by FluxPress 4.5 (4 reviews)

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

Name: Easy Search Replace – Find & Replace Text/HTML/URLs, Remove Footer Credit
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: FluxPress

Real-time search & replace for text, HTML, and URLs. Target by post type, ID, or URL. Safely remove footer credit — no database changes.

Easy Search Replace ranks #8,419 among WordPress.org plugins with 600+ active installations, is #1,335 of 12,252 in the E-commerce category, a 4.5/5 rating from 4 reviews, and was last updated Aug 12, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v1.3.1 Current Version v1.3.1

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 12 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,335 of 12,252 in E-commerce Top 25% by installs Downloads -18.1% this week

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Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (4 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.3.1
Last Updated: Aug 12, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.2 or higher
Author: FluxPress

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 4
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who need to change text, HTML, or URLs shown on their site, including removing footer credit links. It solves this by letting them define find-and-replace rules that apply at render time without editing files or modifying the database.

Real-time text/HTML/URL replacement
Target by post type, ID, or URL
Remove footer credit text
Enable/disable rules with toggle
Case-insensitive matching
"Don't match if page contains" safety switch
Configurable skip HTML tags
Multiple ordered rules

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. All replacements happen in the output buffer at runtime. Your posts, pages, and theme files stay completely untouched. Disable the plugin and everything reverts instantly.

Better Search Replace and similar tools rewrite your database — a permanent, one-time bulk change. Easy Search Replace works differently: it replaces text on your site's output in real time and never touches the database. So every rule is instantly reversible (just toggle it off), safe to experiment with, and can do things a database tool can't — like targeting by CSS selector, user role, device, or schedule. Use a database tool for permanent migrations; use Easy Search Replace for safe, ongoing, conditional replacements.

Yes. Put the exact footer text in Find, leave Replace empty. With Pro, you can also use a CSS selector (e.g., .footer-credit, .site-info) to target only the footer element — so identical text elsewhere on your page stays untouched.

Yes. Set "Powered by WordPress" as the Find text and leave Replace empty. It works with any theme. If your theme wraps it in a specific class, use that as a CSS selector in Pro for even more precision.

Yes. The plugin works on the final rendered HTML output, so it's fully compatible with Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Beaver Builder, Bricks, GeneratePress, Kadence, and any theme or builder that produces standard HTML.

Yes. You can replace WooCommerce-generated text like button labels, checkout fields, product descriptions, or any front-end string. For example, change "Add to cart" to "Buy now" globally or only on specific product pages using Post ID targeting.

Yes. Clear your cache after adding or updating rules so the cached version picks up the new replacements. Compatible with WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, WP Rocket, and others.

Yes, with Pro's Cache-Aware Mode. Because a cached page is served to everyone, conditional rules could otherwise show the wrong version to some visitors. Cache-Aware Mode automatically keeps affected pages out of the cache (or simply warns you — your choice) and purges known caches — WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, and others — whenever you change a rule.

Same principle — purge your CDN cache after making changes. Once the cache refreshes, your replacements appear normally. The plugin itself adds negligible overhead.

Minimal. Plain text replacements add just a few milliseconds. DOM parsing only kicks in if you use CSS selector-based rules (Pro). With page caching enabled, the replaced output is cached like any normal page, so returning visitors have zero extra processing.