Go Live Update Urls

83 Quality Score

Active Installs

22/30

With 80,000 active installs and a popularity score well above the benchmark at 73, the plugin has meaningful adoption though it sits well behind Better Search Replace's million installs.

Update Freshness

25/25

The maintenance score is a perfect 100, reflecting a very recent update on 2026-05-21 and clear version metadata for required WordPress and PHP versions.

User Rating

14/15

A 90 out of 100 from 59 reviewers is strong, though the small rating pool leaves some uncertainty around how broadly that sentiment would hold at scale.

Support Health

8/15

Support health registers 50 with zero threads and zero resolutions, which is neutral at best and means the developer has not been publicly tested through the WordPress.org forum.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility is a full 100, tested against WordPress 7.0 and requiring PHP 7.4.0 or higher, which covers the vast majority of current environments.

Scores higher than 91% of indexed plugins

About

Change the domain on your site with one click.

Active Installs 90k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.5/5

Last Updated 2026-09-21 5:21pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.2.0+

Tested Up To 7.1.2

Requires PHP 7.4.0+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Go Live Update Urls scans your WordPress database and replaces old domain references with a new one in a single operation. It handles serialized data correctly, so options and post meta do not break during the swap. Practically, it is the click-and-go tool for moving a site from one URL to another without manually hunting through the database.

Who It's For

This plugin is built for site owners and developers who need to relocate a WordPress install to a new domain, move staging to production, or consolidate a multisite. Service providers handling client migrations will get a quick, predictable replacement step without writing a script. It also fits sites changing from HTTP to HTTPS or from a subdomain to a root domain.

Who Should Skip It

If you only need to update a small number of URLs, prefer a lighter find-and-replace plugin like Real-Time Find and Replace. Large enterprise sites with complex database sharding or heavily customized serialized data may need a tool with deeper control, such as WP-CLI search-replace on a full database dump.

The Bottom Line

Go Live Update Urls does the focused job of swapping a domain in the database with minimal fuss, and its maintenance and compatibility scores back that up. The 90 rating is genuinely good, but the empty support thread history means there is no public safety net if something goes sideways on an unusual host. For most sites doing a one-time migration, it is a fine pick; power users running migrations all day will likely still prefer Better Search Replace for its larger community.

Related Plugins

Better Search Replace 87/100

Pick this when you want the same database swap with broader adoption, a larger user base, and a longer track record of edge-case handling.

Advanced Database Cleaner 85/100

Choose this when URL updates are only one part of a broader database cleanup, optimization, and revision removal job.

Search Regex 84/100

Pick this when you need surgical, regex-driven URL edits inside specific tables or post types rather than a full site-wide domain swap.

Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions 83/100

Choose this if migration cleanup and post-migration database optimization matter more than the URL replacement itself.

Real-Time Find and Replace 83/100

Pick this when you only need to rewrite a handful of URLs at request time and want to avoid touching the database directly.