Introduction

Replace

ReReplacer - search and replace in your websites output.


ReReplacer is a Joomla! component and system plugin that enables you to replace anything in your Joomla! site’s output with whatever you want.

ReReplacer will search the text (html) of your pages for your search request and replace it with what you have told it to do.
These replacements are on the fly. That means they are not permanent. They are done every time you request a web page in your site.

This gives you great possibilities and power to manipulate the output of your site.

Regular Expressions

You have the ability to use powerful regular expressions to search and replace. This opens up endless possibilities. You can do virtually anything with ReReplacer.

Why use ReReplacer?

You can use ReReplacer for all kinds of stuff like:
    ★ Create your own custom tags ([mytag]some text[/mytag] becomes some text).
    ★ Tweak the output of Joomla! without changing the core joomla or extension files.
    ★ Filter bad words on your site.
    ★ Temporarily hide text from your website, without actually removing it.
    ★ Remove redundant whitespace from your code, making your website load faster.
    ★ Use abbreviations in your content and replace them with the full text (J! becomes Joomla!, COMP becomes My Very Long Company Name®).
    ★ Quickly place whole blocks of text by only typing one word.
Like you can use [stats] and replace it with a piece of Google Statistics code.
Or [footer] to put a fixed bit of text under articles.
You can change the replacement in one place (in ReReplacer) and your whole website is updated!
    ★ etc...

What ReReplacer is NOT!

ReReplacer does not touch your database. The replacements are not permanent. So you cannot use ReReplacer to replace stuff for good. You can use my other extension DB Replacer for that.

It also does not touch the files. You cannot use ReReplacer to replace stuff in the (php) files of your site.


How to use it: https://www.regularlabs.com/rereplacer

Love It!



Posted on 03 March 2010
In my business I use a lot of shorthand, it's a lot easier to type three letters instead of 16. ReReplacer takes my three letter code and displays it as the full 16-letter text everywhere on my web site.



A must have!
I had filed ReReplacer in the back of my mind for a time when I needed it - then was at my wits end for a couple of weeks until I remembered. Fixed my "little problem" in about two minutes.



If there is no other way, ReReplacer is the ultimate way to get rid of generated code that is making your life miserable. Don't make the mistake I did. Download and install it today, for when you need tomorrow.



Thank you, Peter!
This is an amazingly easy to use and very powerful component. Thank you so much for this great piece of code!



I used it for replacing a link in a section list layout pointing to a category listing with a link pointing to another section listing.



E.g.: You have section A with categories I II III and section B with categories I II III, where conent of section B is really subordinate to content in section A.

Now you have a section listing for section A which shows the categories with links to their listings like:

category I

category II

category III

But actually you want to have the link to category AII point to a section listing for section B instead of pointing to a category AII listing.



Before I discovered ReReplacer it was not possible to do in Joomla! core (at least I wouldn't know how). Now I just replace the link to the category AII listing with a link to a section B listing. In the category AII description I have information about section B.

This is an easy way to accomplish unlimited nesting of sections within categories without having to use a CCK extension.



Saved me a lot of headaches. Thanks again!
Installed 2.6.1 and could not save, Peter was on it within 7 minutes and had a new version ready to download and install. Heck, it even told me in the component that it had an update before I could even finish my research to see if something was up. Downloaded and installed the latest 2.6.2 and WaLah!

This fixed my problem that I was having with IE8 "domready" warning. Also my other modules were not showing up on the right side of the page in IE8 and this fixed that as well. I really don't like IE8 or the IE browser, but if your into web development it is a hazard of the trade. Thanks.

First Class Support



Posted on 07 January 2010
I installed Content Templater (itself a brilliant piece of work) and due to a Joomla stupidity needed to remove a tag inserted in the new article in front of the template.

Peter pointed me at ReReplacer to achieve this - and then when faced with my complete lack of RegEx experience provided the code necessary to do it.



Peter provides superb support for his extensions and I can't praise his dedication enough.



Thanks once again, first for your extensions and then for all your help.

Saves alot of time



Posted on 29 December 2009
I was looking for a program that could help me to create a custom tags. Well this extention did that for me. But by looking into it a bit more I realized this extentions can help me out on way more things then just a Tag. Simply changing the output will save me alot of time. Also the Support is great.

Thanks!
Owner's reply: Yep, possibilities are virtually endless once you get the hang of it.
When using loads of replacements, it is a good idea to use cache.

AMAZING!



Posted on 26 December 2009
i have never used such a simple but amazing extension before.. it literally took me 3 clicks to replace certain words in my articles with a small image. unbelievably easy to use.. PERFECTION.



thank you so much to the developer Peter for this fantastic extension!

NoNumbers - What else...



Posted on 21 December 2009
I have tested this extension and it is excellent like all the other NoNumber! Software. But for the moment i don't have a reason to use it. but i'm sure it becames "a good place" in one of my futher projects.

OMG!



Posted on 17 December 2009
Who ever you are. Thank you so much. With out even knowing what I was doing, I was able to replace the domready with load basically in seconds. You are a life safer. I could be here all day say thank you :)
Owner's reply: Well, who I am? Peter! Nice to meet you!
Glad you find a good use for ReReplacer :)
This little extension is PERFECT for adding images to an article title!!

You can do A LOT more with it, but I had been looking for days for an extension that could do this and ReReplacer is perfect for that task.

You can search and replace any text or code throughout your site, it's great! It also seems like the author provides support in his site. GREAT EXTENSION!
Owner's reply: Thank you very much for your review! Hope you have a lot of fun finding out what more ReReplacer can do for you.
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ReReplacer

Version:
14.5.0
Developer:
Regular Labs
Last updated:
Aug 26 2025
1 week ago
Date added:
Mar 12 2008
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
c p
Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5
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