How to do a Search & Replace

To perform a Search & Replace within the database, you have 2 options!

Option 1 – Via Staq Panel

Navigate to the Staq Panel of the website in question by clicking on the website ID from the Websites Table.


Within Staq Panel, Navigate to ‘Search & Replace’ under ‘Databases’.

From the Search & Replace screen, you’ll find our simple Search & Replace feature!

In this example, we’re replacing a spelling error!

Option 2 – Via WordPress backend

The Staq solution of search/replace inside the backend of WordPress goes even deeper.

To initiate a database search and replace, log into the site’s backend followed by Staq Hosting plugin. Click Database and then insert the OLD and NEW links:

Below, you can select either certain database tables or scan ALL tables with your search/replace.

You can even go further based on more complicated search/replace where you can search/replace via:

• Replace backslashes: Also replace backslash-encoded variants. Helps cover Slider Revolution, Visual Composer, Elementor, etc.
• Replace URL-encoded values:  Use this when URLs are stored inside encoded builder data (WP Bakery), JSON attributes, shortcode settings, or plugin metadata (e.g. https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com). Generates encoded variants of your search/replace pair — including protocol-relative and lowercase percent-octet forms — and applies them with the same serialization-safe walker. This is not enabled by default.
• Deep replace (plugin/theme settings): Scan complex serialised data stored by plugins and themes. Enable if some old URLs remain after a normal run.