A powerful search tool that helps developers quickly find text strings within theme and plugin files.
| Author: | wpwebguru (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 5.6 |
| WordPress version tested: | 6.8.5 |
| Plugin version: | 1.1 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 18-07-2025 |
| Last updated: | 23-12-2025 |
| Rating, %: | 100 |
| Rated by: | 1 |
| Plugin URI: | https://wpwebguru.com/sniffpress |
| Total downloads: | 450 |
| Active installs: | 20+ |
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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)
– Search limits: control maximum file size and results count
– Exclusion patterns: skip vendor folders, cache directories, etc.
– Direct links to edit found files
– Clean, intuitive interface
– Fast AJAX-powered searching
– Search completion statistics
Perfect for:
– Debugging theme/plugin issues
– Finding specific functions/hooks
– Locating text strings for translation
– Code audits and maintenance
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FAQ
ChangeLog