Title: Multisite: Search/Replace does not work
Last modified: July 2, 2026

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# Multisite: Search/Replace does not work

 *  [Christoph Letmaier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisiwien/)
 * (@chrisiwien)
 * [1 day, 9 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-search-replace-does-not-work/)
 * Hello,
 * I run Better Search Replace on a WordPress 7.0 Multisite, and every time i hit
   start, it works only one, two seconds, quits then, and the page gets reloaded
   without any info.
 * How I can solve this problem? What is the culprit?
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/market.beatboxx.at/wp-content/uploads/BetterSearchReplaceError.
   jpg?ssl=1)

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 *  [jmaleman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xemix/)
 * (@xemix)
 * [20 hours, 40 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-search-replace-does-not-work/#post-18955110)
 * Hi,
   I have the same problem. For now, downgraded to 1.4.7 version until problem
   has been fixed.
 *  Thread Starter [Christoph Letmaier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisiwien/)
 * (@chrisiwien)
 * [8 hours, 21 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-search-replace-does-not-work/#post-18955647)
 * Hey Jmaleman,
 * Thank you for your post.
 * In my case, the cause was elsewhere and difficult to pinpoint.
 * Take a look at Ben Erwin’s post at [mysql – WordPress Database lost auto increment – WordPress Development Stack Exchange](https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/225641/wordpress-database-lost-auto-increment).
 * He uploaded a backup via phpMyAdmin. I recently tried the same thing and encountered
   many strange errors, including with Better Search Replace. Importing the database
   backup resulted in my case in some phpMyAdmin errors, but the website was “working”,
   so I ignored them.
 * The point is: the AUTO_INCREMENT markers for the table indexes were not created.
   Running WordPress without proper AUTO_INCREMENT markers is impossible without
   severe errors.
 * I carefully added AUTO_INCREMENT for each WordPress table by hand (using an old
   backup file, where i saw the correct entries).
 * Now everything works, including Better Search Replace.

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 * Last reply from: [Christoph Letmaier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisiwien/)
 * Last activity: [8 hours, 21 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-search-replace-does-not-work/#post-18955647)
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