* **[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 screen.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Utilities >> Maintenance Mode**: added an option to exclude certain URLs from the maintenance mode. This could be useful if you have a custom login page created outside of ASE. Props to Miriam M. and Julian S. for prompting this improvement.
* **[IMPROVED amd FOXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Columns Manager**:
* **improved mechanism to load original column title** when an applicable column is set as such.
* **fixed a conflict with PublishPress Revisions** plugin causing fatal error when viewing the revisions queue page. Props to Adam for reporting the issue with a screenshot and the error stack trace, which helped in quickly resolving the issue.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Log In/Out | Register >> Login Page Customizer**:
* Changed logo image options to site icon, media library (image) or external (image) URL. Should work with your existing settings.
* Added automatic image dimension detection and image ratio preserver when using media library image. Props to Max Z. for prompting this improvement.
* Added links to external tools to get image dimension and calculate smaller dimension when using external image URL.
* **[IMPROVED in Pro] Optimizations >> Image Upload Control**: add an option to set the JPG quality during conversion/upload of BMP, PNG and JPG files. Props to John D. for prompting this improvement.
* **[FIXED in Free and Pro] Security >> Limit Login Attempts**: fix IPv6 addresses not being properly detected. Props to Mathijs v.d.B. and Jon B. for reporting the issue.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Content Management >> Content Order**: fixed an issue where adjacent posts navigation (Previous / Next) is not being displayed when the Content Order module is enabled for post types that does not include the post type where such navigation is added to. Props to Glenn W. for reporting the issue in detail and facilitated the troubleshooting process.
* **[FIXED in Pro] Admin Interface >> Admin Logo**: fix admin bar logo link not linking to the homepage as it should when viewed in the backend / wp-admin. Props to Max Z. for reporting the issue.