Best update live URL plugins for WordPress
The most popular update live URL plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Better Search Replace leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of Quick Search Replace (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “update live url” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 update live URL plugins
- 1.
Better Search ReplaceThe most installed update live URL plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 546 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Quick Search Replace10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “update live url”

Better Search Replace
Down in the last 7 days:2#42by WP Engine2 months ago
A simple plugin to update URLs or other text in a database.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.3(546)
- Downloads
- 6.4K/day

Quick Search Replace
#34,288by Delower Hossain12 days ago
A simple and powerful tool to run search and replace queries on your WordPress database, with full serialization and multisite support.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day