Description
This plugin brings the familiar Search and Replace functionality that PC users have grown accustomed to in Microsoft Word and Google Docs to the Block Editor.
Now you can easily search and replace text right in the Block Editor. Its easy and does exactly what it says. You can also match the text case using the ‘Match Case | Expression’ toggle.
✨ Getting Started
Create a new Post or open an existing Post. Locate the ‘Search and Replace’ icon at the top left corner of the Block Editor and click on it. Proceed to type in the text you wish to replace and click on ‘Replace’.
You can get a taste of how this works, by using the demo link.
🔌🎨 Plug and Play or Customize
The Search & Replace for Block Editor plugin is built to work right out of the box. Simply install, activate and start using.
Want to add your personal touch? All of our documentation can be found here. You can override the plugin’s behaviour with custom logic of your own using hooks.
Contribute
If you’d like to contribute to the development of this plugin, you can find it on GitHub.
To build, clone repo and run npm install && npm run build
Screenshots
Search & Replace for Block Editor icon – Locate the top left of the Block Editor. 
Search & Replace for Block Editor modal – Search and Replace text in the Block Editor. 
Match Case in Search & Replace – Now you can match the case of the text and Search and Replace.
Installation
- Go to ‘Plugins > Add New’ on your WordPress admin dashboard.
- Search for ‘Search and Replace for Block Editor’ plugin from the official WordPress plugin repository.
- Click ‘Install Now’ and then ‘Activate’.
- Create a new Post or Open an existing Post.
- You should now see the ‘Search and Replace’ icon at the top left.
Contributors and Developers
“Search and Replace for Block Editor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Search and Replace for Block Editor” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “Search and Replace for Block Editor” into your language.
Interested in development?
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Change Log
1.1.1
- Update README notes.
- Update asset icons & screenshots.
- Tested up to WP 6.6.2.
1.1.0
- Feat: Case Sensitive toggle.
- Update asset images and screenshots.
- Fix Bugs and Linting issues.
- Update README.txt file.
- Update Translation files.
- Tested up to WP 6.6.2.
1.0.4
- Update README.txt file.
1.0.3
- Implement Build Workflow
- Replace
mt_randwithstringfor asset enqueuing. - Fix Bugs and Linting issues.
- Tested up to WP 6.6.1.
1.0.2
- Fix styling issues observed on search icon.
- Implement case sensitivity feature for search and replace.
- Add custom hook –
search-replace-for-block-editor.caseSensitive. - Load assets via plugin directory URL.
- Address bugs and linting issues.
- Tested up to WP 6.6.1.
1.0.1
- Handle edge cases with quote, pullquote & details block.
- Add custom hook –
search-replace-for-block-editor.keyboardShortcut. - Fix Bugs & linting issues.
- Updated Unit Tests & README notes.
- Tested up to WP 6.6.
1.0.0
- Ability to Search & Replace text within the Block Editor.
- Custom Hooks –
search-replace-for-block-editor.allowedBlocks. - Provided support for Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian, German, Italian, Croatian, Spanish & French languages.
- Unit Tests coverage.
- Tested up to WP 6.5.5.