Marius L. J.

InstaWP

When working on themes and plugins you often notice a piece of text that appears hardcoded into the files, you need to modify it, but you don’t know what theme or plugin it’s in, and certainly not which individual file to look in.
Easily search through your themes, plugins or even WordPress core and be presented with a list of files, the matched text and what line of the file matched your search. 
You can then quickly make edits directly in your browser by clicking the link from the search results.
By default a consistency check is performed when making edits to files, this will look for inconsistencies with braces, brackets and parenthesis that are often accidentally left in. 
This drastically reduces the risk of breaking your site when making edits, but is in no way an absolute guarantee.
Create a replica of your live site a.k.a – <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/instawp-connect" rel="ugc">WordPress Staging</a> site before testing substitutions.

String locator

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Great plugin


I've used this plugin now a dozen times to track down plugins conflicts for my customers. Truly one of the best debug utilities, up there with Query Monitor!


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Find and edit code or texts in your themes and plugins

Uzair

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., <code>.footer</code>, <code>#site-title</code>, <code>h2</code>) 
– 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– Update outdated or HTTP→HTTPS URLs. 
– Find/replace only inside specific HTML elements. 
– Limit changes to selected posts/pages/URLs.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Real-time search replace and find replace for text, HTML, and URLs. </li>
<li>Remove footer credit or any unwanted text/link. </li>
<li>Optional CSS selector targeting (classes, IDs, tags). </li>
<li>Limit by post type, post ID, or URL. </li>
<li>Case-insensitive mode (Ignore Case). </li>
<li>Multiple rules, executed in order. </li>
<li>Lightweight: parses DOM only when selector rules exist. </li>
<li>Clean, simple settings UI.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>Open Settings → Easy Search Replace. </li>
<li>Find: Enter text/HTML/URL to search. </li>
<li>Replace with: Enter the replacement (leave empty to remove—great for footer credits). </li>
<li>(Optional) CSS Selector to restrict to specific elements (e.g., <code>.site-footer</code>, <code>#main</code>, <code>h1</code>). </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>
<h3>Examples</h3>
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.

Easy Search Replace – Find & Replace Text/HTML/URLs, Remove Footer Credit

Real-time search & replace for text, HTML, and URLs. Target elements, post types/IDs/URLs. Safely remove footer credit no database changes.

String locator vs Easy Search Replace – Find & Replace Text/HTML/URLs, Remove Footer Credit