# How To Switch from WPS Hide Login to BetterShield?

Preview your existing sign-in address and dashboard destination, hand the job to BetterShield, and test access before ending your session.

With **[BetterShield](/)** 1.1.7 or newer, preview the sign-in address BetterShield can bring over from WPS Hide Login and the dashboard behavior that will change before handing the job over.

## Step 1: Keep Your Way Back In

Keep your current administrator session open, write down the working sign-in address, and save a BetterShield [recovery link or recovery codes](/docs/set-up-recovery/) outside the site. Run Quick Setup again from **Settings › General** if you have already completed it.

## Step 2: Review Coexistence and the Import

In **Quick Setup › Coexistence**, find the custom sign-in address job. Review the exact address and dashboard destination in the migration preview. Choose **Use BetterShield** only when the preview can carry the address people already use.

The preview can bring over a supported sign-in address and turn on **Dashboard privacy for visitors**. WPS Hide Login’s custom dashboard redirect is not copied: the preview lists it as left behind, and signed-out dashboard visitors see page not found instead. To choose a local destination afterward, use [Hide the dashboard](/docs/hide-dashboard/). A setting that is invalid, conflicts with a WordPress address, or cannot be applied is left out with a reason. If the address cannot come over, the job stays with the other plugin by default. Do not assume recognizing WPS Hide Login means every setting was imported.

## Step 3: Complete the Handover

Read the main action and its explanation. Where all shared jobs move and setup can deactivate the source, it offers **Migrate & Deactivate**. Mixed choices use **Save & Continue**. If your permissions or a network activation prevent deactivation here, use the indicated Plugins screen with an authorized account.

During a supported handover, both plugins can serve the same address. BetterShield refuses a different address while the other plugin still serves the shared one. Finish the handover before choosing a new address.

## Step 4: Test Before Closing Your Session

In a private browser window:

1. Open the saved custom address and complete sign-in.
2. Sign out and open `/wp-login.php`. Confirm the expected theme 404 response after BetterShield has taken over.
3. Open `/wp-admin/` while signed out. Confirm the page-not-found response or local destination shown in your saved settings.
4. Test a fresh password-reset email and any sign-in links used by members or clients.

The new address supports 1 to 200 letters, numbers, dashes and underscores and is stored in lowercase. See [Change the sign-in address](/docs/change-sign-in-address/) before editing it further.

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  <img src="/docs/screenshots/change-sign-in-address.png" alt="After the handover, review the custom address and signed-out dashboard choice in BetterShield." width="980" height="434" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
  <figcaption>After the handover, review the custom address and signed-out dashboard choice in BetterShield.</figcaption>
</figure>

## Undo

Use **Activity › Recorded changes** to undo supported imported settings. Undo does not reactivate WPS Hide Login. Review which plugin will serve sign-in before reactivating it through Plugins, then repeat the access checks while your administrator session remains open. A BetterShield recovery link pauses its own sign-in protections; another plugin’s rules can still apply.

## Final Outcome

The preview’s supported settings are saved, the intended plugin handles the address, and sign-in, reset emails and signed-out dashboard requests work as expected.

## Related

- [Alongside another security plugin](/docs/alongside-another-security-plugin/)
- [Change the sign-in address](/docs/change-sign-in-address/)
- [Hide the dashboard](/docs/hide-dashboard/)
- [Locked out](/docs/locked-out/)

Getting Stuck? Feel free to contact our [Dedicated Support Team](/support/).