A bulk find and replace updates a specific piece of text — a phone number, a product name, a discontinued term — consistently across your content wherever it appears, rather than editing each instance by hand. We implement exactly the replacement you specify; deciding what the new wording should be is your call.
Bulk find & replace across content
A specific text string replaced consistently across your content, previewed before it runs.
- Full backup taken before we start
- If we can’t fix it, you get your money back
- We never ask for your own password
What we need from you
- The exact text to find and the exact text it should be replaced with
- Confirmation of the scope (all content, a specific post type, or specific pages)
- Confirmation of whether the search should be case-sensitive
This or something else?
| You have a specific text string that needs replacing consistently across your content | This fix covers it |
| You want contact details and NAP information updated specifically, a related but more targeted scenario | Contact details & NAP update sitewide |
| You want your header and footer content updated specifically, not general content | Header & footer content update |
| The replacement needs contextual judgment for each instance, not a literal find and replace | Worth describing the specific need — this fix is for consistent, literal replacements, not case-by-case editorial judgment |
What we do
- Confirm the exact find and replace text and the intended scope
- Run a preview or dry pass to identify every instance that would be affected
- Review the preview with you if the count is significant, to catch any unintended matches
- Execute the replacement across the confirmed scope
- Verify a representative sample of changes display correctly
- Provide a written summary of how many instances were changed
What is included
- A consistent find and replace executed across your specified scope
- A pre-execution preview to catch unintended matches
- Verification of a representative sample post-replacement
- A written summary of the total instances changed
Not included
- Deciding what the replacement text should say — that’s your decision to specify
- Case-by-case contextual editing where the correct replacement varies by instance
- Contact details or NAP-specific updates, a separate, more targeted fix
- Header or footer-specific updates, a separate, more targeted fix
Questions about this fix
What if the same text appears in a context where I don't actually want it changed?
This is exactly why we run a preview first — reviewing every instance before executing the replacement catches cases where a literal match isn't actually the one you intended to change.
Can this replace text within images or PDFs, not just page content?
No, this addresses text content directly within your pages and posts — text embedded in an image or PDF file isn't something a find and replace can reach, since it isn't stored as editable text.
Is this reversible if something goes wrong?
We keep a pre-change backup specifically so the change can be undone if needed, though we also verify the replacement carefully beforehand to make an actual rollback unlikely to be necessary.
Can I request more than one find and replace at the same time?
Yes, multiple distinct replacements can be handled together, each reviewed and confirmed individually before execution.
Will this affect content in custom fields, not just the main page content?
We can extend the scope to custom fields if you specify that's needed — worth confirming exactly where the text appears so nothing relevant is missed.
Related fixes
If this is the second time this year
A bad update breaking the site is a symptom of updates not being tested first. Care plans run every update on a staging clone before it reaches your live site, which is the actual fix for this happening again.
Your access, your rules
Create a separate admin account for us and delete it when we are done. For anything else, we get in touch and agree a method — never a form field on this site, never by reply to an email.
We back up first, always
Before anything is touched we take a full backup and keep it for 30 days. If a fix goes wrong, we put the site back exactly as it was.
If it is not what you bought
If the problem turns out smaller than what you ordered, we refund the difference. If it is bigger, we stop and send a quote before doing any extra work.
If we cannot fix it
You get back what we received. Diagnosis is on us — you only pay when the problem is actually solved. The payment processor takes its fee before the money reaches us, so we never hold it and it is not ours to return. That is true here as everywhere else.
If it comes back
Reply within seven days of delivery and we put it back on the bench at no cost. The fix is not finished until it holds.
What we are responsible for
If something goes wrong with a fix, our responsibility is limited to what you paid for it. We take a full backup first so mistakes can be undone, and we tell you before doing anything outside what you bought.