WP Find And Replace
by Afzal Multani · Search
Also makes 2 other plugins · 300+ installs across the portfolio →
Find and replace content into pages and posts
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “content”, “page” and “post” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 63 average across 979 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 10.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 645 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Search plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3585 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3585 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| replace your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “content”, “page” and “post” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 172 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Feb 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sunnyp817.4y ago
Excellent plugin. I use it regularly. Does exactly what it says on the tin! Please continue to update/usupport it
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ minutten8.1y ago
Worked great for me. (WordPress 4.9.8) But be careful – it really does what it is supposed to do – replaces everything that matches your string. There’s not option to review the findings before you Accept. This would be a great enhancement for this plugin. When you press “Go!” you have no idea whether it will replace 1 string or 172. So be careful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Joelamite9.3y ago
Maybe it’s because I’m using 4.8 and this plugin was only tested up to 4.7.5 but this plugin did not do what it was supposed to do per the description – find and replace content in posts and pages. I was trying to replace a specific combination of words, so perhaps this plugin only works with one word at a time. Since there was basically no information about how this plugin might actually work “Go to Find and Replace menu” it’s possible that there are operators that would have changed the outcome but I would have no way of knowing.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amathusn9.4y ago
Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Vala bhavesh v9.6y ago
Thanks for the Very Handy plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sagar Prajapati9.6y ago
Replace every string never missed any single one.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ paastha9.8y ago
Very usefull and effective plugin it save my time and efforts. Thanks for the such an wonderfull plugin 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ todayithub9.8y ago
Awesome, Thanks for developing this plugin!!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Find and replace content into pages and posts"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 45 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "search" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-18 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-17 200+ → 300+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2025-10-07 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-06 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-05 300+ → 200+ down after 257 days in tier
- 2025-01-21 400+ → 300+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-01-15 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-14 400+ → 300+ down after 7 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Search and Replace 9K+ installs · 3.4★ · 4 shared tags B -
Post Type Switcher 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search & Replace 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C - A Advanced Excerpt 80K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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Real-Time Find and Replace 70K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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