links - Delete all href attribute in Wordpress posts

i want to replace all links with plain text. So

<a href="">anchor text</a>

should be just

anchor text

So I tried regex and it works here but not in the plugin i used I tried this plugin /

Screenshot of Plugin

any idea how i can do this?

Update: just use

/<a[^>]*>(.*?)<\/a>/

i want to replace all links with plain text. So

<a href="http://www.anydomain/2">anchor text</a>

should be just

anchor text

So I tried regex and it works here https://regex101/r/4q4nPf/1 but not in the plugin i used I tried this plugin https://wordpress/plugins/search-regex/

Screenshot of Plugin

any idea how i can do this?

Update: just use

/<a[^>]*>(.*?)<\/a>/

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Share Improve this question edited Feb 22, 2019 at 9:05 Simon Schmid asked Feb 21, 2019 at 21:11 Simon SchmidSimon Schmid 111 bronze badge 1

• Did you try adding a delimiter around your regex pattern? That's what the little note on the bottom of your screenshot says. So for instance, /<a[^>]*>(.*?)<\/a>/ , noting the added slashes. (Since this is replacing stuff in your database, let me say, use at your own risk.) – tmdesigned Commented Feb 21, 2019 at 22:45

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Did you try adding a delimiter around your regex pattern? That's what the little note on the bottom of your screenshot says. So for instance, /]>(.?)</a>/ , noting the added slashes. (Since this is replacing stuff in your database, let me say, use at your own risk.)