I am unable to see this plugin under tools

This has been answered before: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-not-visible-in-tools-wordpress-4-9-8/#post-11071546

But I’ll post the solution here too.

Check if your wp-config.php file has this line in it:
define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’, true);

Some hostings/providers insert that for security reasons, to remove users’ capabilities to edit files inside WordPress, but it also disables String Locator so it doesn’t appear in the WP admin menu.

Either remove that line or comment it out, and the plugin will show up in the Tools menu as it should.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by Anonymous User 18313968.

Hiya,

I’m a bit late to the party, but the update to version 2.4.2 should hopefully have made the search options show for you as well, as there was an incompatibility between the plugin and some hosting platforms based on how their settings for handling updates (not their fault, I just didn’t consider it when writing the code unfortunately ?? )