What Is Shield Beta Access Option?

Enabling the Shield Beta Access option allows you to gain access to beta versions of the Shield Security plugin.

A beta version of Shield:

has not yet been released for full public access.
may contain unknown or unforeseen bugs.
may contain fixes for specific bugs that don't affect all customers and so doesn't warrant a full public release at the time.
is not supported by our team. If you install a beta version of Shield and experience issues, please remove it and install the latest public release.
is only available to ShieldPRO customers.

Beta Access is enabled via an option within Shield's General Settings module > Plugin Defaults:

We recommend enabling Beta Access only after receiving the advice from our Customer Support team.

Note: ShieldPRO is required for this option. To find out what the extra ShieldPRO features are and how to purchase, please follow this link here.