ESPConnect has been deprecated and will not be maintained further. Consider switching to NetWizard library from same author which has much better features and comes with a configuration page: https://github.com/ayushsharma82/NetWizard

For AsyncWebServer users, Good news is that NetWizard works on both WebServer and AsyncWebServer. Switch on async mode: https://docs.netwizard.pro/docs/intro/async-mode