Easy Search and Replace – Find and Replace url or anything or specific element

Real time search and replace without altering the files or database. find and replace inside specific HTML element with CSS Selector

Author:Uzair (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:5.0
WordPress version tested:6.8.5
Plugin version:1.1.2
Added to WordPress repository:23-12-2023
Last updated:10-11-2025
Rating, %:86
Rated by:3
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Total downloads:2 952
Active installs:300+
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The Easy Search Replace plugin lets you find and replace any text, HTML, or URL across your WordPress site in real time—without editing files or the database.
It’s the safest way to do search and replace on front-end output. Update branding, fix old links, or remove footer credit with a few clicks.

Target replacements precisely with:
– CSS selectors (e.g., .footer, #site-title, h2)
– Post Types (Posts, Pages, CPTs)
– Specific Post IDs (comma separated)
– Exact URLs (one per line)

Why it’s safe:
All changes are applied dynamically at render time. Disable the plugin and your original content is unchanged.

Popular use cases
– Remove or replace theme footer credits.
– Replace company names, links, or copyright lines.
– Update outdated or HTTPHTTPS URLs.
– Find/replace only inside specific HTML elements.
– Limit changes to selected posts/pages/URLs.

Features

  • Real-time search replace and find replace for text, HTML, and URLs.
  • Remove footer credit or any unwanted text/link.
  • Optional CSS selector targeting (classes, IDs, tags).
  • Limit by post type, post ID, or URL.
  • Case-insensitive mode (Ignore Case).
  • Multiple rules, executed in order.
  • Lightweight: parses DOM only when selector rules exist.
  • Clean, simple settings UI.

Usage

  1. Open Settings Easy Search Replace.
  2. Find: Enter text/HTML/URL to search.
  3. Replace with: Enter the replacement (leave empty to remove—great for footer credits).
  4. (Optional) CSS Selector to restrict to specific elements (e.g., .site-footer, #main, h1).
  5. (Optional) Limit by Post Types, Post IDs, or URLs (one per line).
  6. Enable Ignore Case if needed.
  7. Add multiple rules and Save Changes.

Examples

Replace text globally

Find: Old Company
Replace: New Company

Remove footer credit (selector-based)

Find: Powered by MyTheme
Replace:
Selector: .site-footer

Replace URL site-wide

Find: http://oldsite.com
Replace: https://newsite.com

Only on specific posts

Find: Coming Soon
Replace: Launching Now
Post IDs: 25,47,88

Case-insensitive
Enable Ignore Case to match “WordPress”, “wordpress”, etc.

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