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Text Replace

v4.0Not updated in over a year

Replace text with other text. Handy for creating shortcuts to common, lengthy, or frequently changing text/HTML, or for smilies.

by Scott Reilly · Website

coffee2codereplaceshortcutsubstitutiontext
Rank
#3,960 24h -2 · 7d -11
Est. installs
3,597 High confidence
Total downloads
81K all time
Rating
4.4 ★ 18 reviews
Official installs
3,000+ public bucket
Support threads
0 last 2 months
Support resolved
— of threads
Tested up to
WP 5.7.20 compatibility

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Maintenance & compatibility

5.3 years ago

Last release

Version
4.0
Requires WP
4.9
Requires PHP
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On WP.org since
2004

About Text Replace

Text Replace is a WordPress plugin by Scott Reilly, first published on WordPress.org in 2004. It has 3,000+ active installations and 81,463 downloads in total, and ranks #3,960 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 11 places. Users rate it 4.4 out of 5 across 18 reviews. Version 4.0 was released 5.3 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 5.7.20 and requires WordPress 4.9 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under coffee2code, replace, shortcut, substitution and text. Plugins with a similar focus include Save with keyboard, Classic Text Widget and CM Search And Replace.

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