A simple plugin to update URLs or other text in a database.
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Better Search Replace (BSR) Pro is a time-saving migration plugin that makes moving WordPress easy.
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| Last updated | August 25, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
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| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 6.2 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 8.1 or newer |
| First published | January 6, 2015 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 3 threads resolved (0%) |
4.3 / 5 from 546 reviews
| 5 stars | 432 |
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| 4 stars | 15 |
| 3 stars | 11 |
| 2 stars | 17 |
| 1 star | 71 |
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:
Time-saving features available in the Pro version:
Learn more about Better Search Replace Pro
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.
Want to contribute?
Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.
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Once activated, Better Search Replace will add a page under the “Tools” menu page in your WordPress admin.
Yes! This plugin should be compatible with any host.
Yes! Entering a wrong search or replace string could damage your database. Because of this, it is always advisable to have a backup of your database before using this plugin.
When this plugin is installed on a WordPress multisite network:
If you’re moving your site from one server to another and changing the URL of your WordPress installation, the approach below allows you to do so easily without affecting the old site:
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Search and replace text, images, URLs, footer credits, code blocks or jQuery-Ajax content in real time or in Database, easy user-interface
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Change the domain on your site with one click.
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Set up find and replace rules that are executed AFTER a page is generated by WordPress, but BEFORE it is sent to a user's browser.
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.