Search & Replace
Search & Replace data in your database with WordPress admin, replace domains/URLs of your WordPress installation.
4.3(282 reviews)
·100K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Search & Replace is a WordPress sql plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 282 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.2M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Database Manager – WP Adminer.
4.3/5282 reviews
100K+active installs
3.2M+total downloads
19 yearssince 2007
Overview
With Search & Replace you can search for everything and replace this with everything but before you do this you can easily create a simple database backup and restore it.
For avoiding problem please keep in mind that this plugin search and replace strictly what is specified in “Replace With”.
Common error example:
Search For: http://web.com/wordpress/
Replace With: http://neuweb.com/wordpress
The url become something like: http://neuweb.com/wordpresscontent/…
Correct “Replace with”:
Search For: http://web.com/wordpress/
Replace With: http://neuweb.com/wordpress/
The url become something like: http://neuweb.com/wordpress/content/…
We have implemented special features!
The first one is “Replace a Domain / URL” that is useful for a quick an…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.3282 reviews
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Recent Reviews
It still works great
by pmheart6·6 months ago
I changed my url, 12 tables with 58 entries . While not a big site, but it was nice.
it says not tested in the last 3 versions of WP. Welp, it works in php8.2x and WP 6.8.2
Works fine when changing the domain
by Denny Müller·1 year ago
I have used this plugin several times for different webpages. Especially when the webpage was moved to other domain.
It works fine. Before replace, it’s possible to test and check the results.
Hats down and thanks!
Bulk edits to the database
by Artneo·1 year ago
[Update 12/26/24] I tried using the bulk “CSV Format Search/Replace” feature, but it seems only the latest replacement string is applied. I’ll now try another method, such as using the WP-CLI.
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This plugin is incredibly easy to use and the “CSV Format Search/Replace” feature for bulk edits worked perfectly! Thank you to the developers for creating such an awesome plugin! 😄
- This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by Artneo.
Great and free
by nspirov·1 year ago
So useful and it is free – no “Pro” version to get the features.
Thanks!
does not work
by applicado·1 year ago
plugin searches and replaces character string and creates a new database, which you need to download, then import.
The database that plugin created could not be imported by plugin. Message says that the file is not a valid sql file.
Kinda dumb workflow, but not being able to import a sql file that was created by plugin is ridiculous
Download Trends
Today: 228Yesterday: 181This week: 1KPeriod total: 99K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.2
93.4%
Other
6.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.2.3 (2024-08-26)
- Fix a vulnerability when deserializing objects from the database
- Fix deprecation logs about optional parameters declared before required parameters
Contributors
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