ShieldPRO 22.0 Upgrade Guide
ShieldPRO 22.0 is our major release. It reshapes daily security workflows with a guided dashboard that highlights fixes, investigations, configurations, reports, and many other improvements.
This guide outlines what have been added/removed, changed, or improved.
Firstly, we're going to explain what major changes are made and which options you'd need to review.
Major Changes
The plugin is no longer organised around features alone. The dashboard workflow has been reorganised to better reflect how you manage security. It now leads you through fixes, investigations, configuration tasks, and reports in a clear order.
#1 Actions Queue: Focus on what needs attention first
The Actions Queue has been reorganised to distinguish between urgent issues and routine follow-up work. Tasks are grouped by type, including scans, maintenance, FileLocker, and quick actions, allowing you to address them more efficiently.
Previously, tasks were listed together without clear separation, making it harder to identify what required immediate action.
#2 - Investigate: More efficient data exploration
The Investigate section now provides dedicated views for users, IPs, plugins, themes, core files, traffic, and sessions, so it’s easier to find what you need quickly. IP analysis is also clearer, with key details and relevant actions shown upfront.
The IP Analysis dialog (now "IP Lookup") has also been improved with built-in search, so you can quickly find a specific IP and review all related activity in one place.
#3 - Live Activity: Real-time visibility
The dashboard now includes a live activity feed, so you can see site activity in real time. Traffic and live logs provide more useful request details, while routine admin traffic is filtered out by default to reduce noise and highlight what matters.
#4 - Configure
Configuration is now easier to manage, with a clear overview of what’s good, what needs attention, and where to take action. Plus, you can use in-place search to find and fix problems without losing your place in the plugin.
#5 - Reports
You no longer need to move between pages to manage reports, delivery, and trends, it’s all available together in one workspace.
Other Important Changes
For this release, we've also made the following changes:
#1 - MFA verification portal
The MFA verification portal has been redesigned with a cleaner layout and a clearer step-by-step flow, making it easier to set up MFA for your own account or guide other users through the process.
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#2 - Login Alerts
Admin and user login alert settings are now better organised.
The admin login alert setting has been moved from Users > Sessions to Reports > Instant Alerts, where you can now manage notifications for administrator logins.
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User login alert settings is also moved to Users > General settings.
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#3 - Security Admin control
Security Admin controls are now more transparent and reliable, with a simplified way to disable them for short periods.
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#4 - scan hde +unhide is not more visible
New Added Features
scan select and ignore files in bulk option
For more information on Shield 22.0 release, read the blog article here.