WSOD on all sites after update

@verysiberian how did you perform the update to v5.8.0? Are your sites managed using tools like MainWP and updates initiated from it’s dashboard?

If you visit the homepage of your site in a private/incognito window, do you see that warning screen?

I’m testing updating from 5.7.1 to 5.8.0 via the Updates page and via uploading the zip file of 5.8.0 and both methods work fine… no warning/error screen you saw.

The exact text shown publicly on every page is:

Please deactivate the free version of ASE before activating the Pro version.?Return to plugins list ?

It requires the site admin to go in through FTP and rename the plugin to deactivate it.

@verysiberian noted. How did you perform the update to v5.8.0?

I am simply using the WP built in Enable Automatic Updates functionality. No third party tool or anything else. I am in a race to go to all my sites that use your otherwise wonderful plugin to block automatic updates. Those that already automatically updated are bricked until I go in through FTP and do the renaming.

@verysiberian noted. Let me investigate that update path now.

Thank you! Happy to share more details if needed.

Here to confirm more than a dozen sites of mine immediately went WSOD after updating within wp-admin. Had to FTP the previous version to all of them.

@verysiberian in FTP, if you look at the /wp-content/plugins/ folder, do you see the /admin-site-enhancements/ plugin showing up twice? e.g. the other one is /admin-site-enhancements-2/

When you say “went WSOD after updating within wp-admin”… was that a manual update? You click on the update link/button somewhere?

Give me a moment to try to update again on a low traffic site.

Manual, yes. WordPress updates tab, checkbox next to ASE, click update plugin. Obviously I knew there was a problem after the first time, I just did it on others to see if different servers mattered. It didn’t. All the way from PHP 7.4 to 8.2.

Also, no second plugin folder as you asked the other poster.

I am receiving the same notice after update to 5.8.0 as follows:

Please deactivate the free version of ASE before activating the Pro version.?Return to plugins list ?

Just downgraded to 5.7.1

Update: it does not show two entries. I can send you a screen recording if you will provide a secure way to share it.

@everyone please update to v5.8.1 which should be available in the next 5 minutes.

Hi, it’s happening to me.