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

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., .footer, #site-title, h2)
• 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• Update outdated or HTTP → HTTPS URLs.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.

Features

• Real-time search replace and find replace for text, HTML, and URLs.
• Remove footer credit or any unwanted text/link.
• Optional CSS selector targeting (classes, IDs, tags).
• Limit by post type, post ID, or URL.
• Case-insensitive mode (Ignore Case).
• Multiple rules, executed in order.
• Lightweight: parses the DOM only when selector rules exist.
• Clean, simple settings UI.

Usage

1. Open Settings → Easy Search Replace.
2. Find: Enter the text/HTML/URL to search.
3. Replace with: Enter the replacement (leave empty to remove — great for footer credits).
4. (Optional) CSS Selector to restrict to specific elements (e.g., .site-footer, #main, h1).
5. (Optional) Limit by Post Types, Post IDs, or URLs (one per line).
6. Enable Ignore case if needed.
7. Add multiple rules and Save Changes.

Examples

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.