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- Update outdated or HTTP → HTTPS URLs.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
- Open Settings → Easy Search Replace.
- Find: Enter the text/HTML/URL to search.
- Replace with: Enter the replacement (leave empty to remove — great for footer credits).
- (Optional) CSS Selector to restrict to specific elements (e.g.,
.site-footer,#main,h1). - (Optional) Limit by Post Types, Post IDs, or URLs (one per line).
- Enable Ignore case if needed.
- 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.