Basic, Free
Safe search-and-replace for 1 site. Preview matches, scope to tables, and run serialized-aware replacements.
Search & Replace
Safely search and replace anything in your WordPress database.
Search & Replace runs serialized-data-aware find-and-replace across your WordPress database, migrate domains, switch http to https, preview every match before applying, scope it to tables, and undo with a backup safety net, on every connected site.
In short
Search & Replace is a WP Tailwatch feature that runs safe, serialized-data-aware search-and-replace across your WordPress database. It is ideal for domain migrations and http-to-https changes, you preview every match first, scope changes to specific tables, and undo with a backup safety net, across all your connected sites.
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What it does
Change your database without breaking it.Preview every change before a single value moves.
A raw SQL find-and-replace can silently corrupt serialized WordPress settings, widgets, theme options, and more. Search & Replace handles serialized data correctly and shows you exactly what will change before it does.
- Serialized-data-aware replacements that won't corrupt data
- Preview every match before anything is written
- Scope changes to specific tables, not the whole database
- Backup and undo safety net on every run
How it works
From risky SQL to a clean migration in three steps.No phpMyAdmin, no hand-edited rows, no broken serialized data.
You do not need database access or a developer to move a domain safely. Search, scope, and preview from your phone or dashboard, then apply the change or roll it back in a tap.
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Search and scope
Enter the text to find and its replacement, like an old domain or an http URL, and choose which tables to include. A backup is taken before anything runs.
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Preview the matches
Search & Replace shows every match it found, how many rows are affected, and which tables, so you can confirm the scope before a single value is changed.
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Apply, or undo
Approve the run and it updates serialized and plain values correctly. If anything looks off, roll back with the backup safety net, across all your sites from one dashboard.
Why it matters
Why safe search-and-replace matters.One wrong replace can silently corrupt a live site.
WordPress powers a huge share of the web, roughly 43% of all websites run on it, which makes domain moves, staging-to-production pushes, and http-to-https switches an everyday reality for the people who manage those sites. Source: W3Techs CMS usage statistics. Each of those changes means hunting down every reference to an old URL buried across the database, including serialized data that a naive find-and-replace will quietly corrupt.
Search & Replace makes those changes safe and routine. You preview the matches, scope the change, run it with serialized data handled correctly, and undo if needed. That is the WP Tailwatch difference: migration tooling built in, instead of one more plugin to bolt on.
Plan availability
Free replacements, more power on paid.Start safe for free, add backups and scale as you grow.
Run safe, serialized-aware search-and-replace on the free plan at no cost. Upgrade when you want a backup and undo safety net and the reach to migrate a whole portfolio.
Business, With backups
Full Search & Replace with backup and undo safety net for 1-20 sites. Migrate domains with confidence.
Agency, At scale
Run search-and-replace across 21-1,000 sites with tiered volume pricing and one dashboard for everything.
Works together with
Part of your mobile-first stack.One login for migrations, backups, and redirects.
Search & Replace pairs with the rest of WP Tailwatch to replace 50+ separate plugins, so database changes, backups, and redirects all live in one place.
FAQ
Search & Replace questions.Answers to what site owners ask us most.
Still weighing whether to run search-and-replace yourself or let WP Tailwatch handle it? These are the questions we hear most about serialized data, previews, scoping, and undo.
Search & Replace runs a safe, serialized-data-aware search-and-replace across your WordPress database. You can find and replace text, like an old domain or an http URL, preview every match first, scope the change to specific tables, and undo it with a backup safety net.
Yes. WordPress stores some settings as serialized data, where string lengths are recorded. A naive find-and-replace breaks that and corrupts the data. Search & Replace is serialized-data-aware, so it updates those values correctly without breaking your site.
Yes. Every run shows you the matches it found before anything is written, so you can confirm the scope, how many rows and which tables are affected, and avoid surprises. Nothing changes until you approve it.
Yes. The most common use is migrating domains or switching URLs from http to https. You replace every reference to the old URL with the new one across the database in one safe pass, instead of editing rows by hand.
Yes. You can scope a replacement to specific database tables rather than the whole database, which is useful when you only want to change posts, options, or postmeta without touching everything else.
Yes. Search & Replace runs with a backup and undo safety net, so if a replacement does something you did not intend, you can roll back. Combined with preview, that means you can change the database with confidence.
Yes. WP Tailwatch is multi-site by design, so you can run search-and-replace on any connected WordPress site from a single dashboard and the mobile app, without logging into each site's database tools separately.
Yes. Search & Replace is one of the tools that lets WP Tailwatch replace 50+ separate plugins. Instead of installing a standalone database search-and-replace plugin on every site, it is built into the same platform that handles your security, backups, and monitoring.
Migrate URLs without fear of breaking your site.
Run serialized-aware search-and-replace, preview every match, scope it to tables, and undo if needed, all from one dashboard. Start free today.
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