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String locator
v2.6.8
Find and edit code or texts in your themes and plugins
findHighlightsearchsyntaxtext
- Rank
- #363 24h 0 · 7d 0
- Est. installs
- 170,048 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 1.5M all time
- Rating
- 4.6 ★ 125 reviews
- Official installs
- 100,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 1 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 0% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1.3 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
24 days ago
Last release
- Version
- 2.6.8
- Requires WP
- 4.9
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- On WP.org since
- 2013
About String locator
String locator is a WordPress plugin by InstaWP, first published on WordPress.org in 2013. It has 100,000+ active installations and 1,484,480 downloads in total, and ranks #363 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Its directory rank held steady over the past week. Users rate it 4.6 out of 5 across 125 reviews. Version 2.6.8 was released 24 days ago, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 4.9 and PHP 7.0 or later. In the last two months, 0 of 1 support thread was marked resolved (0%). It is listed under find, Highlight, search, syntax and text. Plugins with a similar focus include Search and Replace, Highlight Search Terms and Relevanssi.
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