search engine visibility" checkbox in Settings >> Reading.
ASE Pro

Export / Import ASE Settings

Easily copy your preferred ASE settings to other sites. Available on the Team and Agency plans of ASE Pro.

Features Walkthroughs

ASE Free v6.2.5 | December 2023

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@dsurrusco
Lots of useful features without the bloat.
@mohobook
Simply the best
Michael Kwan
Amazing. ASE is a real Swiss Army knife.
@olpo24
I have bought the pro version and I couldn’t be more happy.
@nassukesso
Lightweight, clean and easy to use.
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ASE is a must for site creators and admins. A real gem!
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ASE is continually improving and seems very stable and reliable.
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ASE makes life easier for everyone.
@alexeerma
Great support!!
@jenesistem
Game changer. A lot of useful features in ASE.
Coki Siregar
ASE definitely makes things feel a lot simpler.
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Great plugin, and good support!
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Pure Magic!
@ben099
Very useful swiss army knife.
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Amazing how many separate plugins this replaces!
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Everything in one place. ASE is an all-in-one solution!
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I was happy to simplify my maintenance with fewer plugins.
Vic Drover
A must-have plugin for most sites.
@akgt
ASE is the best plugin I’ve installed in 2023!
@steve1215
So much functionality in one plugin. Really clean and well built.
Rick Bleakley
Essential toolkit. Intuitive interface with powerful functionality.
@swainson
Awesome Multifunctional Plugin!
Benjamin Pau
We replaced 14(!!!) permanently used plugins! Our backend is now much faster!
@austrohack
Would give 6 stars if I could 
@ericjmarx
Worked great so far, very useful, very easy to use.
Ralf Longwitz
Best multi-use plugin there is.
@jeroenzh
ASE replaces a lot of single-purpose plugins!
@tageins
ASE is a great tool to simplify and organize your wp-admin.
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ASE has been a game-changer for us in simplifying our WordPress experience.
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Will recommend ASE to everyone!
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King of the plugins, awesome work, game-changer.
@ssdecimal
A very useful plugin that also has great support.
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This replaces so many plugins and snippets!
Max Ziebell
ASE is amazing. So much useful functionality packed in.
@phillcoxon
Amazing All Purpose Plugin!
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ASE will make my WP life a lot easier.
@medieskolen
The support was absolutely amazing.
@zavastin
Awesome utility plugin. Absolute must have!
@rikhen
ASE is one of the highest quality plugins I have ever used.
Jacob Wonder
Thanks a million for ASE.
@goldenagemedia
The PRO version has some very good and useful features.
@zavastin
A huge thank you for creating such a powerful tool.
@ben099
What a time-saver and workflow improvements.
Artfuldodger
Excellent plugin, making my workflow much easier.
@nassukesso
It is worth investing in ASE Pro
@jenesistem
Simple, useful, clean!
@fznshaikh
ASE is absolutely brilliant.
@goldenagemedia
Super easy to use and tons of functionality.
@blakewaddill
Everything works perfect.
@basbuis
Incredibly powerful and well organized.
Nathan Ingram
What a fantastic plugin and amazing customer support.
@gaumerdgilbert
Perfect.
@bastings
Best Plugin Ever?
@lamb92009
Beyond satisfied with ASE.
@stephaniemillsrogers
ASE is a really useful tool.
@dwebwpadm
ASE is one of the best plugins for site admins.
@d4niwp
Fantastic Plugin
@wjbrob
Must Have WP Utility Tool!
Ken Sim
Wow. ASE is epic.
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Great plugin – the best.
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This saves so much time and custom coding!
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Great plugin with amazing support!
@IFX
There is a lot of very useful functionality.
@davigray
Very simple settings, very relevant options.
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Just amazing
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So many useful features it blows my mind.
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What a fantastic plugin, great value for money!
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Amazing plugin! Precious!
Iulian Baciu
Excellent plugin that provides lots of useful utilities.
@dragonweb
Thank you for creating such a useful and efficient plugin!
Benjamin Pau
Has noticeably improved performance on many of my sites
@instadesign
Simply wow! This plugin replaces many other ones.
@blubbubb
Lots of features, clean UI, amazing solution.
@malaga16
Great compilation of settings and options.
@unapersona
Good Consolidation of Features!
Cory Lamle
A WordPress Essential and everyone should get it!
Julian Song
ASE is versatile and easy to use!
@nealumphred
Very useful plugin and great support
Philippe Grand
Probably the best WP swiss army knife I’ve ever come across.
@instadesign
A Swiss Army Knife that will keep your WordPress clean and optimal.
@samirhp
Full of useful features, works without problems.
@chrisplaneta
Excellent and very well-supported. Saves me a lot of work!
@grizdev
Why more plugins when one is enough?
Radics József Géza
Really useful.
Ioannis Samatas
The usability is impressive. Clear, consistent and lightweight.
@pijag
Amazing! Game changer.
@ioulios92
This tool is a game-changer!
@afurrylittlerabbit
Maybe ASE is an even better idea than “code snippets”.
@initsolutions
Unbelievably AMAZING
@lucashw
Necessary plugin to every WordPress site.
@ntamas
Using ASE on all our websites. Amazing plugin.👌🏼
@timoofr8709
Every single thing works as expected.
Nathan Wrigley
Worked great so far, very useful, very easy to use.
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