Description
SniffPress is an essential developer tool that lets you search through all your theme and plugin files directly from the WordPress admin dashboard.
Resources
GitHub: https://github.com/viveksoftchure/sniffpress
New in version 1.1:
– Top-level admin menu for easier access
– Search limits to prevent server overload
– Exclusion patterns to skip specific folders/files
– Improved theme editor links for both active and inactive themes
– Enhanced user interface with search statistics
Key Features:
– Search across multiple themes/plugins at once
– Case-sensitive and whole word matching options
– Regular expression support
– Filter by file type (PHP, JS, CSS, etc.)
– Direct links to edit found files (works with any theme/plugin)
– Search limits: control maximum file size and results count
– Exclusion patterns: skip vendor folders, cache directories, etc.
– Direct links to edit found files
– Clean, intuitive interface
– Fast AJAX-powered searching
– Search completion statistics
Perfect for:
– Debugging theme/plugin issues
– Finding specific functions/hooks
– Locating text strings for translation
– Code audits and maintenance
Screenshots
The main search interface with new options 
Example search results with highlighted matches
Installation
- Upload the
sniffpressfolder to your/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Navigate to SniffPress (top-level menu) to start searching
FAQ
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What file types are searched by default?
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The plugin searches:
– PHP (.php)
– JavaScript (.js)
– CSS (.css)
– Text (.txt)
– Markdown (.md)
– JSON (.json)
– XML (.xml)
– HTML (.html) -
Why are some files missing from results?
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The plugin automatically skips:
– Binary files (images, fonts, etc.)
– Files over 2MB in size (configurable)
– Vendor directories (node_modules, vendor, .git, etc.)
– Files matching your exclusion patterns -
Can I search WordPress core files?
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Currently the plugin only searches theme and plugin files. Core file search may be added in future versions.
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How do I use exclusion patterns?
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Enter comma-separated patterns in the “Exclude patterns” field. Examples:
–node_modules, vendor– skip these common directories
–*.log, cache/– skip log files and cache directory
–assets/css, includes/– skip specific folders -
What are the recommended search limits?
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For large sites, we recommend:
– Max file size: 2-5MB
– Max results: 100-200
This prevents timeouts and memory issues.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“SniffPress” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.1
- Added top-level admin menu for easier access
- Added search limits: control max file size and results count
- Added exclusion patterns to skip specific folders/files
- Improved theme editor links for both active and inactive themes
- Enhanced user interface with search statistics
- Added welcome message with usage tips
- Fixed exclusion pattern matching for directories
- Improved plugin main file detection
- Better error handling and user feedback
- Performance optimizations for large codebases
1.0
- Initial release with core search functionality
- Support for both themes and plugins
- Case-sensitive and whole word matching
- File type filtering options
