Bulk Search & Replace for WooCommerce

Stop editing WooCommerce records one by one

Renaming a brand? Fixing SKU prefixes? Updating image alt text or old URLs across hundreds of products? Bulk Search & Replace handles it in minutes — not days.

The tool lives inside WooCommerce at WooCommerce → Settings → Bulk Search & Replace. Pick what to search, preview every match with before/after values, export a CSV for review, and apply when ready. Nothing is saved until you confirm.

Built for real store operations

Every update runs through WooCommerce APIs — products, variations, orders, coupons, and customers use the same CRUD layer your store already relies on. That means serialized product meta stays intact, variations keep working, and High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) orders are fully supported.

Preview first. Undo if needed

Dry-run preview is the default workflow. See exactly what will change before a single row is touched. When you run a replace, field-level undo snapshots are saved automatically so you can roll back the entire job from the Undo tab.

8 data types. One tool.

Search and replace across:

• Products — names, SKUs, slugs, descriptions, purchase notes, custom meta
• Variations — variation SKUs, descriptions, custom meta
• Media & images — alt text, titles, captions, URLs, and image remap by attachment ID or URL
• Categories & tags — names, slugs, descriptions
• Attribute terms — global attribute values like Color and Size
• Coupons — coupon codes and descriptions
• Orders — billing/shipping addresses, customer notes, custom order meta (HPOS compatible)
• Customers — stored addresses, display name, custom user meta

Recipes for common jobs

13 built-in recipes cover everyday tasks: SKU prefix changes, rebrands, domain migrations, coupon prefix updates, order company name fixes, image alt text updates, CDN URL changes, and product image swap (remap A → B). Save your own presets for jobs you run often.

Built for large catalogs

Batch processing handles big stores without timeouts. Configurable batch size, live progress, and memory-aware defaults keep jobs stable on shared hosting and dedicated servers alike.

Key features ::

• Dry-run preview — See before/after diffs and match counts before anything is saved
• One-click undo — Roll back any completed job with field-level snapshots (enabled by default)
• CSV export — Download up to 5,000 matching rows for audit, sign-off, or offline review
• 8 WooCommerce entities — Products, variations, media, categories/tags, attributes, coupons, orders, customers
• 4 replace modes — Replace, prepend, append, and clear matching text
• Advanced matching — Case sensitive, whole word, and guarded regular expression support
• 13 built-in recipes — SKU prefix, rebrand, domain/URL, coupon prefix, image remap, CDN update, and more
• Save custom presets — Reuse complex searches without reconfiguring filters
• Product image remap — Swap attachment A → B by ID or URL across featured, gallery, and variation images
• Scoped media search — Alt text, titles, captions, and URLs on product images only
• HPOS compatible — Order updates use WooCommerce order CRUD; custom order tables supported
• Custom product types — Works with Bookings, Subscriptions, and other non-standard product types
• Batch processing — Configurable batch size (1–100) with live progress for large catalogs
• Scope filters — Narrow by status, category, stock, SKU, product IDs, order dates, user roles, and more
• Custom meta support — Search and replace any product, variation, order, or customer meta key
• Activity log — Full audit trail of replace and undo operations with user attribution
• WooCommerce-native UI — Lives under WooCommerce → Settings; no extra admin menu clutter
• Safe by design — Capability checks, nonce verification, confirmation dialogs, regex ReDoS guards
• No raw database writes — Updates via WooCommerce APIs to protect serialized data
• Translation ready — Full i18n support with .pot template included

Preview before you change anything

Every job starts with a dry run. Matching items show field-by-field before/after values and total match counts. Store owners review first, apply second.

Undo any job in one click

Undo snapshots are saved by default. If something looks wrong after a replace, open the Undo tab and restore previous values through WooCommerce APIs — no manual database work.

Covers your whole catalog, not just products

Most bulk-edit tools stop at products. Bulk Search & Replace handles variations, product images, categories, attribute terms, coupons, orders, and customer profiles in one place.

Enterprise-safe on any hosting

Batch processing, memory-aware defaults, and WooCommerce CRUD updates keep large jobs stable. HPOS orders, custom product types, and serialized meta are handled correctly.

Ideal for

• Rebranding product names, descriptions, and image alt text after a company rename
• Changing SKU or coupon prefixes across the entire catalog
• Fixing old domain or CDN URLs in product content and image metadata
• Updating billing or shipping company names on historical orders
• Renaming category labels, tag names, or attribute term values (Grey → Gray)
• Swapping an outdated product photo for a new one across many products
• Bulk-appending SKU suffixes during a catalog version change
• Exporting match lists to CSV for team review before applying changes

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