Plugin updates will be delivered as any other plugin you have installed on your website. You will get notified if there are updates available the same way as any other plugin from WP.org.

It is recommended that you turn on the Enable auto-updates option so you will have the latest version of the plugin all time.

You will receive plugin updates and be able to use the plugin while you have an active license that has not expired.

Once your license has expired then you must renew it to be able to continue to use the plugin.

You will get notified by email that your license is about to expire and you need to renew it. Currently, we don’t offer recurring payment/license renewal, so you won’t be charged additionally if you don’t need the plugin anymore after the expiration date has passed.

After you have successfully installed and activated the plugin to be able to use it you need to enter your license code, or you will get the “Your license key has either expired or is invalid. Go to the plugin settings page enter and activate your license.” message.

Your license key can be found at:

• your Purchase Receipt after you completer your payment.
• the email account that you have used to register and make your purchase.
• your Search & Replace account under My Account > Orders.

Once you have your license code you can then login to your WP Admin area and go to Elementor > Search & Replace and click on the License tab.

If this is your first time you will see an inactive status and an indication that your license code isn’t added.

After you copy/paste your license code you must click on the Activate License button. If all goes well you will see the “Success! This is a valid license key for Search & Replace for Elementor.” message and the inactive status will turn to active.

At this point you can start using the plugin with all its features.

It is strongly recommended that you backup your database before using the Search & Replace for Elementor plugin.

For this reason we have added a built-in Backup feature to our plugin to cover 90% of the case scenarios.

You can simply go to the Elementor > Search & Replace menu and then click on the Backup tab.

There you have the option to either Backup or Import your database at any point.

Once you click on the Backup Database button and your backup is completed you will get a message with a Download link. You can then download the backup in .sql file which will automatically delete the file from your server and save it locally.

At this point you will be safe to perform any search and replace actions. If anything goes wrong you can then go back to your Backup tab select your local .sql file and Import it to restore the previous version of your website.

The backup feature doesn’t provide manual or full backup plugin functionality and has its limitations (e.g. large databases, server execution time, or maximum database packets allowed, etc.).

In case you have problems with the feature you can always use manual backup or backup plugin from WP.org.

Installing the plugin via WordPress is the preferred way since it is much easier to follow and doesn’t require any additional software. However, if you don’t have permission to upload plugins via the WP Admin area then you need to use the alternative and install the plugin via FTP or SFTP

Once you download the search-replace-for-elementor-pro.zip file after your purchase from your account login to your WP Admin area and go to Plugins > Add New from the menu. You can then click on the Upload Plugins button then select the archive file and install.

Once you have the plugin installation successful you need to activate it by clicking on the Activate link.

If you already have the free version installed you either deactivate it or it will be deactivated automatically. You cannot have both versions active at the same time.

To access the plugin you can either go to Elementor  > Search and Replace sub-menu in your WP Admin or edit any post that has been previously saved with Elementor and open the Menu > Search & Replace located in the top right of your editor. This will open a modal window with the Search and Replace options.

You can install the Search and Replace for Elementor Pro plugin by uploading the plugin files via FTP or SFTP using programs like FileZilla or WinSCP.

Once you download the search-replace-for-elementor-pro.zip file after your purchase from your account unzip the archive into search-replace-for-elementor-pro folder and upload it to your server via FTP under wp-content/plugins.

After your upload is completed you need to log in to your WP Admin area go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and activate the Search and Replace for Elementor Pro.

If you already have the free version installed you either deactivate it or it will be deactivated automatically. You cannot have both versions active at the same time.

To access the plugin you can either go to Elementor  > Search and Replace sub-menu in your WP Admin or edit any post that has been previously saved with Elementor and open the Menu > Search & Replace located in the top right of your editor. This will open a modal window with the Search and Replace options.