Title: How do you Find/Replace multiple items in WP?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# How do you Find/Replace multiple items in WP?

 *  [DotAndComma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pentool/)
 * (@pentool)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-you-findreplace-multiple-items-in-wp/)
 * When you are working in an IDE, you can search/find/replace specific text. Eg,
   if you manage a website with a few hundred pages and you wanted to change a piece
   of info that occurs on multiple pages, you simply do a “find” that includes the
   whole site. The result shows up in an extra (floating) window or something similar.
   When you select a hit, the particular file that contains the hit opens and you
   can make the change, etc.
 * Example: Big company. Few hundred WP pages. Multiple sites. You have the same
   address/phone number published on multiple pages. The address/phone number changes
   and now you need to update them.
 * I would like to be able to somehow use a simple find/replace functionality without
   updating eevvrryy ssiinnggllee ppaaggee one by one – which is a nightmare – something
   like an IDE has.
 * Any ideas for a good workflow?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [2bearstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2bearstudio/)
 * (@2bearstudio)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-you-findreplace-multiple-items-in-wp/#post-5430238)
 * I would try Search & Replace:
 * You can use either plugin:
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-and-replace/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-and-replace/)
 * Or tool such as:
    [https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/](https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/)
 * Or WP-CLI:
    [http://wp-cli.org/commands/search-replace/](http://wp-cli.org/commands/search-replace/)
 *  Thread Starter [DotAndComma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pentool/)
 * (@pentool)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-you-findreplace-multiple-items-in-wp/#post-5430318)
 * Great, thanks for the tip!

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