Title: [Plugin: Search and Replace] Really BAD behaviour
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Search and Replace] Really BAD behaviour

 *  Resolved [ragulka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ragulka/)
 * (@ragulka)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-and-replace-really-bad-behaviour/)
 * I just tried this plugin and want to warn everyone that there is some really 
   bad behaviour in this plugin that can result in a lot of data being lost.
 * TO be more specific, I wanted to try out the plugin and searched for a word I
   needed to replace. I used the search & replace tool for that (I didn’t even notice
   the only search option above). I left the replace with field blank thinking that
   it would ask for confirmation before actually replacing anything so I needed 
   not to worry about that. I was WRONG!
    It replaced every instance of the word
   without confirmation. This is REALLY BAD behaviour DESIGN, as it can cause a 
   lot of data to be lost. There should be a confirmation before the plugin does
   the actual replacing.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Frank Bueltge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bueltge/)
 * (@bueltge)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-and-replace-really-bad-behaviour/#post-1891386)
 * yes, is a pure sql statement and is to read often on the plugin! Also you can
   read: make a backup before

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 * Last reply from: [Frank Bueltge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bueltge/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-and-replace-really-bad-behaviour/#post-1891386)
 * Status: resolved