Hi @qriouslad, thanks for the great review. It is much appreciated.
For your question, I’m not sure what ASE refers to, but the “Failed to initialize plugin: sdc_download” error has been reported in the plugin support forums. So far, we have been unable to repeat the issue on default WordPress. Several users have had this issue over the years, however none yet have been able to provide steps to repeat. I definitely want to help and resolve, but can’t really do anything without being able to replicate the issue.