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- Smart Search & Replace for Elementor · Current version 1.0.0
- Page updated on 14 November 2026
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Smart Search & Replace for Elementor
- Current version 1.0.0
- Page updated on 14 November 2026
Issues and fixes log
Newest first.
| Date | Version | Issue | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-14 | 1.0.0 | CSS classes on some containers were replaced as if they were text (the “CSS Classes” field in the Advanced tab is a text field). | Fixed before releaseSettings from the Style and Advanced tabs (classes, IDs, attributes and custom CSS) are never touched. |
| 2026-11-14 | 1.0.0 | It searched inside the <script> and <style> blocks of HTML widgets. | Fixed before releaseIt only searches the text visitors read. |
| 2026-11-14 | 1.0.0 | The plugin package could unzip incorrectly on Linux servers. | Fixed before releaseVerified. |
Not tested yet
Elementor Pro and WP Rocket: they’re paid. The plugin uses their public functions, but we haven’t tested it with them yet. We’ll note it here as soon as we do.
How we tested it
A search and replace tool writes to many pages at once. So before releasing it, we tested it against real content and went looking for failures on purpose.
Real content, not sample pages
We used 54 sections from 18 public websites: online stores, SaaS products, agencies and sites built with Elementor or Divi. They include HTML widgets with styles and scripts, lists, buttons, nested containers and hundreds of elements per section. On each one, the plugin replaces the most repeated visible word, and we check that:
- Elementor’s data only changes in the replaced text;
- the page visitors see is identical, except for that word;
- the change never ends up inside a CSS class, an HTML attribute, a script or a style;
- after clicking “Undo”, everything is exactly as before.
How we compare
We don’t compare screenshots: we compare the full HTML, character by character, so we also catch what you can’t see. There are 0 failures on PHP 7.4, 8.3 and 8.4, and in both search modes.
Large sites
On 557 pages of about 350 KB each, we ran the real workflow from the plugin screen: we replaced 990 matches across 277 pages and undid everything. No request took longer than 8.2 seconds, and servers usually cut off at 30. The test environment is slower than regular hosting, so it should run faster on your site.
Security
- Without WordPress’s security token (nonce), it does nothing.
- Only Editors and Administrators can use it.
- A page the user can’t edit doesn’t show up in the results and is never changed.
- If a field changed after the preview, or someone is editing the page, it’s skipped instead of overwritten.
- A page with malicious code runs nothing in the results list.
- It doesn’t connect to any external server and doesn’t collect any data.
Compatibility
- PHP 7.4, 8.3 and 8.4: not a single warning or deprecation from the plugin.
- WordPress 6.8 and 7.1 with Elementor 4.4, including atomic elements.
- LiteSpeed Cache: the cache is actually purged after every replacement, and LiteSpeed itself confirms it.
Before you replace
Always make a backup. Every changed page also gets an Elementor revision, and you can undo the last operation in one click.