ES Search & Replace helps administrators update repeated text across Joomla content without running a blind database replacement. Choose the exact content types and fields, preview every match, inspect the before-and-after result, select only the changes you want, and confirm the operation before anything is written.

Main Features

• Preview Before Changes: See every matching field and the resulting content before applying a replacement.
• Precise Content Scopes: Search Articles, Content Categories, Custom HTML Modules, Menu Items, and supported Article Custom Fields.
• Four Matching Modes: Use plain text, case-sensitive, whole-word, or Regex matching.
• Highlighted Before & After: Matched text and replacement text are clearly highlighted for quick review.
• Flexible Result Selection: Filter, sort, paginate, select individual fields, select the current page, or select all filtered results.
• Final Review Step: Recheck the selected changes and remove individual rows before execution.
• Protects Later Edits: If content changes after Preview, ES Search & Replace skips that field instead of overwriting the newer value.
• Safe Undo: Restore selected original values during the configured recovery period.
• Undo Conflict Protection: Content edited after a replacement is left unchanged during Undo.
• Operation History: Review previous replacements, applied changes, skipped items, failures, and Undo status.
• CSV Export: Download Preview results for external review or record keeping.
• Configurable Safety Limits: Control Preview size, processing batch size, Regex scan limits, and Undo recovery period.

Use Cases

• Replace an old company, product, or brand name across Joomla content
• Update repeated wording across articles and modules
• Correct URLs or menu-link fragments
• Standardize terminology across a large content site
• Update values stored in Article Custom Fields
• Remove obsolete text by leaving the replacement value empty
• Use Regex when a normal text search is not precise enough

Technical Info

• Joomla 5 and Joomla 6
• PHP 8.1 or newer
• Supports Articles, Joomla Content Categories, Custom HTML Modules, site Menu Items, and supported Article Custom Fields