Delicious Brains

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Matt Shaw

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:
<ul>
<li>Serialization support for all tables</li>
<li>The ability to select specific tables</li>
<li>The ability to run a “dry run” to see how many fields will be updated</li>
<li>No server requirements aside from a running installation of WordPress</li>
<li>WordPress Multisite support</li>
</ul>
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Time-saving features available in the Pro version:
<ul>
<li>View exactly what changed during a search/replace</li>
<li>Backup and import the database while running a search/replace</li>
<li>Priority email support from the developer of the plugin</li>
<li>Save or load custom profiles for quickly repeating a search/replace in the future</li>
<li>Support and updates for 1 year</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://bettersearchreplace.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about Better Search Replace Pro</a>
</blockquote>
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.
Supported Languages
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
</ul>
Want to contribute?
Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on <a href="https://github.com/deliciousbrains/better-search-replace/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.

Better Search Replace

Perfekt

Long time in the past (maybe ~ 7 years ago?), I tried to find a way to search and replace inside WP serialized data.
I found out Better Search and Replace, and I never try another plugin. 
This one is the most reliable for me, thanks!

One of my favorite plugin for years


The plugin was good before, but now it lacks a lot of the functionality.


Good before, not anymore


This really make my life better. For real. Since I found this plugin al my migrations are FLAWLESS. So simple so good. Thanks a lot!!!


So good i cant belive


I was going to try doing some search and replacements, and chose to do the 'dry run' first, but apparently you can't view the results from the dry run, without upgrading to the paid version. This effectively makes it less than useless. I'm not going to run a search/replace on a table unless I can preview what's going to be changed first.


Can't preview 'dry run' changes in free plugin


Here is the thing.



I had changed my blog's domain name and had issues with the images still on the old domain name. So, they were not loading. At all. 



So, I went to ask uncle ChatGPT how to solve the issue. He told me I should try this plugin, and he was even generous enough to give me the instructions. In less than a minute, my issue was resolved. 



5 stars from me.



Thanks. 


Such a Powerful Plugin


I tried updating some data directly through SQL queries, but I kept running into issues—sometimes the data wasn’t updating properly, and other times I got errors that broke parts of my site.



Then I found Better Search Replace, and it worked perfectly. It updated everything smoothly, without any problems.



✅ Easy to use✅ Preview option before making changes✅ Safe and reliable



I highly recommend it—great tool for database updates!


Great Plugin – Saved Me from Database Errors

A simple plugin to update URLs or other text in a database.

MonarchWP

Delower Hossain

Quick Search Replace provides a user-friendly interface to run comprehensive search and replace operations on your WordPress database. This tool is designed to search through every column of your selected tables, making it a powerful utility for site migrations (e.g., changing domains or switching to HTTPS).
It correctly handles serialized data and automatically flushes permalinks after a migration to prevent 404 errors.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Comprehensive Search: Performs replacements in all columns of the selected tables.</li>
<li>Serialization Support: Correctly handles serialized PHP arrays and objects.</li>
<li>Select Specific Tables: You have full control to choose exactly which tables to include in the operation.</li>
<li>Dry Run: Perform a “dry run” to see a report of how many database fields would be changed, without making any actual modifications.</li>
<li>Permalink Flushing: Automatically flushes WordPress rewrite rules after a live run to ensure your site’s links don’t break.</li>
<li>WordPress Multisite Support: Fully multisite-aware, listing all tables across the network.</li>
</ul>
EXTREME WARNING: This tool is powerful and modifies your database directly. Because it searches every column, it can change sensitive data like user logins, hashed passwords, and post GUIDs if they match your search string. ALWAYS create a full backup of your database before using this tool.

Quick Search Replace


"I wish I had installed this plugin sooner — Quick search replace plugin would have saved me two hours of hunting bad URLs in the database by hand. I ran a “Dry Run” first to locate the problematic content, then ran the search-and-replace again and it worked perfectly. Highly recommended."


Best Search & Replace Plugin

A simple and powerful tool to run search and replace queries on your WordPress database, with full serialization and multisite support.

Better Search Replace vs Quick Search Replace