Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)
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About
Duplicate post, post order, image resize, email via SMTP, admin menu editor, custom css / code, disable gutenberg and much more in a single plugin.
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What It Does
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) bundles dozens of common WordPress admin tweaks and optimization utilities into a single plugin, including post duplication, drag-and-drop post ordering, image resizing on upload, SMTP email delivery, an admin menu editor, custom CSS/code injection, and the ability to disable Gutenberg. It is aimed at site owners who want to replace 5 to 15 single-purpose plugins with one consolidated toolkit. All features are toggled individually from a central settings page, so you only enable what you need.
Who It's For
This plugin is best for solo site owners, freelancers, and small agencies running 1 to 20 WordPress sites who want to cut down plugin sprawl without losing access to common quality-of-life features. It is particularly useful for content-heavy sites where post ordering, duplication, and image handling matter, and for administrators who want granular control over the wp-admin experience without writing custom code. Developers maintaining client sites will also appreciate having a single dependency to configure.
Who Should Skip It
Skip this if you already rely on specialized plugins for SMTP, image optimization, or security, since overlapping functionality can create conflicts and you will not get the consolidation benefit. Enterprise sites with strict compliance, code review, or single-responsibility plugin policies should avoid all-in-one tools like this.
The Bottom Line
ASE delivers an unusually strong package: 200,000 installs, a perfect user rating, very recent updates, and a wide feature surface in one plugin. The main trade-off is the classic all-in-one risk of feature overlap with other plugins you may already trust. For most small-to-mid site owners it is a sensible default, but power users with specialized stacks may prefer focused alternatives.
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Pick Brozzme DB Prefix instead if database security hardening is your primary concern rather than general admin tweaks.
Choose WP EXtra instead if you want a more beginner-friendly one-click optimization flow and do not need ASE's menu editor or code injection.
Pick Falcon instead if you want a lighter alternative focused purely on performance tweaks without the content management features.