PLUGIN SECURITY
Is Search Regex safe?
Search Regex adds a powerful set of search and replace functions to WordPress posts, pages, custom post types, and other data.
What this plugin does
- Slug:
search-regex - Author: John Godley
- 100000+ active installs
- 94/100 rating (101 reviews on wordpress.org)
- 2596244 all-time downloads
- On WordPress.org since 2007-09-17
databaseregexregular expressionreplacesearch
Maintenance status
- Latest known version: 3.4.3
- Last updated: 2026-07-24 6:04pm GMT
- Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4
- Requires PHP: 7.4+
- Max supported PHP (analyzed): 8.4
Known vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities are recorded in our database for Search Regex. This does not mean the plugin is audited or guaranteed safe — only that no CVE or vulnerability report is on file.
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