Best regular expression plugins for WordPress
The most popular regular expression plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Search Regex leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of searchReplace (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “regular expression” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 regular expression plugins
- 1.
Search RegexThe most installed regular expression plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 101 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
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searchReplace20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “regular expression”
Search Regex
Down in the last 7 days:1#291by John Godley1 month ago
Search Regex adds a powerful set of search and replace functions to WordPress posts, pages, custom post types, and other data.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.7(101)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day
searchReplace
Up in the last 7 days:54#25,947by Joost1 year ago
SearchReplace checks for and replaces content in your posts, pages and/or comments. Fully configurable.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day