Replacing

Resolved It’s All Entertainment
(@max1138)

1 month ago
Hi,

I wish to change
```
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/GrindhouseMovieTrailers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Grindhouse Movie Trailers</a>

<hr />

&nbsp;
```
to simply

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/GrindhouseMovieTrailers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Grindhouse Movie Trailers</a>

But doing a basic search, it does not find the text etc. unless I remove the hr and no space stuff.

I do have the search set for multiline but I just need to know what settings I need to make sure SE finds the code so I can replace it

Please help

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Plugin Author John Godley
(@johnny5)

1 month ago

A search will only match if it’s exactly the same, so maybe there is some difference. What is your search?
Thread Starter It’s All Entertainment
(@max1138)

1 month ago
The search, input into the search box is:
```
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/GrindhouseMovieTrailers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Grindhouse Movie Trailers</a>

<hr />

&nbsp;
```
The html is pretty much identical on every page/article it is on

Here’s a screen cap

https://snipboard.io/UwRiGX.jpg
Thread Starter It’s All Entertainment
(@max1138)

1 month ago
As an addition, posting this gets results:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/GrindhouseMovieTrailers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Grindhouse Movie Trailers</a>

Posting this, doesn’t:
```
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/GrindhouseMovieTrailers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Grindhouse Movie Trailers</a>

<hr />

&nbsp;
```
Plugin Author John Godley
(@johnny5)

1 month ago

If I post that multiline content into a post and then do a multiline search, it is found. As mentioned earlier, is it possible that there is a difference on your site? Maybe there are additional characters you are missing.

Thread Starter It’s All Entertainment
(@max1138)

1 month ago

Not that I can find

🙁

Plugin Author John Godley
(@johnny5)

1 month ago

Your text, as pasted here, is working for me without any issues or special settings needed. Maybe you can try to create a similar post, using the text copied from here, and see if it is found.

Thread Starter It’s All Entertainment
(@max1138)

1 month ago

Ack, doesn’t work

Looks like a post by post edit is in my future

Thanks for the help.

Plugin Author John Godley
(@johnny5)

1 month ago

It works for me, and the plugin is capable of doing the task. Why it doesn’t work for you I don’t know, and it’s likely to be something to do with your set up or you are doing something else to affect the search. You could try splitting the search up a bit until you find exactly what part is not matching. For example, can you find the   on its own. Then with a new line before it, then with the the hr etc.

Thread Starter It’s All Entertainment
(@max1138)

1 month ago

Oh, I know it’s capable, I’ve used it for years, must be something to do with Automattics (WordPress.com) set up

I’ll keep trying

🙂
Thread Starter It’s All Entertainment
(@max1138)

1 month ago
Weird, it turns out that although in the post Code it was
```
<hr />

&nbsp;
```
But the actual culprit was
```
<hr />

 
```
Had to delve into the wp_post.sql to find it but inputting the above worked and has saved me a helluva lotta time.

Thanks

🙂

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