String locator

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ aqeeliqbal

   5mo ago

   Works perfectly and Great Plugin

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2. ★★★★★ ishraqued

   5mo ago

   Great

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3. ★★★★★ Adrian Tobey

   1.2y ago

   I’ve used this plugin now a dozen times to track down plugins conflicts for my customers. Truly one of the best debug utilities, up there with Query Monitor!

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4. ★★★★★ masvil

   1.5y ago

   Some plugins don’t allow translations in a standard way. For those, there is String locator.

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5. ★★★★★ klixtorg

   1.8y ago

   A powerful addition to your debugging toolkit.

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6. ★★★★★ maca8291

   1.9y ago

   Hello, this plugin saved lot my time to translate my website! Thank you for this amazing and very usefull plugin! :))))

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7. ★★★★★ matutino

   2.4y ago

   It’s just what I needed. Fast, useful and easy to use

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8. ★★★★★ synthezoid

   2.6y ago

   This has been maybe the biggest timesaving plugin I’ve got. There’s is one slight corner case. If you rename your plugin folder through your wp config, and tell it to search just the plugin folder, this can’t find it… it really should read the plguin folder name from the config, not just assume it’s always going to be the default name. I’ll post this in the support forums for the dev, too.But it’s such a useful plugin, that I use so frequently, that I can’t deduct a star for that. Very useful tool, works for me exactly as advertised. This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by synthezoid.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2025-01-15 Version 2.6.7 Fixed secured unserialized data handling to prevent potential vulnerabilities. Verified compatibility with WordPress 6.7 2.6.7
2. 2024-08-21 Version 2.6.6 Fixed missing URL input sanitization. Verified compatibility with WordPress 6.6 2.6.6
3. 2024-03-12 Version 2.6.5 Verified compatibility with WordPress 6.5 2.6.5
4. 2024-03-12 Version 2.6.4 Verified compatibility with WordPress 6.4 2.6.4
5. 2023-08-10 Version 2.6.3 CSS/JS Loading bug fixes 2.6.3
6. 2023-08-10 Version 2.6.2 Added InstaWP integration. WP ORG Support ticket fixes. 2.6.2

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 8.8 String Locator <= 2.6.6 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection ↗
   2025-01-20 CVE-2024-10936 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 2.6.6 Patched in 2.6.7
2. Medium · 6.1 String Locator <= 2.6.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-08-23 CVE-2023-6987 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.6.5 Patched in 2.6.6
3. High · 8.8 String Locator <= 2.5.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to PHAR Deserialization ↗
   2022-08-08 CVE-2022-2434 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 2.5.0 Patched in 2.6.0
4. Medium · 4.9 String Locator <= 2.4.2 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Read ↗
   2022-03-01 CVE-2022-0493 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects < 2.5.0 Patched in 2.5.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

Translated into 130 languages, 16 at 90% or more

Plus 106 more locales with partial translations.

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• W WP-SynHighlight 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D

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String locator: 100K+ active installs, 4.6★ (125 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/string-locator