Title: [Plugin: Search and Replace] How does it work with a multisite install?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Search and Replace] How does it work with a multisite install?

 *  Resolved [DJ Lein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awol79/)
 * (@awol79)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-and-replace-how-does-it-work-with-a-multisite-install/)
 * In a WP multisite install, if I activate this plugin for a sub site and run it
   to make a change, will that change be exclusive to the sub site or will it impact
   all sites within the multisite install?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Frank Bueltge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bueltge/)
 * (@bueltge)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-and-replace-how-does-it-work-with-a-multisite-install/#post-2924657)
 * yes, but only the search/replace about all !!! tables. use the first area on 
   settings page to search/replace about all tables of your install.
 *  Thread Starter [DJ Lein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awol79/)
 * (@awol79)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-and-replace-how-does-it-work-with-a-multisite-install/#post-2924694)
 * Frank, thanks for the response. I read that as, yes it will impact ALL sites 
   within the multisite install (aka tables wp_5_options AND wp_6_options, etc).
 * Which tells me it’s NOT safe to use if I’m just trying to make changes to a single
   subsite of a multisite install.
 * Please correct me if I’m wrong.
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Frank Bueltge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bueltge/)
 * (@bueltge)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-and-replace-how-does-it-work-with-a-multisite-install/#post-2924733)
 * Yes, its right. The process works about all tables, not an single blog in the
   multisite install. If you will only search/replace in the tables of a blog in
   network, then dont use this plugin; maybe use sql in the plugin Adminer or phpmyadmin
   on your webspace.
 *  Thread Starter [DJ Lein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awol79/)
 * (@awol79)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-and-replace-how-does-it-work-with-a-multisite-install/#post-2924736)
 * Thanks Frank, I appreciate it.
 * And yes, I made my changes via phpMyAdmin.
 * Still a great plugin though! Just didn’t want to royally mess things up on my
   multisite install.

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 * Last reply from: [DJ Lein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awol79/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-and-replace-how-does-it-work-with-a-multisite-install/#post-2924736)
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