# Better Search Replace

> A simple plugin to update URLs or other text in a database.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `better-search-replace`
- Author: WP Engine
- Version: 1.4.11
- Active installs: 1+ million
- Last update: 2026-08-25 (3 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.2, PHP 8.1
- Tags: search and replace, search replace, search replace database, update database urls, update live url
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 3 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- FLAG: Requires PHP 8.1 or newer, above WordPress's own minimum (PHP 7.4).

## Agent Signals

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## Known vulnerabilities

- 2024-01-24 HIGH: Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (up to 1.4.4). CVE-2023-6933, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/895f2db1-a2ed-4a17-a4f6-cd13ee8f84af?source=api-prod
- 2022-08-01 HIGH: Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection (up to 1.4). CVE-2022-2593, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bd2f495e-63fd-49e4-9d6b-320ed007dacb?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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