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Better Search Replace · Version history

Better Search Replace changelog and version history

Latest version
1.4.11
Aug 25, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
11
since 2022
In the last year
2
about one every 260 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 8.1 or later

Releases each year

  • 20223 releases
  • 20233 releases
  • 20243 releases
  • 20251 release
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. Better Search Replace 1.4.11Latest

    • New: Requires WordPress 6.2+
    • New: Requires PHP 8.1+
    • Fix: Core tables altered to have compound primary keys are now properly handled during search and replace
    • Fix: SQL injection vulnerability on multibyte charsets (GBK, Big5) has been resolved by replacing charset-unaware string escaping with $wpdb->prepare() (props to jonghan via Intigriti)
    • Fix: Improved security and stability

20251 release

  1. Better Search Replace 1.4.10

    • Fix: Improved security and stability

20243 releases

  1. Better Search Replace 1.4.7

    • Fix: The case-insensitive setting once again allows case-insensitive strings to be matched within serialized data, fixing a regression introduced in version 1.4.6

  2. Better Search Replace 1.4.6

    • Changed: Serialized text strings are now only deserialized when containing a match, resulting in faster performance
    • Security: Table names are now escaped when displaying search results

  3. Better Search Replace 1.4.5

    • Security: Unserializing an object during search and replace operations now passes 'allowed_classes' => false to avoid instantiating the object and potentially running malicious code stored in the database (thanks to Wordfence for responsible disclosure on December 18, 2023 followed by development a…
    • Fix: A regression in version 1.4.4 which caused some search results to be skipped has been fixed to ensure only numeric keyed objects are skipped

20233 releases

  1. Better Search Replace 1.4.4

    • Fix: Objects with numerical properties are now skipped to avoid causing errors

  2. Better Search Replace 1.4.3

    • New: Links to plugin documentation, support, feedback, and changelog are now available in the footer of WP Admin
    • Improvement: PHP 8.2 and Better Search Replace are now compatible

  3. Better Search Replace 1.4.2

    • Security: Arbitrary tab templates in the templates directory can no longer be loaded using a query parameter.

20223 releases

  1. Better Search Replace 1.4.1

    • Security: Selected tables are now confirmed to exist before processing the request

  2. Better Search Replace 1.4

    • New: Better Search Replace has a brand new user interface
    • Improvement: Default capability required to use the plugin has changed from “install_plugins” to “manage_options” for compatibility with DISALLOW_FILE_MODS

  3. Better Search Replace 1.3.4

    • Improvement: WordPress 5.6 and PHP 8 compatible
    • Fix: Strings that have been serialized twice showing up as false-positives

Questions about Better Search Replace’s releases

What is the latest version of Better Search Replace?

1.4.11, released on Aug 25, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 8.1 or later.

How often is Better Search Replace updated?

2 releases in the last year, about one every 260 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from April 2022.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Better Search Replace’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.