re.place is a module wich acts as a content filter. It searches for pre-defined 
regular expressions and replaces matches with pre-defined replacements.
It is possible to specify different replacements based on several 
“replacement restrictions” — for authenticated users and guests, 
for pages and non-pages currently (see “Screenshots”).
For example, you can implement the functionality of cross-linker module, while 
adding the possibility to insert “target” parameter, “rel=nofollow”, style 
information, etc.
As another example, you can insert in your posts custom smiles or the like.
As another example, you can add custom markup to you blog, like 
 Google(something) would insert link to <code>www.google.com/search?q=something</code>, 
 TouTube(youtube_id) will insert <code><object ...></code>, wich displays that video, 
etc-etc. See “Other notes” for more examples.
You can replace http links with some other stuff for guests, leaving as is for 
authenticated users (see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/297405).
Every entry can have custom “order” number, so you can chain your replacements.
re.place stores entries in database.
Management GUI provided to list entries, add, edit or delete entries.
See changelog for some changes tracking.
<h3>A brief examples</h3>
<ol>
<li>
As a search field, use ‘<code>_—</code>‘ (space in place of <code>_</code>!), 
as a replace — ‘<code>#160;—</code>‘. This will insert non-breaking space 
before every em-dash.
Mmm… You may wish even use ‘<code><span 
style="letter-spacing:0.1ex;">#160;—</code>‘ as a replase to insert 
narrower non-breaking space… If you love typography too much… And you 
can make space after dot wider…
</li>
<li>
Search for ‘<code>:-)</code>‘ and replace with:
‘<code><img src="http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/smile3.gif"' . 
 'alt=":-)" title=":-) (nice smile -- http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/smile3.gif)"' . 
 'style="vertical-align: middle;" /></code>‘
</li>
<li>
Search pattern: <code>YouTube\(([a-zA-Z_0-9\-]*)\)</code>
Replace pattern:
‘<code><object width="425" height="344" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/\1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> 
 <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/\1"></param> 
</object></code>‘
This will allow you to use markups like <code>YouTube(TMCf7SNUb-Q)</code> to insert 
Youtube video fragments easily.
</li>
<li>
How to Mass Remove Link (mass deactivate URL Linked text inside posts)? 
(https://wordpress.org/support/topic/288020)
Search pattern: <code><a [^>]*>([^<]*)<\/a></code>
Replace pattern: <code>\1</code>
This will “deactivate” all links in all posts 
(e.g. replace <code><a href="...">Try!</a></code> with just <code>Try!</code>). 
Note, you can activate them back, deactivating this <code>re.place</code> entry.
</li>
<li>
Want to insert drop caps easily?.. Use ‘<code><drop>L</drop>orem ipsum...</code>‘ in your 
posts and replace it with <code>\1</code>‘. Use angle brackets, 
and if you (accidentally) deactivate re.place, these “tags” won’t mess you page.
</li>
<li>
New — in v0.1.3 — [beta-] feature: you can specify different replace patterns 
for authenticated users and “guests”. Sorry, i’ll update screenshots and doc 
ASAP. 🙂
</li>
</ol>

re.place

re.place adds content filter wich searches in posts for specified patterns (regular expressions) and replaces matches found with specified strings.

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<h3>How to replace in DB?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Start by generating a report: Select the Dry Run option located at the bottom of the settings section.</li>
<li>Review the report: A modal window will appear, showing the specific rows and data that will be affected by the replacement.</li>
<li>Proceed if satisfied: If the preview looks accurate and matches what you intend to replace, simply close the report window, uncheck Dry Run, and click the Find & Replace button.</li>
<li>⚠️ Attention: Please carefully review the dry run report before making any changes. Once replacements are applied to the database, they cannot be undone. The PRO version includes an undo feature, but it must be installed before performing the replacement.</li>
<li>✅ Important Tip: Always run a dry report first to ensure your search term and replacement are correct. If anything looks off, adjust the keyword and repeat the process until the preview shows the desired results.</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>
Database Replacement Features:
<ul>
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<li>Ability to check & replace each item separately which going to be replaced in the database</li>
<li>Bulk Replacement on report’s page, generate by dry run option</li>
<li>All tables in database</li>
<li>Search and replace Unicode Characters UTF-8 ( e.g: U+0026, REČA ) in Database</li>
<li>Additional filtering options in default / custom URLs </li>
<li>Filter new comments before inserting into Database </li>
<li>Filter new post before inserting into Database (Good for auto post generation website)</li>
<li>Special feature to search and replace in large table</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Real-Time Rendering Features:
<ul>
<li>RegEx supported</li>
<li>Advance Regex – Powerful code blocks / multi-lines find and replace in real-time (masking) rendering</li>
<li>Advance Regex – Any (CSS / JS / HTML) code Block find and replacement in real-time (masking) rendering</li>
<li>Masking on Shortcodes</li>
<li>Advance filtering options :-
<ul>
<li>Case insensitive – search and replace case sensitive or insensitive</li>
<li>Whole Word – search and replace whole word </li>
<li>Unicode – search and replace Unicode Characters</li>
<li>Skip posts / page / custom taxonomies etc.. urls</li>
<li>Skip CSS – External, Internal, Inline</li>
<li>Skip JavaScript – External, Internal</li>
<li>Skip pages – if you don’t want to apply rules on any specific page</li>
<li>Skip posts – if you don’t want to apply rules on any specific posts</li>
<li>Bypass rule – keep texts unchanged on specific area with special pattern</li>
<li>Bypass rule – keep base links / urls ( post, pages, custom taxonomies etc..) unchanged where find word exists in that URL.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Advance Regex – Code blocks / multi lines find and replacement example – (Real-time Rendering)</h4>
Find code block and replace with your own or keep blank *replacement field to remove code block. Let consider the following CSS code block for replace. Put following 
code block in find field*
<pre><code><style media="screen">
 html { margin-top: 32px !important; }
 * html body { margin-top: 32px !important; }
 @media screen and ( max-width: 782px ) {
 html { margin-top: 46px !important; }
 * html body { margin-top: 46px !important; }
 }
</style>
</code></pre>
Then put following code block in *Replace field to replace the above code block*
<pre><code><style>
.site-title a{color: red;}
</style>
</code></pre>
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<h3>➡️ Basic Documentation To Get Started</h3>
<ul>
<li>Setup Video Guide – How to install and setup search and replace rules 
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</ul>
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<ul>
<li>General options for filtering
<ul>
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</ul>
</li>
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<ul>
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<ul>
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<ul>
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</ul>
</li>
<li>Find and replace in Database URLs
<ul>
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</ul>
</li>
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<blockquote>
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<h4>As it’s open source, check our github development Status</h4>
<ul>
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</li>
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