{"id":19013173,"date":"2026-09-07T07:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T07:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/feature-request-native-find-and-replace-for-block-editor\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T07:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T07:01:25","slug":"feature-request-native-find-and-replace-for-block-editor","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/feature-request-native-find-and-replace-for-block-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature Request: Native \u201cFind and Replace\u201d for Block Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would like to propose adding a native \u201cFind and Replace\u201d tool to the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, editing long-form content or updating site-wide terminology (like brand names or contact details) requires manual, block-by-block searching, which is highly inefficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Proposed functionality:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A simple modal\/bar activated via <code>Ctrl+H<\/code> (or <code>Cmd+H<\/code>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic \u201cFind\u201d and \u201cReplace\u201d fields.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Options for \u201cMatch Case\u201d and \u201cReplace All\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a baseline standard in modern document editors (e.g., Google Docs, Notion). Integrating this would significantly improve editorial workflow and reduce manual errors for thousands of content creators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is there an existing effort to implement this, or can we open a formal discussion on the best way to move this forward?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-19013173","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-gutenberg"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/19013173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/19013173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19013173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}