Title: On-demand replace?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# On-demand replace?

 *  Resolved [kidkilowatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidkilowatt/)
 * (@kidkilowatt)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/on-demand-replace/)
 * Does this plugin do on-demand find and replace or does it only replace when you
   manually run it?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Matt Shaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattshaw/)
 * (@mattshaw)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/on-demand-replace/#post-6774207)
 * No, this plugin must be ran manually. It’s designed for making permanent changes
   to the database (migrations, changing URLs, etc).

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/on-demand-replace/#post-6774207)
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