Easy Find and Replace
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Introduction
Find, preview, and replace text across Joomla database tables without risky hand-written SQL. Dry-run diffs, safety blacklists, JSON and serialized PHP integrity, and 1-click snapshot rollback are built in.
Easy Find and Replace is a Joomla administrator component for Joomla 4.4+, 5, and 6. It discovers searchable tables under your site prefix, lets you target articles, menus, modules, or custom selections, and processes large datasets in AJAX batches so PHP timeouts stay under control.
Why site owners choose it
- Dry-run first: see match counts and before/after snippets before writing anything
- Safety rails: primary keys, passwords, tokens, sessions, and MFA tables stay protected
- Structured data: JSON and serialized PHP are updated with correct byte lengths
- Rollback: live replaces store cell snapshots for one-click undo
- Third-party ready: pick any prefix table with a single primary key and text columns
- Batch engine: scan large databases without gateway timeouts
- Audit history: every search, dry run, and replace is logged with user and duration
Perfect when you want
- To rename a brand, domain, shortcode, or URL fragment across the whole site
- A safer alternative to raw UPDATE statements in phpMyAdmin
- Confidence that serialized params and JSON fields will not corrupt
- An undo path after a bulk replace
- Joomla 4.4+, 5, and 6 with PHP 8.1+, no jQuery
Highlights at a glance
- Type: Administrator component (
com_easyfindreplace) - Workflow: Find, Preview (Dry Run), Execute Replace, Rollback
- Scope presets: Articles, Menus & Modules, All searchable tables, Custom
- Match modes: Plain text, whole word, optional regex
- Safety: Column blacklist, excluded credential tables, fail-closed snapshots
- History: Operations list with status, matches, and rollback
- Platform: Joomla 4.4+ / 5 / 6, PHP 8.1+
Install in minutes
- Download and unzip
EasyFindReplace_UNZIP.zip - System > Install > Extensions > upload
pkg_easyfindreplace_*.zip - Open Components > Easy Find & Replace
- Run Preview Replace (Dry Run), review the paginated diffs, then Execute Replace if needed
- Use History & Rollback to undo a live job when required
Support
- Support: https://support.joomlax.com/
- Documentation: https://joomlax.com/documentation/easy-find-and-replace
Easy Find and Replace: search, preview, replace, and roll back with safety rails on.
Easy Find and Replace
- Version:
- 1.0.0
- Developer:
- Infyways Solutions
- Last updated:
-
Sep 18 2026
10 hours ago - Date added:
- Sep 17 2026
- License:
- GPLv2 or later
- Type:
- Paid download
- Includes:
- c
- Compatibility:
- J4 J5 J6
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