Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro

* **[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)

**[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Security >> Limit Login Attempts**:
* ASE Free: when an IP address is locked out because it's exceeded the allowed failed login attempts amount, there will be a "Release Lock" button shown in a new "Actions" column in the "Failed login attempts" list within the Limit Login Attempts module. This will easily remove the IP address from lockout and allow the user on that IP address to attempt another set of login attempts. Props to [Michael K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michoscopic/) for [prompting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/any-way-to-unblock-user-after-limit-login-attempts/) this improvement.
* ASE Pro: in addition to the "Release Lock" button, there will also be a "Whitelist" button that will automatically copy the IP address to the "Never block the following IP addresses" section.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: notice/ad from BdThemes Element Pack Pro plugin is now properly moved to the notices panel. Props to Alexander P. for reporting the issue.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> External Permalinks**: add an option to enable the module "only on", "except on" or "on all" post types. Props to Martin S. for prompting this improvement.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Media Categories**: add an option to disable the media categories features for some or all non-administrator user roles with access to the media library, i.e. user roles with `upload_files` capability.

* **[ADDED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Media Files Visibility Control**: in ASE Free, this module will limit media library in a way that only administrators can see all media files. Non-administrator users will only see media files they uploaded themselves in the media library and in the modal window to add/insert media. ASE Pro adds an option to specify which non-administrator user roles will be limited to only seeing media files they uploaded themselves.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**:
* In the Placement tab, post types now shows the label as well. e.g. 'post' now becomes 'Posts (post)'.
* In the Placement tab, user roles now shows the label as well. e.g. 'administrator' now becomes 'Administrator (administrator)'.
* Fixed PHP warnings related to custom field group creation / update process.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> File Manager**:
* Add the option to set FM_READ_ONLY constant to true in wp-config.php if you want to activate read-only mode, i.e. only Open and Download actions are available.
* Add a note in the module to quickly explain about enabling the read-only mode by setting FM_READ_ONLY, DISALLOW_FILE_MODS or DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT to true in wp-config.php.
 

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: added an option to make the "Collapse Menu" toggler sticky at the bottom of the admin menu. Props to [@outdoorsdev1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/outdoorsdev1/) for [suggesting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-make-expand-collapse-menu-item-in-wordpress-admin-navigation-sticky/) and sharing the code snippets this improvement is based upon.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> File Manager**:
* When DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT is set to true, only 'Open' (read-only) and 'Download' actions are available within the plugins and themes folder.
* When DISALLOW_FILE_MODS is set to true, only 'Open' (read-only) and 'Download' actions are available across all folders and files.
* 'Open' is now properly hidden in the right-click context menu for non-text files.
* Main folders and files list has been made more compact and styling polished to make it more useful (more items in view) and more comfortable (less busy look).
* Fix alphabetical sort of sub-folders on clicking a parent folder in the folder tree navigation.
* Right click to paste into a folder now works properly.
 

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Logo**: admin logo is now loaded in a way that prevents layout shift in the admin menu panel.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Content Types, Code Snippets Manager, Form Builder**: top level admin menu icons added by these modules are now rendered with the correct admin color scheme's color on page load, no longer briefly rendered with black color.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: when at least on menu item is hidden until toggled, the "Show Less" menu item is no longer briefly shown on admin page load.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Optimization >> Image Upload Control**: prevent an image (JPG, PNG or WebP) with dimension smaller than max width / max height set in the module, from being re-saved, and thus, prevent it from being re-compressed upon upload. Props to Monika W. for prompting this improvement.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: fixed a fatal error that occurs in a certain scenario. Props to John S. for reporting the issue in detail, copying the exact error message, which helped with troubleshooting.

* **[ADDED in Pro] Utilities >> File Manager**: A comprehensive file manager for WordPress with folder tree navigation, file and folder operations, and code editing capabilities.

* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Enhance List Tables**: fix an issue where the Title column is no longer sortable when the Last Modified column is shown. Props to [@pierre1wp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierre1wp/) for spotting and [reporting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ase-disabled-the-ability-to-sort-posts-by-title/) this.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**: added an option to use wpLink modal (that allows for manual URL insertion, or search from existing posts) to render the hyperlink field input UI. Props to Mohammed Z. for prompting this improvement.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**:
* Fixed column for an ASE repeater field showing empty value for time and datetime sub-fields.
* Fixed PHP deprecation notice that occurs when trying to render repeater sub-fields with `null` value.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro]** Prevent FOUC (Flash of Unstyled Content) in the admin (side) menu when either the Custom Content Types, Admin Menu Organizer or Admin Logo modules is active. Props to Jake H. for prompting this improvement.

* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Wider Admin Menu**: fixed admin menu overlap with several of FluentCart's admin pages. Props to Richard B. for reporting the issue.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator**: prevent removal of strings in post content that looks like an email address but is not, e.g. some-@-image.jpg, important@document.pdf, etc.. Props to Joe S. for prompting this fix.

* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Multiple User Roles**: fix PHP warning when an admin is viewing another user's profile screen. Props to Bas B. for 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:

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg**: fixed an issue where 'global-styles-inline-css' internal CSS is still being output despite checking "Also disable frontend block styles / CSS files for the selected post types.". Props to Mike D. for reporting the issue, facilitating the troubleshooting process, providing analysis of why it occurs in certain scenarios (e.g. Bricks builder), and proposing the fix for it!
 

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: notices on Meta Box plugin's admin screens are now properly hidden in the notices panel.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**:
* Public-facing snippet category archive pages have been disabled as they do not serve any purpose. Props to Martin S. for prompting this improvement.
* XML sitemap for the snippet category archive pages have been removed as they do not serve any purpose. Props to Robert F. for prompting this improvement.
* Added an option to disable the Code Snippets Editor custom user role. Props to David M. and Martin S. for prompting this improvement.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> Email Address Obfuscator**: add a new 'mailto' option for the 'link' parameter, that will output the plain `mailto:obfuscated@email.address` string, which may be useful for scnearios where you need this added to a block editor or page builder widget/element/component that accepts a shortcode for the URL. Props to Ramyt I. for prompting this improvement.

* **[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.

* **[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.

* **[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 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 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.

* **[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

* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Display System Summary**: additional fix for 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 this related, follow up issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.

* **[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.

* **[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.
 

* **[ADDED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Embeds**: Prevent your site content from being embedded on other sites. Prevent embedding of non-whitelisted sites in your site. Disable all, related JavaScript. Removes support for the embed block.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**: fixed PHP warning that occurs in a certain scenario. Props to Andrew A. for reporting the issue and suggesting the fix.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Duplication**: fixed a bug where the duplication link is not properly showing up in the admin bar on the frontend when viewing single pages / posts /CPT post, and when viewing the homepage that uses a specific page. Props to Lee B. for prompting this fix.

* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [34 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: updated Serbian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese, Danish.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Content Management >> Content Duplication**: re-enable duplication of Elementor templates and landing pages as data for both post types are confirmed to be stored only in the default wp_posts and wp_postmeta tables. Props to Marcel N. and Celeste W.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: fixed sorting based on the "Modified" date time / column not properly working in the snippets listing page. Props to Oliver S. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**: fixed a bug where update_cf() doesn't work when a field in a custom field group has an empty 'Name'. Props to @compwj for reporting the issue.

* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [34 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: updated Spanish (Chile), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, German (Formal), Danish.
* ASE Pro: updated Arabic.

* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Wider Admin Menu**: fixed the admin menu overlapping Formidable Form plugin's admin pages. Props to Stijn V. for reporting the issue.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**: matrix fields are now responsive (mobile-friendly). Props to Uli L. for prompting this improvement.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: fix an issue where the "is not / not any of" operator in an AND/OR conditional reverts back to "is / one of" upon saving. Props to Dexx W. for reporting the issue.
* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [34 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: updated Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, German, Danish.
* ASE Pro: updated German.

* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components >> Disable shortlink tag in head**: fixed priority for `remove_action()` for the `template_redirect` hook, so it is properly removed. Props to [@robertmichalski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertmichalski/) for [reporting the issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-shortlink-header-fails/) and providing the fix.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Show Custom Taxonomy Filters**: fixed an issue where frontend 404 page is not properly being displayed when additional filters for non-hierarchical taxonomies are set to be shown and the permalink structure is set to /%category%/%postname%/. Props to John C. for reporting the issue and facilitating the troubleshooting process.

* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [34 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Danish, Arabic

* **[SECURITY FIX in Free and Pro] Content Management >> SVG Upload**: fix Stored XSS vulnerability when a user with media upload privilege uploads a malicioius SVG via xmlrpc.php. Props to Willow, a security researcher from WPScan and Jetpack for responsibly disclosing the vulnerability.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out and Register >> Change Login URL**: legitimate cURL requests to /wp-admin/admin-post.php is now allowed when Change Login URL is enabled. This is sometimes needed to utilize the admin_post_nopriv_action hook. Props to Maxime for prompting this improvement.

* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [34 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: Updated Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, German (Formal), French, Danish

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Gutenberg**: improve code to remove frontend Gutenbeg assets to account for edge cases. Props to Mike D. for prompting the improvement.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**: added shortcode sub-type for text field and implement shortcode output for this sub-type in Oxygen, Breakdance and Elementor. Props to Radoslaw B. for prompting this improvement.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**: fixed a PHP warning error related to the display of name field in the entries list page. Props to Radoslaw B. for reporting the issue in detail, including the error log entry and a screenshot.

* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [33 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: updated Slovak, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Japanese,
* ASE Pro: updated German and Japanese.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out & Register >> Change Login URL**: when in Settings >> General, "Membership: Anyone can register" is checked, opening /wp-signup.php will no longer redirect to the registration form. The custom login slug is required in the URL, i.e. /wp-signup.php?custom_login_slug, to be able to access the registration form.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**: Improved accessibility of the file upload field. Make sure all input elements in this field have corresponding labels. Props to Claudio P. for prompting this improvement.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Menu Organizer**: fixed an issue where the 'Hide' options were not being properly shown in full or were toggleable correctly when wp-admin is set to display in non-English language and the Independent Analytics plugin is active. Props to François A. for reporting the issue in detail and facilitating the troubleshooting process.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Custom Code >> Code Snippets Manager**: fixed an issue where on importing PHP snippets, backslashes were unnecessarily removed, e.g. from regex patterns, resulting in broken, non-working snippets. Props to Oliver Z. for reporting the issue in detail and facilitating the troubleshooting process.

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: the "show excerpt" toggle will now use an actual excerpt if already set, instead of generating one from the post content. Props to @ricjoh for prompting this improvement.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**: fixed a PHP warning causing internal server (500) error in Breakdance builder. Props to Henry R. for reporting the issue with the error log entry.

* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [33 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: updated Spanish, Russian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Italian, Indonesian, French, Dutch, Danish.
* ASE Pro: updated Norwegian and Spanish.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Log In/Out & Register >> Change Login URL**: make login failure process compatible with Bedrock installation where WP core is installed in a sub-directory (/wp/). Props to [@shadyshane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadyshane/) for [prompting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-bedrock-support-for-custom-login-url/) this improvement.

* **[FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**:
* Fixed an issue where if checkbox and radio fields are marked as required in sites still on PHP 7.4, the form will fail submitting even if the checkbox and/or radio fields have been checked / selected. Props to Pierro B. and Leon S. for reporting the issue in detail, and especially for Leon who discovered that it only happened on sites still on PHP 7.4.
* Fixed an issue where if choice and matrix fields labels contain an apostrophe, e.g. I'm satisfied with the customer service, the submission data gets malformed.

* **[TRANSLATION in Free and Pro]** ASE is now being translated into [33 languages](https://translate.wpase.com/):
* **Added new/improved translation** for:
* ASE Free: updated Vietnamese, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Japanese, Indonesian, Dutch.
* ASE Pro: updated Hungarian, Vietnamese.