{"id":108,"date":"2021-11-01T12:25:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T12:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/?p=108"},"modified":"2021-11-03T11:40:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:40:24","slug":"duplicate-wordpress-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/duplicate-wordpress-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Duplicate a Post\/Page in WordPress (or Any Other Content)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Knowing how to duplicate WordPress posts, pages, or any other items (including custom post types) can\u00a0<strong>save you a lot of time<\/strong>\u00a0when working on your content. It&#8217;s also handy when you need a couple of dummy articles\/pages, for instance, if you are working on the layout and design of a new website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While it is possible to duplicate content programmatically, this article won&#8217;t cover this as the primary goal of cloning entries in our case is to&nbsp;<strong>make the editing\/designing process faster<\/strong>, and the plugins we talk about below are more than enough to achieve this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The way most people usually go about this is copy-pasting the content from one post to another. While this will give you a new post with identical content, it isn&#8217;t doing anything for taxonomies (tags, categories, etc.), feature images, SEO content, or anything else for that matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When duplicating a WordPress post this way, you have to&nbsp;<strong>handle every bit of content yourself<\/strong>&nbsp;(see list above), including custom fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily for us, and that is the entire point of this article, some plugins allow you to do this (clone any WordPress entry) in one click, taking care of all the metadata and additional content for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/post-duplicator\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Post Duplicator<\/a>, the simple and reliable option<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"969\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"WordPress content duplication plugin\" class=\"wp-image-110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1.png 969w, https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-1-768x550.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><figcaption>Post Duplicator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not randomly that we promote&nbsp;<strong>Post Duplicator<\/strong>; there&#8217;s a lot of experience and practice behind that recommendation. We have been encouraging our users at&nbsp;<strong>WP Darko<\/strong>&nbsp;to use this lightweight and plug-and-play tool almost every time they&#8217;ve asked us how to clone their pricing tables, teams, tab sets, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are a few reasons why we like this option for duplicating WordPress content:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>100% free<\/strong>&nbsp;(there isn&#8217;t any premium version of it)<\/li><li>Plug-and-play: install the plugin and start duplicating content<\/li><li>Lightweight, won&#8217;t add any load to your site<\/li><li>Well-maintained and compatible with most setups<\/li><li>Battle-tested (at least by us!)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the <strong>Post Duplicator<\/strong> plugin made it to our article of <a href=\"https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/best-wordpress-plugins\/\"><strong>Best &amp; Must-Have WordPress Plugins for Business Websites in 2022<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>How to duplicate WordPress content with Post Duplicator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the steps you need to take to clone a WordPress post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Install&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/post-duplicator\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Post Duplicator<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li>In your WordPress admin panel, go to&nbsp;<strong>Posts<\/strong><\/li><li>Click &#8220;Duplicate Post&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"394\" height=\"74\" src=\"https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image.png 394w, https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-300x56.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once done, you&#8217;ll have a copy of your cloned post that you can&nbsp;<strong>start editing<\/strong>&nbsp;right away. Make sure to change the title&nbsp;<strong>and<\/strong>&nbsp;the permalink so you don&#8217;t end up with something like &#8220;<em>my-post-copy<\/em>&#8221; (not quite SEO efficient).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow these steps for any type of content: Posts, Pages, Categories, and custom post types (you could, for instance, duplicate Products from\u00a0<strong>WooCommerce<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Easy Digital Downloads<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have custom post types that you created yourself, you can also clone them.\u00a0<strong>Post Duplicator<\/strong>\u00a0works with anything we&#8217;ve come across so far, including our plugins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/team-members\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Team Members<\/strong><\/a>: duplicate your teams if you have several with mostly the same members or want to copy a particular layout\/color scheme<\/li><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/dk-pricr-responsive-pricing-table\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Responsive Pricing Table<\/strong><\/a>: duplicate pricing tables if you want them in different currencies, or for similar products, without having to start over<\/li><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/responsive-tabs\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Responsive Tabs<\/strong><\/a>: duplicate tab sets if your tabs have some identical content (e.g., product tabs)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/copy-delete-posts\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Duplicate Post<\/strong><\/a> : A more comprehensive alternative to Post Duplicator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of you may need more control when\u00a0<strong>duplicating WordPress posts<\/strong> and possibly be able to do the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Fine-grain control over what gets cloned&nbsp;<\/li><li>Clone child pages<\/li><li>Easily delete duplicates<\/li><li>Bulk duplicate<\/li><li>Apply automatic redirects for deleted content<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not everyone needs all this, and most of the time, something like&nbsp;<strong>Post Duplicator<\/strong>&nbsp;will be more than enough (with zero learning curve), but if you find yourself needing more &#8220;power&#8221;, take a look at&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/copy-delete-posts\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Duplicate Post<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"988\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"Duplicate Post WordPress plugin\" class=\"wp-image-111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-2.png 988w, https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-2-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/wpdarko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/image-2-768x409.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><figcaption>Duplicate Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duplicate Post<\/strong>&nbsp;(yes, the names are very similar) allows you to do all of the above, and you get almost all of this for free. Their premium version gives you import\/export functionalities for your settings and&nbsp;<strong>automated tasks<\/strong>; you do not need this to get started duplicating content on your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, make sure you check <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/duplicate-post\/\"><strong>Yoast Duplicate Post<\/strong><\/a>. It is possibly a little less user-friendly than the other options but equally good (and 100% free), and we like <strong>Yoast&#8217;s plugins<\/strong>, they&#8217;re reliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At&nbsp;<strong>WP Darko<\/strong>, we enjoy free plugins that are not crippling in terms of features. Premium versions often bring great new functionalities, but free ones should be reliable and enough for the average user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This concludes our article about WordPress content duplication; we hope it&#8217;ll be helpful to you. Feel free to share it with people who need it; a surprisingly good amount of WordPress users still aren&#8217;t aware of this type of plugin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing how to duplicate WordPress posts, pages, or any other items (including custom post types) can\u00a0save you a lot of time\u00a0when working on your content. It&#8217;s also handy when you need a couple of dummy articles\/pages, for instance, if you are working on the layout and design of a new website. 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