Best find plugins for WordPress
The most popular find plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. String locator leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Search and Replace (9K+) and Find My Blocks (4K+). All 22 plugins tagged “find” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 find plugins
- 1.
String locatorThe most installed find plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 125 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Search and Replace9K+ active installs. Rated 3.1 from 23 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Find My Blocks
4K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 51 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
CM Search And Replace2K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 15 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.
Find And Replace Text400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.
Sigma Search & Replace200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.Find Function/Class
80+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 8.
Shortcodes In Use80+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 9.Blocks Scanner
60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 months ago.
- 10.
BEA40+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
All 22 plugins tagged “find”

String locator
Down in the last 7 days:1#367by InstaWP1 month ago
Find and edit code or texts in your themes and plugins
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.6(125)
- Downloads
- 788/day

Search and Replace
Down in the last 7 days:17#2,274by manu2252 months ago
Search and replace content into pages and posts
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 3.1(23)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Find My Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:61#3,483by Morgan Hvidt2 years ago
Find My Blocks will search and list all the blocks used across your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(51)
- Downloads
- 141/day

CM Search And Replace
Down in the last 7 days:15#4,555by CreativeMindsSolutions26 days ago
Search and replace words, phrases, and HTML within your website posts and pages.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.2(15)
- Downloads
- 50/day

Find And Replace Text
Down in the last 7 days:55#9,882by Jesse Lau8 years ago
A simple plugin to install find and replace function button in WordPress editor on both visual TinyMCE and text mode.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Sigma Search & Replace
Up in the last 7 days:225#11,600by Younes JFR.1 month ago
The ultimate search & replace plugin for WordPress. Safely update text, URLs, and serialized data across your entire database with confidence.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Find Function/Class
Down in the last 7 days:82#17,967by Daniele Scasciafratte8 years ago
Search the file and row (on WordPress) that contain a PHP function or class with a click!
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Shortcodes In Use
Down in the last 7 days:5#18,121by wizzud10 years ago
List all the shortcodes that you have used within your content or custom fields, and find out exactly where they have been used.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Blocks Scanner
Up in the last 7 days:317#19,265by taha.tr6 months ago
Easily scan and list the Gutenberg blocks used on your site. Quickly edit or view the posts that use the blocks.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

BEA
Down in the last 7 days:75#21,774by BE API3 years ago
Find where and how media are used across your site.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Text Swap
Up in the last 7 days:544#31,555by fojroom1 year ago
Short Description: A plugin to dynamically replace text in WordPress posts and pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Replace
Up in the last 7 days:8,671#37,162by Think2018 years ago
Easy Replace provides you easiest way to find a phrase and replace in no time. This can be applied to various categories of post types.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Google Maps Auto Business Place Finder
Up in the last 7 days:1,187#38,926by lucia.intelisano11 years ago
Show a detailed map of any kind of business places, like hotels, restaurants, airports, art galleries etc, with a shortcode or by cat/tag with auto se …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Auto Hotel Finder
Up in the last 7 days:2,761#40,660by lucia.intelisano11 years ago
Show a detailed map of hotels with a shortcode or by cat/tag with auto searching for address inside post
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Auto Restaurant Finder
Up in the last 7 days:1,431#44,667by lucia.intelisano11 years ago
Show a detailed map of restaurants with a shortcode or by cat/tag with auto searching for address inside post
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bibliar Search in the Bible
Down in the last 7 days:3,913#45,434by Schubert Tonarelli13 years ago
Comfortable widget to embed in your blogsite that allow to visits to searching in the Bible.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Google Auto Directions Path Finder
Down in the last 7 days:2,173#46,691by lucia.intelisano11 years ago
Calculates the best route between two points using google directions. With auto detection for both points.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

FindWord TSW
#46,799by tradesouthwest1 year ago
Search helper for on-page, article word search.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CSS Reminder
Down in the last 7 days:10,563#59,074by Carolina Nymark6 years ago
CSS Reminder helps you find all the Custom CSS that is saved in the WordPress Database, even if a theme is uninstalled.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

VISeek
Up in the last 7 days:439#65,113by VillaTheme1 day ago
Easy custom WP search with AJAX, smart filters, and stopword support. Lets you add multiple customizable forms and reports user searches for insights.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

YAWP Utils
Down in the last 7 days:462#65,238by rhashemian4 years ago
YAWP Utils - Yet Another WordPress Plugin - Adds 2 features to your WordPress install, Set Email Address and Search/Replace.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day