SniffPress
A powerful search tool that helps developers quickly find text strings within theme and plugin files.
5(1 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, SniffPress is a WordPress search plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 461 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.6+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: String locator.
5/51 reviews
20active installs
461total downloads
1 yearsince 2025
Overview
SniffPress is an essential developer tool that lets you search through all your theme and plugin files directly from the WordPress admin dashboard.
Resources
GitHub: https://github.com/viveksoftchure/sniffpress
New in version 1.1:
– Top-level admin menu for easier access
– Search limits to prevent server overload
– Exclusion patterns to skip specific folders/files
– Improved theme editor links for both active and inactive themes
– Enhanced user interface with search statistics
Key Features:
– Search across multiple themes/plugins at once
– Case-sensitive and whole word matching options
– Regular expression support
– Filter by file type (PHP, JS, CSS, etc.)
– Direct links to edit found files (works with any theme/plugin)
– S…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
1.1
- Added top-level admin menu for easier access
- Added search limits: control max file size and results count
- Added exclusion patterns to skip specific folders/files
- Improved theme editor links for both active and inactive themes
- Enhanced user interface with search statistics
…and 5 more changes
Contributors
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