Title: Real-Time Find and Replace
Author: Marios Alexandrou
Published: <strong>ஜூலை 2, 2009</strong>
Last modified: டிசம்பர் 29, 2025

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# Real-Time Find and Replace

 By [Marios Alexandrou](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marios-alexandrou/)

[பதிவிறக்கு](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/real-time-find-and-replace.zip)

 * [Details](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/#developers)

 [உதவி](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/real-time-find-and-replace/)

## விளக்கம்

This plugin allows you to dynamically (i.e. at the time when a page is generated)
replace code and text from themes and other plugins with code and text of your choosing
before a page is delivered to a user’s browser.

Because the find and replace happens in real-time no changes are needed to plugins
or themes which means upgrades remain easy!

A [pro version](https://infolific.com/technology/software-worth-using/real-time-find-and-replace-for-wordpress/#pro-version)(
a lifetime license is less than $15) with additional filtering options, setting 
export/import functionality, and the ability to modify admin pages is available.

Here are some common uses:

 1. Want to selectively translate text that is being output by another plugin? You 
    can do that.
 2. Trying to tweak the text on a product or shopping cart page? No problem.
 3. Hoping to remove footer text from a theme without modifying the theme? That’s easy.

Here are some [more examples](https://infolific.com/technology/internet/handiest-wordpress-plugin-youve-never-heard-of/).

And some [tips for those interested in on-page SEO](https://infolific.com/technology/internet/wordpress-seo-with-real-time-find-and-replace-plugin/).

Remember, all of the above can be done WITHOUT modifying themes or plugin files 
so you’ll always be able to upgrade them without having to worry about losing custom
edits.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Interface for specifying the find and replace rules you’d like to use. Some elements
   are enabled in the [pro version](https://infolific.com/technology/software-worth-using/real-time-find-and-replace-for-wordpress/#pro-version).

## Installation

 1. Upload the real-time-find-and-replace folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. The find and replace rules are in the Tools sidebar menu.
 4. Click on the Add link on the Find and Replace admin page to add as many rules as
    you want.

## அடிக்கடி கேட்கப்படும் கேள்விகள்

### Where is data stored?

In an array in the wp_options table. Just one record regardless of the number of
find and replace rules.

### Will the find and replace slow my site?

Unless you’re using 50+ rules, you shouldn’t notice any performance impact. And 
if you’re using a caching plugin, even more rules won’t slow your site.

### What does the regex checkbox do?

You can do a straight up find and replace where the plugin will look for an exact
match of what you specified. You can also used advanced pattern matching that is
available through regular expressions by checking the regex checkbox.

### My web site is showing a blank page. What do I do?

This will happen if you are using a rule with regex enabled and the rule has an 
error. Regex is tricky so I recommend starting with a simple rule and adding to 
it to perform the replace you want.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d2e1d4d01924c49ee28b57f0d7395404c991a274edd97dd8cf8eb60fe77b4378?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Simple to set up and does its job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-to-set-up-and-does-its-job/)󠁿

 [cbaile19](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cbaile19/) மார்ச் 9, 2026

The free version worked perfectly for a few substitution rules. The pro version 
allows an indefinite number of rules, and the price is very reasonable. Having seen
the free version at work, I bought the pro version without hesitating, using it 
to rescue a 17-year-old site that embedded thousands of pictures from Wikimedia 
Commons and was completely broken when Commons changed the way it served images.
One small suggestion for improvement (which doesn’t detract from my five-star rating):
it isn’t obvious to a new user that, when you add a rule, it isn’t actually added
until you push the “Update Settings” button. Changing the interface slightly might
eliminate some of the “Didn’t work” reviews.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Doesn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-3274/)󠁿

 [wheelchair](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wheelchair/) பிப்ரவரி 9, 2026

Doesn’t work and not user friendly. Need to pay before you get actual functions.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Brilliant Plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brilliant-plugin-552/)󠁿

 [Andy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andycapp/) மே 28, 2025

Straightforward and simple configuration. Excellent price for a life-time license
with no limitations.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4089e531112fd4b737a7a844b65ee57695a29e555aadd0d0aba84f4aaff38777?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[It’s magic!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/its-magic-14/)󠁿

 [sonnenschmied](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sonnenschmied/) ஜனவரி 7, 2025

Using this plugin feels like being a wizard! We mostly use it to correct SEO problems
caused by plugins and it works like a charm EVERY time! Thank you for this great
tool! 🙂

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works & great Support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-support-5/)󠁿

 [bizguy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bizguy/) ஆகஸ்ட் 14, 2024

This plugin is easy to configure and does exactly what it says. It can change page
content, before the browser creates the page. I needed to redirect a link to another
website, and this plugin did it without issue. I also had to change the domain I’d
registered the pro version to, and Marios support was great. Definitely will recommend
and use this plugin again.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/656a879b6602cc6ff74d098cf0a8ea93d9e718a02d8b3badf1ccd9bc8da926ed?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[At last …](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/at-last-44/)󠁿

 [RussWilley](https://profiles.wordpress.org/russwilley/) மார்ச் 21, 2024

This was the third find-and-replace plugin I’d tried, and I was about to give up
with the whole idea. But unlike the previous two, this one actually worked. (Specifically,
I wanted to change the color of some sub-headings, on a site that has nearly a thousand
blog posts.) Thank you!

