— A few priorities

• simple regex .. xp shows that once a while I need it
• show individual search results
• dry-run
• choose which tables
• case sensitivity
• popularity ? does imply reliability, but doesn’t imply the other “priorities”

— choice: BetterSearchReplace .. the default choice, most popular. See https://btv-open.dreamhosters.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=24953&action=edit

— choice: SearchAndReplace .. is the oldest and most reliable

It lists each change explicitly. That is available in a paid upgrade to Better Search Replace but included in the regular Search and Replace plugin here.

One potential problem is timeout, but how likely?

— choice: SearchRegex .. can replace.