Real-time search & replace for text, HTML, and URLs. Target by post type, ID, or URL. Safely remove footer credit — no database changes.

FluxPress

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 touching the database. 
It’s the safest way to do search and replace on front-end output. Update branding, fix old links, swap outdated content, or remove footer credit with a few clicks.
Target replacements precisely with:
<ul>
<li>Post Types (Posts, Pages, WooCommerce Products, any CPT)</li>
<li>Specific Post IDs (comma separated)</li>
<li>Exact URLs (one per line)</li>
</ul>
Why it’s safe: 
All changes are applied dynamically at render time. Your posts, pages, and database stay untouched. Disable the plugin or toggle a rule off and your original content is back instantly.
Popular use cases
<ul>
<li>Remove footer credit — delete or replace any theme footer text, copyright notice, or “Powered by” link.</li>
<li>Replace company names — rebranding? Update every mention of your old name site-wide in seconds.</li>
<li>Fix old links — swap broken URLs, redirect HTTP → HTTPS links, or update moved resources.</li>
<li>WooCommerce text changes — rename “Add to cart” buttons, change checkout labels, or translate WooCommerce strings without code.</li>
<li>Hide plugin or theme branding — remove “Built with Elementor”, “Jepack stats”, or any injected text.</li>
<li>Conditional content — show different text to logged-in users, mobile visitors, or during specific date ranges (Pro).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
Free version:
<ul>
<li>Real-time search and replace for text, HTML, and URLs — no database changes.</li>
<li>Enable or disable each rule with a toggle (no need to delete and recreate).</li>
<li>Limit rules by post type, post ID, or URL (one per line).</li>
<li>Case-insensitive matching (Ignore Case option).</li>
<li>“Don’t match if page contains” safety switch — add a marker to any page you want to leave untouched.</li>
<li>Configurable “Skip HTML tags” setting — protect <code><script></code>, <code><style></code>, or any tag from being modified.</li>
<li>Multiple rules, executed in the order you define.</li>
<li>Lightweight: buffer filtering only starts if you have active rules.</li>
</ul>
Pro features (<a href="https://fluxpress.io/plugins/easy-search-replace/" rel="nofollow ugc">Easy Search Replace Pro</a>):
<ul>
<li>CSS selector targeting — restrict replacements to elements matching <code>.footer</code>, <code>#main</code>, <code>h1</code>, or any CSS selector. Inspect the element in your browser and paste the class or ID. Perfect for removing footer credits from a specific element without affecting the rest of your page.</li>
<li>Regex patterns — full PHP regex with smart defaults. <code>.</code> matches newlines and patterns are UTF-8 aware by default. Write <code><div class="x">.*?unwanted.*?</div></code> and it just works.</li>
<li>Match text between two markers — replace everything between a “starts with” and “ends with” snippet without writing regex. Safer because it stops at the first end marker.</li>
<li>Scheduled rules — activate rules only within specific date ranges, times of day, or weekdays. Perfect for seasonal banners, holiday promotions, or timed content swaps.</li>
<li>Audience & device targeting — show different replacements for logged-in users vs guests, target specific user roles, or serve different content to desktop, mobile, or tablet visitors.</li>
<li>Exclusion rules — apply a rule everywhere EXCEPT specific post types, post IDs, or URLs.</li>
<li>Import / Export — export rules as JSON or CSV for backups. Bulk import hundreds of rules at once from CSV for agency migrations.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>Open Settings → Easy Search Replace.</li>
<li>Find: Enter the text/HTML/URL to search.</li>
<li>Replace with: Enter the replacement (leave empty to remove — great for footer credits).</li>
<li>(Optional) Limit by Post Types, Post IDs, or URLs (one per line).</li>
<li>Enable Ignore case if needed.</li>
<li>Add multiple rules and Save Changes.</li>
</ol>
Full documentation with examples: <a href="https://fluxpress.io/docs/easy-search-replace/" rel="nofollow ugc">fluxpress.io/docs/easy-search-replace</a>
<h3>Examples</h3>
Replace text globally
Find: Old Company 
Replace: New Company
Remove footer credit
Find: Powered by MyTheme 
Replace: (leave empty)
Remove “Powered by WordPress”
Find: Powered by WordPress 
Replace: (leave empty) 
(Optionally set CSS selector to <code>.site-info</code> in Pro for precision)
Replace URL site-wide
Find: http://oldsite.com 
Replace: https://newsite.com
Change WooCommerce button text
Find: Add to cart 
Replace: Buy now
Only on specific posts
Find: Coming Soon 
Replace: Launching Now 
Post IDs: 25,47,88
Case-insensitive 
Enable Ignore case to match “WordPress”, “wordpress”, “WORDPRESS”, etc.
<h3>Privacy</h3>
Easy Search Replace includes optional anonymous usage tracking to help improve compatibility and the plugin experience.
Disabled by default and only enabled after explicit opt-in.
No personal data, site content, emails, IP addresses, usernames, or passwords are collected.

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