Finds results with "Search for" but "Search and replace" gives 0 results

I now used the WordPress Search & Replace Script. That worked like a charm.

https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

For me this is resolved now, but I leave the topic open, because the problem persists.

Not working for me. Used the search and replace in the link. I still get the serialized data error. Menus aren’t working. This used to work. It is still referring to the live server, https://www.sitename.com, while I want it pointing to my local MAMP. https://localhost:8888/sitename

Got it working. It was my error.

Often it is helpful to reduce the complexity in the strings, like in your example search for www.sitename.com and replace with localhost:8888/sitename.

What I had to do was go into Permalinks, make a change, and then save it. It converted them all. Prior to that the menus other than home were going to the live domain.

Thanks.

Can you expound on the change you made to Permalinks, duanemitchell?
I’m having similar issues to what you described. Thanks.

It may be simple enough to be confounding. In Permalinks you can select a style. I generally use “Postname” as my link style. So I changed it to Default and saved it. Then it worked. Then I changed it back to Postname after running the search and replace.

You should also consider the suggestion above to shorten the search string by dropping the “https://”.

Makes sense. Thank you!