Title: search and replace
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# search and replace

 *  [rangitoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rangitoto/)
 * (@rangitoto)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-and-replace-7/)
 * Hi all!
 * I know there are some fine plugins for “search and replace” but so far I was 
   not able to use it the way I want.
 * I would like to replace the german word “du” (you) with “Du”. Unfortunately it
   also replaces “du” within a word like “AnmelDung”. (big letter D)
 * Does somebody has a hint for me how to do this job?
 * Thanks in advance.
 * cheers
    rangi

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 *  [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
 * (@bdbrown)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-and-replace-7/#post-5673306)
 * Hi rangitoto. Maybe in your search text put a space on either side to “du”, like”
   du “?
 *  Thread Starter [rangitoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rangitoto/)
 * (@rangitoto)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-and-replace-7/#post-5673336)
 * Thanks for your reply.
    Sadly this is not working. I tried “search and replace”
   from Frank Bueltge.
 * What is different in “search and replace” from text-edit or word ?
 * cheers
    rangi
 *  [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
 * (@bdbrown)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-and-replace-7/#post-5673397)
 * If you’re up for doing it manually you could try an update query using phpMyAdmin
   as discussed in [this thread](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11839060/find-and-replace-text-in-all-table-using-mysql-query).
 *  Thread Starter [rangitoto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rangitoto/)
 * (@rangitoto)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-and-replace-7/#post-5673522)
 * Thank you for this interesting link. I’m not familiar with phpMyAdmin. It looks
   easy but I know that I can destroy my website very easily with that tool…
 *  [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
 * (@bdbrown)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-and-replace-7/#post-5673533)
 * I suppose “easy” is a relative term. phpMyAdmin gives you direct access to your
   database. I understand your concerns about destroying your website. With a bit
   of education and maybe some trial-and-error on a test site, it can be a very 
   useful tool. However, if you make a mistake, and don’t know how to “undo” it,
   you could indeed take your site down. It’s only something I use when I can’t 
   accomplish what I want to do any other way.

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