by John Godley 4.7 (101 reviews)

Search Regex

Name: Search Regex
Rating: 4.7 (101 reviews)
Author: John Godley

Search Regex adds a powerful set of search and replace functions to WordPress posts, pages, custom post types, and other data.

Search Regex ranks #290 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #53 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.7/5 rating from 101 reviews, and was last updated Oct 6, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v3.5.1 Current Version v3.5.1

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 06 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 18 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#53 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools Top 1% by installs Downloads -49.6% this week Actively maintained

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#290

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Active Installs

100K+

-49.6%

KW Avg Position

0.4 worse

Downloads

2.8M

+187 today

Support Resolved

67%

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Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (101 reviews)

Next Milestone 200K

Total Progress 95.6%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7

101 reviews

Overall 94%

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Unresolved

67%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Oct 15, 2026

Search Regex [search-regex] < 3.5.1

CVE-2026-104932 · Fixed in v3.5.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.5.1
Last Updated: Oct 06, 2026
Requires WP: 6.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: John Godley

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 101
Support Threads: 3
Resolved: 67%

Keywords

database regex regular expression replace search

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TL;DR

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Search Regex is for WordPress site administrators and developers who need to find and modify data across posts, pages, users, comments, and other stored content. It solves the limitation of WordPress's standard search by adding regular expression search, bulk replace, and filtering across any database column.