 [ Read all 83 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/real-time-find-and-replace/reviews/)

## பங்களிப்பாளர்கள் & உருவாக்குனர்கள்

“Real-Time Find and Replace” is open source software. The following people have 
contributed to this plugin.

பங்களிப்பாளர்கள்

 *   [ Marios Alexandrou ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marios-alexandrou/)

“Real-Time Find and Replace” has been translated into 13 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Real-Time Find and Replace” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/real-time-find-and-replace)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-time-find-and-replace/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/real-time-find-and-replace/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/real-time-find-and-replace/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/real-time-find-and-replace/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 4.3

 * All Versions: Extra variable checking to eliminate PHP Warnings.
 * All Versions: Synced plugin version numbers.

#### 4.0.3

 * All Versions: Updated info regarding the pro version.

#### 4.0.2

 * All Versions: Added nonce security check to rules form.

#### 3.9

 * All Versions: Security issue (cross-site scripting) fix applied. Discovered with
   DefenseCode WebScanner Security Analyzer by Neven Biruski.

#### 3.8

 * Pro version: Can now make changes to the login form when the Admin check box 
   is selected.

#### 3.7

 * All versions: Additional checks for undefined variables.

#### 3.6

 * All versions: Tweaks to documentation including the readme.txt.
 * Pro version: Updated Post Types drop-down to include custom post types such as
   WooCommerce’s Product post type.

#### 3.5

 * All versions: Tweaks to documentation including the readme.txt.

#### 3.4

 * All versions: Additional security to prevent direct access of plugin file.

#### 3.3

 * All versions: More tweaks to conform to WordPress coding standards.
 * All versions: Plugin now requires at least WordPress v3.0.
 * All versions: Instructions added for how to update php.ini to support a large
   number of rules.
 * Pro version: Added rule-level control for when they should be applied to admin
   pages.
 * Pro version: Option to ignore case when performing non-regex searches.

#### 3.2

 * All versions: Added a settings link in the main plugin page to help new users
   get started.

#### 3.1

 * All versions: Corrected some typos. Minor code formatting and documentation tweaks.
 * All versions: Reworked interface to make layout more compact.
 * Pro version: Added simple settings export and import functionality.
 * Pro version: Added a notes field for a description and/or date.
 * Pro version: Added a post type filter.
 * Pro version: Find and replace now occurs on admin pages (except for this plugin’s
   admin page) in addition to public pages.

#### 3.0

 * Code cleanup to more closely align with WordPress plugin coding standards.
 * Launch of [pro version](https://infolific.com/technology/software-worth-using/real-time-find-and-replace-for-wordpress/#pro-version)
   with additional filtering (referrer, useragent, querystring) options added. All
   functionality of free version remains.

#### 2.1

 * Fixed PHP code that leaves $regex wrongly unset. Thanks to https://wordpress.
   org/support/profile/daniellandau for the fix.

#### 2.0

 * Interface revamped.
 * New feature: Can re-order your rules via drag-and-drop.

#### 1.6

 * Fixed problem with HTML character handling. Thanks to acub (https://profiles.
   wordpress.org/acub) for the code.

#### 1.5

 * Fixed some jQuery bugs affecting the adding and removing of boxes.

#### 1.4.2

 * Fixing contributor list format.

#### 1.3.1

 * Missing files in 1.3 distribution.

#### 1.3

 * Confirm that plugin works fine with WordPress 3.2 despite reports to the contrary.

#### 1.2

 * Missing files in version 1.1 added back into distribution.

#### 1.1

 * FAQ updates and confirming plugin works with WordPress 2.9.2.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **4.3**
 *  Last updated **4 மாதங்கள் முன்பு**
 *  Active installations **80,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 அல்லது மேல் **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  Languages
 * [Catalan](https://ca.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/), [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/),
   [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/), [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/),
   [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/),
   [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/), [Galician](https://gl.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/),
   [Lithuanian](https://lt.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/),
   [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/),
   [Spanish (Colombia)](https://es-co.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/),
   [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/),
   [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/),
   மற்றும் [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/real-time-find-and-replace)
 * Tags
 * [find and replace](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/find-and-replace/)[replace](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/replace/)
   [search](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)[search and replace](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search-and-replace/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/real-time-find-and-replace/advanced/)

## மதிப்பீடுகள்

 4.4 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  67 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/real-time-find-and-replace/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  6 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/real-time-find-and-replace/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/real-time-find-and-replace/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/real-time-find-and-replace/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  10 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/real-time-find-and-replace/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/real-time-find-and-replace/reviews/#new-post)

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## பங்களிப்பாளர்கள்

 *   [ Marios Alexandrou ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marios-alexandrou/)

## உதவி

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/real-time-find-and-replace/)

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