Title: [Plugin: Find replace] Replace string changed randomly
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Find replace] Replace string changed randomly

 *  [juliedc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliedc/)
 * (@juliedc)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-find-replace-replace-string-changed-randomly/)
 * I entered: <div id=”testimonials”> but the string was changed and all replacements
   were made as <div id=\”testimonials\”>. Will go find a different plugin to fix
   this.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/find-replace/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/find-replace/)

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 *  Plugin Author [ramon fincken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ramon-fincken/)
 * (@ramon-fincken)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-find-replace-replace-string-changed-randomly/#post-2686817)
 * This is not random, but a built in security.
 * WP has a function to prevent all this and it is called before replacement:
 *     ```
       //Is magic quotes on?
       		// http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/stripslashes_deep
       		if ( get_magic_quotes_gpc() ) {
       			$_POST = array_map( 'stripslashes_deep', $_POST );
       		}
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [ramon fincken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ramon-fincken/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-find-replace-replace-string-changed-randomly/#post-2686817)
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