About this plugin
Search & Replace Text in Blocks adds a powerful search and replace functionality to the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg). Quickly find and replace text across all your content blocks without leaving the editor.
Features:
- Search text across all text-based blocks (paragraphs, headings, lists, quotes, etc.)
- Replace single occurrences or all matches at once
- Built-in Undo button to revert changes
- Case-sensitive search option
- Whole word matching option
- Visual highlighting of found blocks and text
- Navigate between matches with Previous/Next buttons
- Pasted text cleanup: fix double spaces, non-breaking spaces from Word, space before punctuation, space after an opening ¿ or ¡, straight quotes to Spanish « », and ellipsis, all with one click
- Missing opening marks: finds? and! without their ¿ or ¡ and lets you review and add each one before applying
- Searches every text attribute of a block, not just the first one found
- Toolbar icon in the editor header for quick access
- Also accessible from the editor’s three-dot menu
- Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+F (Cmd+Option+F on Mac), also listed in the editor keyboard shortcuts help
- Draggable floating panel
- Auto-focus on search field when opening the panel
- Accessible and screen reader friendly
Supported Blocks:
- Paragraph
- Heading
- List Item
- Quote
- Pullquote
- Verse
- Preformatted
- Code
- Table cells
- And any block with text content
How to Use:
- Open any post or page in the block editor
- Click the search icon in the top toolbar, press Ctrl+Alt+F (Cmd+Option+F on Mac), or select “Search & Replace” from the editor’s three-dot menu
- Enter your search term and click “Find”
- Navigate between matches using the arrow buttons
- Enter replacement text and click “Replace” or “Replace All”
- Use the “Undo” button to revert changes if needed
Support
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Need help or have suggestions?
- Official website
- WordPress support forum
- YouTube channel
- Documentation and tutorials
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