Description
FixelHub Find & Replace Pro searches and replaces text, URLs and HTML across your entire WordPress database — and shows you exactly what will change before it changes it.
Most find-and-replace tools run the query and hope. This one has a Dry Run mode that lists every match first, so you can check the result and back out if something looks wrong. That matters, because a bad replace on a live database is not something you can undo with Ctrl+Z.
It also understands the places where content actually hides in a modern WordPress site: custom fields, ACF, serialized options, and the JSON-escaped data that Elementor and other page builders write. A plain SQL replace corrupts serialized data and breaks those pages. This one handles them properly.
Features
- Search post content — posts, pages and custom post types
- Search post meta — custom fields and ACF
- Search Elementor and page builder data, including JSON-escaped content
- Search the options table — widgets, menus and theme settings
- Dry Run mode to preview every change before applying it
- Safe handling of serialized data
- Automatic cache clearing after a replacement
- Elementor CSS cache clearing
- Clean, modern interface
Useful for
- Updating URLs after a site migration
- Moving a site from HTTP to HTTPS
- Replacing old links with new ones
- Fixing broken links inside Elementor pages
- Bulk updating phone numbers, addresses or company names
- Changing a domain name across all content
Free, and staying free. No premium tier, no paid add-ons, no upsell screens in your dashboard.
Full documentation and screenshots: fixelhub.com/find-replace-pro
Built and maintained by FixelHub, a web design studio that builds WordPress sites and repairs broken ones.
Installation
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New and search for “FixelHub Find & Replace”.
- Click Install Now, then Activate.
- Go to Tools > Find & Replace to run your first search.
Installing manually instead: upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/, then activate it from the Plugins screen.
FAQ
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Does it change anything before I confirm?
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No. Run a Dry Run first and you get a list of every match, with the table and field each one sits in. Nothing is written to the database until you choose to apply the replacement.
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Do I still need a backup?
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Yes. Take one before any bulk database operation, whatever tool you use. The preview greatly reduces the risk of a wrong replacement, but it cannot protect you from a correct replacement you later change your mind about.
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Will it break serialized data?
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No. Serialized arrays are unserialized, updated and re-serialized correctly. This is the specific thing that goes wrong when people run a plain SQL find and replace through phpMyAdmin, and it is why sites break after a manual domain change.
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Does it work with Elementor?
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Yes. Elementor stores page content as JSON-escaped data in post meta, which most search tools miss entirely. This plugin searches that data and clears Elementor’s CSS cache after a replacement, so your pages render with the new content straight away.
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Does it work with ACF and custom fields?
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Yes. Post meta is searched alongside post content, so ACF fields and any other custom field data are included.
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Can I limit the replacement to certain content?
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Yes. You choose which areas to search — post content, post meta, page builder data, or the options table — so you can keep a replacement narrow rather than running it across everything.
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Is it really free?
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Yes. There is no premium version, no paid add-on and no feature held back. If it is useful to you, a review is the thing that helps most.
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Contributors & Developers
“FixelHub Find & Replace Pro” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
3.0.1
- First release through the WordPress.org plugin directory.