Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 7.8.7

* **[ADDED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection**: add CAPTCHA protection to WordPress default login, password reset, registration and comment forms and WooCommerce login, password reset and registration forms. Support [ALTCHA](https://altcha.org/) self-hosted version (GDPR-compliant, open source, free), Google reCaptcha v2 and v3, and Cloudflare Turnstile.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Hide Admin Notices**: fix for notices still showing on Hash Form form builder...

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* **[ADDED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**: Enable the creation of various types of forms on the frontend to collect information from site visitors or users or members. This module should be stable enough but please perform some tests before using it on production sites or mission critical tasks. If you find any bugs / issues, please open a support ticket for it.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Security >> Limit Login Attempts**: improved mechanism to validate IP addresses. Props to Ivan...

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* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection**: when CAPTCHA Protection is enabled on WooCommerce login form, also enable on the login form in WooCommerce checkout page. Ensure that after successful login, the customer/user is redirected back to the checkout page. This will override the settings added to the Redirect After Login module. Props to @betaplus for prompting this improvement.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable REST API**:
* ASE Pro: **CAPTCHA...

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* **[ADDED in Free and Pro] Disable Components >> Disable Smaller Components**: added an option to disable the Application Passwords feature in WordPress. Props to [DJABHipHop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pressthemes1/) for [suggesting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-options-to-disable-wp_is_application_passwords_available/).

* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control**: add an option to disable generation of intermediate sizes. Props to Wilbert S...

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* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Security >> Limit Login Attempts**: added a limit of 1,000 latest entries that will be kept in the database. This should prevent the failed login attempts database table from growing too large. Props to @rodgeir for suggesting this.

* **[IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**:
* **Added the update_cf() function to programmatically update the value of one or more custom fields**...

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* **[IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types >> Custom Field Groups**:
* **Added frontend submission form via shortcode**. [Documentation](https://www.wpase.com/documentation/custom-field-types/#functions-shortcodes) has been added. Please test and open a support ticket if you find any issue / bug.
* **Added `insert_post_cf()` to create a new post and set custom field values**...

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* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Security >> CAPTCHA Protection**: add an Advanced Options section for ALTCHA where you can set custom text for the different steps in the verification process. This can be useful if you need to quickly translate the default text. Props to @betaplus, Linda H. and Marcellus J. for prompting this improvement.

* **[IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Utilities >> Form Builder**:
* **Added an option to hide the form after successful submission**. This can be configured under form...

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* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Admin Interface >> Enhance List Tables**: the Last Modified column will now use the date and time format set in Settings >> General. Props to @st3phan5 for [suggesting this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-for-last-modified/).

* **[IMPROVED and FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Custom Content Types**:
* **added integration of the repeater field into Elementor Pro**. This is done via the Loop Builder widget and the Loop Item template. [View...

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* **[SECURITY FIX in Free and Pro] Custom Code >> Insert <head>, <body> and <footer> Code** fixed Stored XSS vulnerability reported by @ha1s3nb3rgg.

* **[IMPROVED in Free and Pro] Utilities >> Password Protection**:
* ASE Pro: **Color of the "View Content" button** will now follow the one set in the Login Page Customizer module. Props to Sébastien B. for propmpting this improvement.
* ASE Free and Pro: **Error messages are now internationalized**, i.e. translatable...

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