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Easy Replace

Easy Replace provides you easiest way to find a phrase and replace in no time. This can be applied to various categories of post types.

Active installs10+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d64▲ +4.9% vs prev. 30d
Rating1/51 reviews
Health score18/100At risk
All-time downloads4.3KSince Jan 2015
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.5.2PHP any
Downloads · 7d16▼ -11.1% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Easy Replace shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 1/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 18/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (10+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 7 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

134Jul 1Aug 14Sep 28
Yesterday1
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day12May 18, 2026
Last 12 months585

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Easy Replace stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
find >100 10,000 Best find plugins →
replace >100 8,185 Best replace plugins →
string >100 8,444 Best string plugins →
word >100 4,345 Best word plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.3100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 1 from 1 reviews

  • 5★0.00%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★100.0%

About Easy Replace

From the official readme · v1.3

Description

Easy Replace provides you easiest way to find a phrase and replace in no time. This can be applied to various categories of post types.

Salient Features

  • Easy find and replace for your content
  • Covers post, page,nav menu item
  • Easy Replace searches the string and replaces it dynamically at run time.

  • Like the plugin or want features? Tweet to us @think201

Plugin Support

Dedicated Support: talk to us on Twitter @think201

To raise issues or if you have a question for us, post to the support forum here https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-replace and we are happy to help.

Requirements

  • WordPress 3.5.2 or greater
  • PHP 5.2.6 or greater (5.3 recommended)
  • MySQL 4.1.2 or greater (5.x recommended)

Installation

  1. Download [easy-replace.zip](TODO: URL to be inserted)
  2. Upload the ‘easy-replace.zip’ file from the Plugins->Add New page in the WordPress administration panel.
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

Easy Replace Work flow Explained

Once Easy Replace plug-in is installed and activated, you can see Easy Replace on the sidebar menu section.

  1. You can start adding replacement pairs by clicking on Add New at Dashboard.

Changelog

Initial version of Easy Replace Plugin checkin.

1.0

  • First commit to the WP repository.

1.1

  • UI Enhancements
  • Whole word match feature integrated

1.2

  • Issues Fixing
  • Search functionality added
  • Delete functionality

1.3

  • Compatibility check.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

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FAQ

Easy Replace: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 29, 2026

Is Easy Replace free?

Yes. Easy Replace is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Easy Replace safe to use in 2026?

Easy Replace shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 1/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 18/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Easy Replace?

Easy Replace is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,294 times since it launched in January 2015. It was downloaded 64 times in the last 30 days.

Does Easy Replace work with WordPress 7.1?

Easy Replace is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Easy Replace last updated?

The latest version, 1.3, was released on October 12, 2018 (8 years ago).

Who makes Easy Replace?

Easy Replace is developed and maintained by Think201.

What are the best alternatives to Easy Replace?

The most popular alternatives to Easy Replace are String locator (100K+ installs), Search and Replace (9K+ installs) and Find My Blocks (4K+ installs).

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