Search Regex is a WordPress app, with a 4.7 average rating from 99 reviews, as of Jul 15, 2026.
Search Regex is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by John Godley. With a rating of 4.7★ from 99 reviews.
AppRanks data: Search Regex ranks #0 in Database on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
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Search Regex is a highly rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Database category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 99 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.7★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by John Godley — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (99) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Search Regex works
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Search Regex adds a powerful set of search and replace functions to WordPress posts, pages, custom post types, and other data sources. These go beyond the standard searching capabilities, and allow you to search and replace almost any data stored on your site. In addition to simple searches you have the full power of PHP’s regular expressions at your disposal.
You can use this to do things like:
– Help migrate a site from one domain to another
– Update URLs in links and images
– Perform site-wide changes
Search filters can be created to match any column of any WordPress table. For example:
– Find all posts in a category
– Find all post meta data without a post
– Find all posts in a date range
Search Regex handles small and large sites.
Search Regex has been tested with PHP from 7.4 to 8.4.
What can I search? You can search:
– Posts
– Pages
– Any custom post type
– Comments (including spam)
– Users
– Meta data
– WordPress options
Full regular expression support is provided, and you can capture data and use it in the replacement.
Actions A variety of actions can be performed on matching results:
– Modify and replace the result
– Delete the result
– Export to CSV and SQL
– Perform custom PHP action
Modify and Replace Data Results can be individually modified by clicking on the item to change, and using the popup modifier.
Bulk modifications can be performed against all matching results.
The types of modification depend on the data being changed:
– Numbers can be added or subtracted to existing numbers
– Hours, days, weeks, and months, can be added to dates
– Tags and categories can be added, removed, and substitued
Custom shortcodes are supported that allow dynamic data to be included:
– Add the current date and time, in any format, to content
– Insert data from other columns. For example, insert the category into the title
– Transform existing data. For example, convert case, change underscores to dashes.
Example uses Some ideas for potential uses:
– Delete all comments that match a phrase
– Add a category to all matching posts
– Remove orphaned meta data
Support Please submit bugs, patches, and feature requests to:
https://github.com/johngodley/search-regex
Please submit translations to:
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/search-regex
Translations Translations are provided by WordPress itself. You can update the translations by going to the Dashboard > Updates section of WP admin.
Documentation Full documentation can be found on the Search Regex site.
Category rankings
As of Jul 15, 2026- Database#0of 70Top 1%
- Regex#0of 2Top 1%
- Regular expression#0of 1Top 1%
- Replace#0of 20Top 1%
- Search#1of 536Top 1%
- _browse_popular#289of 509Top 57%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Search Regex stands in the Database category
Search Regex ranks #0 of 70 apps in the Database category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Search Regex?
Search Regex is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.7-star rating from 99 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Database category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by John Godley.
Who uses Search Regex?
Currently around 100,000 active stores have installed Search Regex. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Database category on WordPress.