Better Search Replace vs CM Search And Replace – Optimize content edits with a powerful search and replace tool

When moving your WordPress site to a new domain or server, you will likely run into a need to run a search/replace on the database for everything to work correctly. Fortunately, there are several plugins available for this task, however, all have a different approach to a few key features. This plugin consolidates the best features from these plugins, incorporating the following features in one simple plugin: Serialization support for all tables The ability to select specific tables The ability to run a “dry run” to see how many fields will be updated No server requirements aside from a running installation of WordPress WordPress Multisite support Time-saving features available in the Pro version: View exactly what changed during a search/replace Backup and import the database while running a search/replace Priority email support from the developer of the plugin Save or load custom profiles for quickly repeating a search/replace in the future Support and updates for 1 year Learn more about Better Search Replace Pro The search and replace functionality is heavily based on interconnect/it’s great and open-source Search Replace DB script, modified to use WordPress native database functions to ensure compatibility. Want to contribute? Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.

Pro Plugin Page | Videos | User Guide Use our WordPress Search and Replace plugin to perform live search/replace operations on words, phrases, and HTML within your WordPress site’s content, without altering the underlying database. ⭐ We’re excited to present the renewed version of CM Search and Replace! Featuring a brand-new, intuitive design, the plugin is now more user-friendly than ever, making it easier to create and manage your search and replace rules with precision. With this powerful WordPress find replace plugin, you’ll be able to modify the content of posts, pages, comments, titles, and excerpts just before they are displayed on the front end without any need to make changes to the WordPress database. This WordPress plugin generates dynamic rules that enable consistent replacement of HTML and text generated not only by your page content but also plugins before a page is loaded to a user’s browser. Search Replace Premium Edition The Search and Replace Plugin Premium edition includes even more powerful features, such as: store search and replace changes to databse, log all changes made, regex support, time based search and replace rules and much more. Search Replace Plugin Introduction Video (Pro Version) WordPress Search Replace Plugin Use-Cases Profanity Filter – Our WordPress plugin gives you the ability to censor bad words posted in comments, content generated by plugins, as well as pages or posts. HTML Replacement – Replace HTML code on the fly. Image Replacement – Replace images on the fly. Schedule Content – Schedule content changes for particular dates or durations. Database Changes – Make permament changes to the content in the database. Log Changes – Log all changes. WordPress Search Replace Plugin Basic Version Features Create any number of rules for replacing regular text and html. Applies replacement rules that can help in standarizing WordPress posts and pages. Performs replacements only locally and doesn’t save them to the database. Supports scanning content for case sensitive words. Choose if to search and replace content in images URLs. WordPress Search Replace Plugin Pro Version Features Pro Version Detailed Features List Define search/replace rules for site and page titles, content, excerpts, link, comments and images. Support custom posts types. Support Regex rules. Support search replace based on timeframes. Support search replace only on specific posts. Support search replace only on specific post categories, tags or other taxonomies. Rules Management – pause, edit, delete and easily change the order of rules. Includes log for changes that are made on the fly. Includes log for permanent changes in the database. Import and export rules. Search within rules. Frontend widget to turn rules on and off. Ensures additional content support for plugins like Yoast, BBPress, WooCommerce, ACF and CM Tooltip Glossary. Optionally, commit replacement rules to the database so they will be permanent. Follow Us Blog | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook Suggested Plugins by CreativeMinds List of all WordPress Plugins by CreativeMinds CM Tooltip Glossary – Easily creates a Glossary, Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of your website’s terms and shows them as a tooltip in posts and pages when hovering. With many more powerful features. CM Download Manager – Allows users to upload, manage, track and support documents or files in a download directory listing database for others to contribute, use and comment upon. CM Answers Plugin – A fully-featured WordPress Questions & Answers Plugin that allows you to build multiple discussion forum systems Just like StackOverflow, Yahoo Answers and Quora, Now with MicroPayments and Anonymous posting support. WordPress Search and Replace Plugin Frequently Asked Questions More FAQ’s