Title: Multisite usage
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Multisite usage

 *  [joycegrace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joycegrace/)
 * (@joycegrace)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-usage-5/)
 * Hello can you tell me how this plugin works on multisite?
 * For example, let’s say we install it on a network site. We want to search and
   replace tables only pertaining to that one network site. Can this plugin limit
   its search and replace that way?
 * What about search and replace for the entire network?
 * Is there a difference in how it is used, or how it can be used? Are there settings
   to be aware of?
 * I tried to look for this in an FAQ section but didn’t see anything.
 * Thanks!
 * Note: I left this same inquiry on a similar plugin’s form as well: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-usage-4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-usage-4)(
   from posts months ago, it seems that plugin works on individual network sites
   only, and not network wide – I’m looking to see if there is a plugin that has
   both options).
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/find-replace/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/find-replace/)

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 *  Thread Starter [joycegrace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joycegrace/)
 * (@joycegrace)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-usage-5/#post-6284838)
 * Ok this replaces everything in the network and breaks everything. Not to be used
   for search and replace for one network site only.
 *  Plugin Author [ramon fincken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ramon-fincken/)
 * (@ramon-fincken)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-usage-5/#post-6284850)
 * It has no knowledge of other installs , so it should only find replace for the
   current site.
 *  Thread Starter [joycegrace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joycegrace/)
 * (@joycegrace)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-usage-5/#post-6284851)
 * It most definitely scanned the entire database – not just tables relating to 
   one installation, and replaced everything. It broke everything. Even forms had
   to be completely re-made. Widgets had to be re-created. I am 100% sure, at least
   in my case, that this happened. It affected two network sites, but didn’t seem
   to affect the main ‘parent’ site (but I could just not be noticing it right now).

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 * Last reply from: [joycegrace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joycegrace/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-usage-5/#post-6284851)
 * Status: not resolved